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A view of the old part of George Town. This is a hawker food court near the jetties were Chinese immigrants built out over the water. There are about seven jetties each for a clan and the descendants of that clan. The largest is the Chew jetty; during the day these are vibrant market placesContinue reading “Penang – Street Art, Clans, Speakeasies and Hawker Food Courts”

Penang is a great value. World heritage city. Great food and one of the best hotel stays. Very nice room with an awesome shower. The included breakfast buffet is more like brunch with local lunch items and made to order eggs, omelettes and coffee. Each evening they include two glasses of wine at the rooftopContinue reading “Penang Great Bang for the Buck”

Penang is known as the original spice island as it’s jungle produces many spices, herbs, tea, coffee and cacao; especially nutmeg and clove.  George Town area of Penang is a world heritage cultural site known for its food which has influences from all over the world due to spice trading. We had chicken rice for lunch, aContinue reading “Penang, Malaysia – Spice Island”

I’m trying this post to see if it works, I seem to have lost access to my previous posts so keeping my fingers crossed. Also please stick with me if I am repeating something already shared. After our harrowing ferry boat day we made it to Koh Lipe and to our beach “bungalow” late atContinue reading “Back Online…Sort Of”

Krabi is a beautiful resort town with fewer people and less activity on the beach. Just sunbathing, swimming and long tail boats. The boats take people out to remote beaches. Across from the beach are tourist information stands, restaurants resorts and Thai message spots. Most of the tourist we’ve met are from France, the kidsContinue reading “Krabi, Mainland Thailand”

We booked a ferry from Krabi to Koh Lipe, it turned out to be a high speed boat. Which started out nice but pretty rough in the open water. There were about 10-15 passengers so plenty of room and somewhat comfortable bench seats. Not much splash so we stayed almost dry. Our transfer was atContinue reading “Five Boats Later and Five Hours Late”

More photos from Lipe island.

Here are a few more photos of our last evening on Phi Phi. It turned bad after this, by the next morning I was knocked out by travelers diarrhea, thank goodness for good medication.

Pronounced pee pee this is a chain of six limestone islands raising about five hundred feet out of the ocean, each with a rain forest on top. Sandy beaches are tucked away at places. There are no cars only walking streets and just a handful of motorbikes. The medical clinic does have golf carts. PhiContinue reading “Phi Phi Islands”

Heading away from Phuket, pronounced poo-ket but can’t resist saying fuck it! Here are a few photos that capture a bit of our take on Phuket.