My hostess bought me a breakfast of com – broken rice. She said it would give us ‘the power’ to tour all day. It was a meal and a half. First she took me to the War Remnants Museum. It starts with photos and poster in support of North Vietnam from around the world (including [...]
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Saigon Day 1
Posted by dkendon on July 21, 2011
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Penang Day 1
Having set the air conditioning to a delightfully cool 24 degrees I awoke not covered in sweat and went for a run (mainly for the Queen- I was quite unavailable). There’s a reasonable footpath with only a few bits of jungle breaking through. I did some exercises in the park next to Fort Cornwallis. It’s [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 5, 2011
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Langkawi to Penang
I awoke to this Time to get off the island! I decided to take the ferry directly back to Penang (RM60). There are only 2 sailings per day, one at 2.30pm and one at 5.15. I took the 2.30. You have to pass through a security/customs checkpoint at the terminal, then sit in the waiting [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 5, 2011
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Langkawi Day 2
It rained again, so I took another day’s scooter rental. First stop was the Mardi Agro-Technology Park (RM15). This is one of the best places I have been so far. You get driven around for an hour being fed fruit from the research orchard. From here it was through another rural idyll to the Kilim [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 5, 2011
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Langkawi Day 1
A huge thunderstorm woke me at about 5am – forked lightning, theatrically rumbling thunder, and the noise of the rain trying to destroy the roof. So when I emerged at 8 it was wet and still cloudy. I thought about renting a bicycle but a good one was RM30/day, and a scooter was RM18. I [...]
Posted by dkendon on July 5, 2011
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