archive of the ‘Malaysia’ topic



seen off the street

at E & A Budget Hotel in Penang, in which bedbugs fed on my legs one night last year

E and A Budget Hotel and Land RoverSee the truck owners’ website, OnceAroundtheWorld.com or EinmalUmDieWelt.Ch.

seen on the street

rickshaw pedaler in George Town, Penang, Malaysia – last year

ricksha driver in George Town, PenangCheck the toenails.

recycling man

Chulia Street -- Pulau Penang

more blog filler: another old motorcycle pic

seen on the street

yellow Mini

seen on the street

1100cc microvan in George Town, Pulau Penang

1100cc microvan in George Town, Pulau Penang

seen on the street – in Penang

old sedan in George Town, Penang

seen on the street

Alfa Romeo sedan

seen on the street

luxury van in George Town, Penang

seen on the street

old Nissan truck seen in Kota Kinabalu

seen from the street

old Land Rover wagon on Pulau Penang

Malaysia travel caution

The State Department cautions U.S. citizens against travel to eastern Sabah, in Malaysia, due to threat of violence against foreigners from terrorist and criminal groups. 

  There are indications that both criminal and terrorist groups are planning or intend acts of violence against foreigners in eastern Sabah, notwithstanding the Government of Malaysia’s increased ability to detect, deter and prevent such attacks.  The Abu Sayyaf Group, based in the southern Philippines, has kidnapped foreigners in eastern Sabah in the past.  Criminal elements are also responsible for kidnapping and piracy against foreigners.  »→

trivia question

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Where did the “si” in Malaysia come from?

(comment below)

stuck in the mud

Penang fishing boat in mud

photos for today

an interior view of the sparsely-furnished, 860-square feet apartment in OceanView on Penang Island where I lived March to August 2009

OceanView apartment in Jelutong, Pulau Penang, Malaysia »→

photo for today

OceanView apartment building in Jelutong, Penang

Penang view from bedroom

No view of an ocean from my balcony … I can see a hill on Malaysia’s mainland (left).

Residents in upper floors’ apartments with eastern views can see the channel between Penang Island and mainland Malaysia … but not an ocean. Pulau Penang (Betelnut Island) is in the Andaman Sea.

photo for today

Batu Ferringi post office

This post office on Pulau Penang sells hiking and camping gear (behind glass), very stylish Chinese bicycles, Chinese sewing machines, fruit juices (on counter behind sewing machines) and nutritional supplements (pills).

photo for today

boys playing in a river on Pulau Penang (Penang Island)

boys in river

seen on the shelf

resuming our look at consumer products for sale in Malaysia:

MYM sodas

MYM sodas bottled in Perak (left-to-right): anggur, sarsi, cream soda, air limau, strawberi

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