tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26935510383030762132024-03-05T16:19:39.971-08:00Intrepid Asia in Ninety Days with FlashbacksA travel documentary of our Asia trips, from our 9 week 2014 trip to Bali, Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, through our 90 day 2006 intrepid journey through India, Nepal, Tibet, China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore with flashbacks to previous visits.Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-62129844367902774742014-09-05T20:38:00.003-07:002014-09-05T20:46:55.236-07:00Asia 2014 moves to dhushara.comSince returning from Asia I have decided to move the entire <a href="http://dhushara.com/asia2014">Tangential Asia 2014</a> blog to my own website at dhushara.com. All the other previous blogs remain on Blogspot and can be accessed from the menu on the right of this page.<br />
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Here is the link to the index page: <a href="http://dhushara.com/asia2014">dhushara.com/asia2014</a>. <br />
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I have done this largely because I discovered that blogspot is all but inaccessible in China, at least on all the wireless networks I accessed, because it exclusively uses https, which the Chinese government seems to be intentionally blocking, or slowing to unusable speeds. This means that, in addition to my not being able to access Blogspot, Google search or my own Gmail account from inside China, the entries on China would not be able to be accessed from within China, making it impossible for people we met there to see what we wrote about them. Both the Chinese government and Google need to sort out their relationship in a more transparent manner.<br />
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It also gives me free reign overtime to include images in a free form way without having to stick to the blogspot protocol or do low-level html edits to stopgap.<br />
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Here are each of the chapter sections as separate links:<br />
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<b><a href="http://dhushara.com/asia2014">Tangential Asia 2014</a> </b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/bali1.htm#Anchor-Bali-11481">Bali First Visit 2014</a></b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/vietnam.htm#Anchor-Into-35882">Into Northern Vietnam</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/yunnan.htm#Anchor-Into-14210">Yunnan Overland: Yuanyang and Jianshui</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/guizhou.htm#Anchor-Guangzhou-23240">Guizhou: Xijiang and Zhenyuan</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/hubei.htm#Anchor-Hubei-3800">Hubei: Hengshan and Nanyue</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/fujian.htm#Anchor-Fujian-35326">Fujian: Tianluokeng and Xiamen</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/jiansu.htm#Anchor-Jiansu-44867">Jiansu: Suzhou and Tongle</a> </b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/shanghai.htm#Anchor-Xinchang-33869">Xinchang and Shanghai</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/korea.htm#Anchor-6296">A Tortuous Crossing of South Korea</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/kyushu.htm#Anchor-The-48213">The Beauty and Senescence of Kyushu</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/taiwan.htm#Anchor-Traversing-37516">Traversing Taiwan's Mountains in the Typhoon Season</a></b></div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/asia2014/bali2.htm#Anchor-Bali-23522">Bali and Ubud again: Was this a Rest Stop?</a></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Yan on the way up the mountain</span></div>
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Today we fell into one of those slightly out of control experiences traveling throws at you. Sapa is full of Hmong women from the surrounding villages who try to sell you small handcraft items. They are wily and persistent and have all kinds of tricks to make you feel obliged. If you won't buy right away they tie little ribbons around you wrists as a pinky promise and chastise you if you don't fulfill the promise. Anyway we struck up a relationship with Yan and agreed to go on a walking trek to her village this morning.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In the hills above Sapa</span></div>
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At 9 am the valley was full of mist so we postponed till 10. Then I met another woman who offered to do it for a third of the US $15 each, but when I went back she refused and later told me she had been told off for undercutting the others. So we took off with Yan who is a very intelligent charming 30 year old Hmong women and in a band with several others we walked in the now pretty hot morning all the way through town and then up a steep winding dirt track that got ever higher and steeper until Christine was nearly expiring.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">High rice paddies looking down into the valley lowlands</span></div>
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After a heavy hike we emerged into a winding track up and down over the highlands with superb views off the entire surrounding area, into a fairly remotes valley and highland area and eventually back to the Sapa valley where we wound down and down past maize tea cannabis and eventually rice paddies to her village of Hao Thao.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coming down into Hao Thao</span></div>
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We stopped at her sisters house and were treated to a delightful late lunch of vegetarian dishes and rice before being escorted by Yan and all her Hmong saleswomen entourage down to the road where they arranged motorbikes to bring us back the 10 kms or so to town.<br />
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Apart from being a gruelling hot climb up and down it was a very engaging experience partly because Yan is vey talkative and can engage a very informative conversation and her family is very welcoming and friendly. I'm sure it was the best way to have a meaningful cultural interaction out of the overblown tourist orbit of guided tours of the hill tribes. Christine's knees are so stiff she has to walk down the stairs sideways!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Family lunch for the weary trekkers</span></div>
Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-21053667641582815392014-06-03T03:20:00.000-07:002014-06-03T03:23:14.041-07:00Cooling off in SapaJust got off the night train to Sapa. The journey
was not too bad in the hard sleeper with heaps of Chinese and Vietnamese travelers - two to a bunk in one case.
