THE HILLMAN 2013 ASIAN ADVENTURE
Section I: Malaysia
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experienced driver Kerry Morris and his efficient navagator wife Edah! It was wonderful for us to sit back and enjoy the views while someone else did the driving. |
Today, we took the same causeway (Penang Bridge) back to meet with my egullet foodie pal (since 2004) Teck Poh Choo in Georgetown, where she lives! This is the longest bridge in SE Asia. |
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so Kerry and Edah drove us around the city. This was along the waterfront - The Strait of Malacca. Here, Bill is standing infront of Cornwallis Fort and the naval base is located here as well. |
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The vegetation is very lush, and some of the giant trees are certainly Tarzan-worthy! I am in appropriate tropical clothing, from Cinnamon Tree in Brandon! |
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or how tall the tree is...I prefer the latter ;-) |
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Love this weather, and we seem to have acclimatized fairly quickly. |
standing guard over old buildings from the colonial period. |
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vie for road space with hundeds of cars. We havenèt seen any accidents, but it must happen often as these people are fearless when they want to cut in! |
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looks like it was created from an old fallen tree trunk. |
was the appointed meeting place with Teck Poh. She recommended an eatery on that corner. Unfortunately, they are closed on Wednesdays. |
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Enjoyed a hot drink - can you imagine - a hot drink in +30 temps! |
Requires balance, dexterity, and your own toilet paper if you do not use THE HOSE. LOL! Bill was saying that these were also in the KL airport, but there were also the regular sit down toilets in the handicap stall. The ladies had both kinds. At Central Square Mall, they also had prayer rooms next to the toilets! |
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My foodie sister from Egullet forum - finally meeting on her home turf after 8 years or so! |
at the Komtar Shopping centre |
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Edah asked an outside vendor for a recommendation. This one served Chinese, Thai and Malaysian. |
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from inside the shopping centre. |
Sam`s Batik House! |
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4 white cotton shirts, and me - 2 pairs of pants = 190 RM = $64.00! |
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security camera at work. |
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to the most popular chendul stall! Delicious! |
Noooo...pandan flavoured noodles in FRESH coconut milk, red beans, palm surgar and shaved ice. It is refreshingly sweet, cold, yum! |
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| We had hoped to have supper on the waterfront at Edah and Kerry's favourite Indian restaurant. but it had been replaced by a Starbucks! So, we ended up in a one-hour traffic jam trying to cross the causeway off Penang island to go home. It was pouring rain which cut short our day with Teck Poh Choo. We arrived back in our area and the rain had stopped. Edah and Kerry took us to a "parking lot food court" -- another new experience. What a great way to make use of an empty lot after 6 pm. There are various food stalls and the atmosphere is very conducive to hearty appetites ;-) Check out my food page for the food. When we got home, we found out the storm was much worse in Yan -- uprooted a huge planting of bamboo... Work follws... |
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