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A Quote From My Pillow

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination NELSON MANDELA (Eastern & Oriental Hotel Bookmark)

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Penang – And So To The Food

When travelling we love to immerse ourselves in the food culture of the city we’re visiting.   The food culture in Malaysia reflects the multicultural make-up of its population and is mainly a combination of Malay, Indian and Chinese. Just a short walk from the E&O we discovered a typical Malay hawker centre, the Red Garden […]

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Penang

My Significant Other (SO) and I arrived in Penang late Friday afternoon following just a thirty-minute flight from Kuala Lumpur; in fact, it took longer to crawl through the Penang rush hour traffic to our hotel than the flight itself.  The only vehicles moving were the dozens of mopeds and scooters weaving precariously in and […]

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Day Twenty:Triumph and Contrast

Today was my triumph; a successful upgrade  bid with Malaysian Airlines.   So for the first time I spent  just over seven hours in relative comfort.   This image of smoked duck with grilled artichoke, red radish and tomato  salsa has been  enhanced with the ‘red’ button!

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The Fourteen Day Travel Writer

I will soon be jetting off on my travels, accompanied by my ‘Significant Other’, Friday in fact and I thought I’d turn my hand (or keyboard) to a spot of travel blogging.  I’ve never done it before and now that I’ve been equipped with new skills from Photo101, keeping a photographic diary will be so […]