The air conditioning worked well enough to make us shivery after a
stifling day in Hanoi.<br />
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Hanoi was charming as usual with motorbikes everywhere but
very much too hot. Vietnam is notorious for rejecting any slightly off
banknotes even when they are good tender. We had hassles at the bank
when they turned down a couple of our worn and torn US banknotes, but we
repaired them with sellotape and discretely gave them to the hotel for
payment. <br />
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We had a nightmare when we went to catch the train
because just as it was about to leave and we had walked away out on the
tracks and down the platform, there was no LC1 train at all just one SP3
tourist train. I ran headlong back to the station and a ticket guard
came out to the train to sort it out. What had happened is they had
decided to tack LC1 onto the front of SP3 and give the carriages
different numbers.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sapa overlooks a stunning valley</span></div>
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We were besieged by bus touts at the Lao Cai station when we emerged
but managed to talk them down to a tolerable compromise by being
resistant 75,000 each instead of 100,000 although the price should be 60,000. Then the driver got stopped by the cops half way to Sapa.
Finally we got besieged by hotel touts and went with one who turned out
to really help run a hotel and gave us a nice deal for 180,000 or US $8.50 a night with hot
showers and wifi.<br />
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We were escorted all the way there by Hmong women wanting to
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There are people wearing all manner of tribal dress here in slightly doggrel form with the odd tee-shirt underneath and western sun hats: Hmong, Dzao, Dao and so on.<br />
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<br />Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-13488124281739017472014-06-02T03:39:00.001-07:002014-06-02T05:52:32.628-07:00Nilai to Hanoi (again)We made it into Hanoi after a cosy stopover in a funky hotel, New Wave 2, in Nilai - a very nondescript Malaysian town 12 kms from the KL airport. The taxi driver seemed unable to find it but it proved a much easier stopover than going into KL which is an overblown city we have seen before.<br />
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The flight into Hanoi was straightforward and the visa on arrival process worked fine for us although some people didn't have the right exact US $45 and one couple claimed to have had all their money stolen between the plane and the immigration point.<br />
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We managed to change $20 into some Viet dong and had a very elegant meal at the Black Duck Cafe just around the corner from the Hanoi Old Town Hotel. The night markets were pulsating with life.<br />
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Today we have wandered around in the sweltering heat photographing the insane motorbike traffic, visiting the markets and finding a few things to tide us over on the train to Sapa tonight. We have already <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2010/11/our-first-hotel-12th-oct-2006-well-here.html">blogged Hanoi</a> on our last visit, so this was just another easy day hanging out in air-conditioned comfort with sorties out to see the old town.<br />
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Hanoi is always a fascinating place people living and eating on the streets, shades of the French colonial past, both stiflingly hot and delightfully shady. Full of inexpensive and extremely obliging restaurants, as long as you avoid the scams and ripoffs that sometimes appear without warning.<br />
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Had
a couple of off the radar days. We set off from Lovina and Christine
had noticed a way we could loop back up to the volcano rim to head East
over the road to Antosari which was supposed to be a beautiful drive.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lonely Planet map: The little road through Selat took us up the mountain but was very steep and needed a 4wd</span></div>
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So we drive west along the coast and after asking along the highway
found this little side road heading straight inland and followed it up
and up even more steeply than the previous one.<br />
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We had no idea whether
it would go all the way to the top and after passing several villages it
would more steeply into the forest and gradually broke down into a
stony track with potholes in the forest at times so steep that we had
real trouble making way in first.<br />
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Also the jeep was just about out of
oil and boiling over all the way. A couple of times we nearly turned
around but then there was a patch or two of tar seal and after endless
hairpins, it broke out into the summit crater area.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">View from the volcano summit rim</span></div>
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Here we
eventually gave the jeep respite with some oil and water in the crater
at a small motorbike shop.<br />
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After checking several T junctions, we made
it back onto the road through Munduk again we headed down and then
across the saddle to the Antosari road but turned off at Peremban on another back
road winding through the spice country bordering the great forest area of western Bali.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Spices laid out at Manggissari overlooking the huge forest wilderness in western Bali</span></div>
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We eventually came down to the
surfing beach of Medewi where we found a cosy place with a restaurant
for IR 150000 - Mai Malu.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Medewi</span><br />
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Today was a bit of a desperate drive along the busy south coast
arterial route. We tried to go to Pura Tana Lot but there were queues
miles long. We then got lost a couple of times in Seminyak and Legian in
atrocious traffic snarls before managing to go to one of our old haunts
- Poppies Lane 1 - where all our problems were solved - namely (1) a
free parking space (2) an internet cafe where we could print our Air
Asia boarding passes and (3) a restaurant with wi fi.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Mai Malu</span></div>
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We got a bit of a shock the other morning when finally dialed onto
my own e-mails rather than Xtine's and found Air Asia wondering why we
hadn't checked in electronically and then insisting we print our own
boarding passes which is not as easy as it sounds because internet cafes
are fast disappearing from the scene with cellphones and tablets and
wireless everywhere.</div>
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Here is a funny story about Bali and festivals.
Everywhere we went in Bali there were these waving poles made of bamboo
with shredded coconut leaves embellishing them with little shrines with
offerings at the base. By everywhere I mean everywhere even the most
remote forgotten corners. It couldn't be a government initiative. Also
there were groups of boys walking around Ubud with gongs and a tiger
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On the last day when we were trying to leave, the roads were
choked with traffic and cars with foliage medallions on them and people
in their formal dress on motorbikes carrying offerings. People were even giving offerings and praying right in the main street.<br />
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Eventually we
came upon a festival in full swing and just caught it in the moment when
all the figures in the pageant were dancing and about to enter the
temple. I managed to get a short sequence of them dancing at the
entrance amid wild singing and gamelan clanking.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Galungan celebration on the way to Tabernan</span></div>
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Finally when we got on the plane the Air Asia magazine had a small
entry explaining it all. The festival is Galungan and celebrates the
victory of goodness (dharma) over evil (adharma) and celebrates the
creator of the universe Ida Sang Huang Widi. The bamboo poles, or
penjor, are erected outside every family home in Bali. The small shrines
are offering to the ancestral spirits of the families who are believed
to visit their families during the festival. So much for researching
Balinese culture before we left!</div>
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Today we drove off in our bumpy little Suzuki and managed to navigate using Google Maps along little side roads across to a temple Pura Taman Ayun on the main road to the second volcano.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Small roads crossing from Ubud to Mengwi</span></div>
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This is necessary because Bali is cut with deep valleys from the mountains and all the major roads go north and south. On the way up we spied a small green sign for Jatiluwih a UN heritage set of rice terraces which wasn't supposed to be accessible from the road we were on. The road was a tiny back road with some beautifully adorned rural temples completely more engaging than the big touristic one we had just seen. We followed more small rural roads having to ask directions several times and finally came upon the rice terraces in in a sweeping view from across a wide valley where there were a bunch of tourists in guided taxi tours but nobody else finding their own way there.<br />
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We then had to try to figure out how to get back across the side of the volcano without tracking back down to the steaming jungle below. I turned up a little mountain side road and found we were following a group of people on a guided tour so we figured the driver had to know there was a way through. we followed over pothole-riddled tracks and little fords until we eventually came out into some villages, at which point we passed the others and stopped to confirm we could still go this way to the summit. <br />
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On we went up and up and then up a ridiculously steep road up the volcano's rim, barely making it in first gear. Eventually we reached Bedugul and found we had made it there on the most extreme mountain back road connection possible. Suddenly we found us entering Bedugul from a side road we didn't know existed.</div>
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Bedugul was a terrible nexus for Indonesians escaping the tropical heat. No culture. A big mosque. Thousands of buses, restaurants, paddle boats on the lake and expensive hotels. Christine was pretty shaken around still feeling reeling so we headed on to a place called Munduk where the lonely planet said there were a few cheapish home stays. The road wound up again in a precipitous string of hairpin bends coming to a T where we turned sharply left on a small road and wound on the razor edge of the rim in a pouring tropical rain storm. The the road wound down and down ever more steeply emerging through a steep forested valley reminiscent of the descent from the Andes to the Amazon in Peru.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Puri Alam Bali bungalos</span><br />
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Then just as it began to get dark we stopped in the rain and found we were right outside one of the bungalows we were hoping to find, with the hostess standing under an umbrella in the rain trying to entice us inside, so we ended up succumbing when she offered us a room with an absolutely panoramic view of the volcano and the paddies and forest below for IR 200,000. The view form the restaurant is even more sweeping, with views both of the volcano on one side and right out past the coast towards Java on the other. </div>
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Munduk is a little village perched on a razorback overlooking both the volcano and the whole north coastline. It has been discovered by western travelers for its stunning views and capitalized by enterprising hostelliers, but still has the charm of the fringe which you don't find in Kuta or Ubud. The views are superb and above all it's cool after two days of sweltering heat!<br />
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Christine is still feeling she has a very tender stomach so I am being forced to eat both the satay pork and the beautifully cooked side of chicken. Hope my stomach survives two dinners!<br />
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From Munduk, we traveled to the north coast and west to Lovina a beach town become a fringe tourist stop which was one of the few places where there was budget accommodation, rather than expensive luxury hotels. Immediately we arrived we were besieged by a tout trying to get us into his favoured hotels in the hope of taking us snorkeling. In the end we searched around ourselves until a man stepped out from a gateway down a little alley and offered us his beautiful new two room suite with aircon for IR 200,000. The place didn't even have a name much like in the old days of the 1970s.<br />
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Next morning there was some kind of ceremony with two young boys in a
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Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-25230806855010741162014-05-27T19:13:00.002-07:002014-05-27T19:13:43.553-07:00Recuperating in Ubud<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Made it to Satwa homestay at 4 am NZ time after a very long flight in which we swooned off a few times and the hostess threatened to report me to the Indonesian police for sitting in another vacant seat to let Christine lie down, although the ypunger air hostesses did a great job of keeping everyone cheerful.<br />
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Very hot when we arrived but our rental car guy was there waving a "Chris King" sign and we managed to get some money and pay him the correct amount in rupiahs. No visa swipe no deposit just US$65 for 5 days!<br />
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Then ensued a mad journey in the middle of the night with no map bigger than a postage stamp and mopeds everywhere beeping to try to get to Kuta and then the Losmen, which was up a side alley up a side ally in a fringe between Kuta and Legian, but managed by sixth sense to actually drive straight there with the jeep screaming with a loose fan belt (or something). I even picked the right alleyway to decide to turn off. No one knew where it was but we got right to the corner dairy where it was only meters away.<br />
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But then no one was awake so we had to break in and take a room which was like a sauna because the aircon remote wasn't working. After a difficult restless night we woke to find a nice place with a new remote a cooler room with children and babies and a big family and now are about to go and get pancakes.<br />
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Made it to Ubud during the day. Resting up overnight after a two hour journey with the most insane traffic jams I have ever seen. Indonesian corruption I'll be bound. The car is working okay though.<br />
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This morning feeling a bit queasy we head for the cool of the volcanic mountains and lakes and maybe the UN rice terraces.<br />
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We are in the process of planning a third intrepid trip to Asia in May-July 2014. Here is an outline of the scope of the trip and some of the key internet sites we have used in setting it up.<br />
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<b>Trip Plan</b><br />
Our plan is to fly to Bali and then, after a four day rest stop, on to Hanoi via KL where we will head up to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa_Pa">Sapa</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hmong_people">Hmong</a> and other hill tribes. From there we plan to cross by land to Yunnan to visit the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuanyang_County,_Yunnan">Yuanyang</a> rice terraces made by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_people">Hani</a>
people, including villages such as Quingkuo, Quanfuzhang, Bada,
Duoyishu, and Mangpin, some of the local markets and the nearby old town
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianshui">Jianshui</a> en route to Kunming. Here is an <a href="http://www.offtheunbeatentrack.com/south-west-china/yunnan-province/">excellent blog</a> of the rich varieties of national dress of the minorities in the area.<br />
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Scenes from Yuanyan with two Hani women, Xijian and a Miao performance,<br />
a Tolou cluster and a Hakka woman washing vegetables.</div>
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From Kunming we will take a night train to Kaili to visit the local <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miao_people">Miao</a> townships such as <a href="http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/guizhou/qiandongnan/qianhu-miao-village.htm">Xijiang</a>,
Leishan, Matang, Zhaoxing, staying in one or two of them. From there we
will travel north to Zhuzhou and Hengshan mountain, before taking
another overnight train to Longyan via a bullet train to Guangzhou,
where the Hakka <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulou">Tulou</a>
roundhouse towns are. After visiting Xiamen and its islands we will
travel north to Suzhou where we will visit some of the old canal (water)
towns - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongli">Tongli</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhouzhuang">Zhouzhuang</a>, Lushi and Xitang departing from Shanghai for South Korea.<br />
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We plan to then spend a week in each of Korea, Kyushu and Taiwan, traveling by rental car
through the countryside, visiting national parks, old towns and temples,
before heading back to Bali to recuperate for a few days. In Korea we
will start on Eurwangni Beach on the same island as Seoul airport,
traveling to Danyang, Andong, Songnisan National Park, Jeonju, Mokpo,
Wando, and Tongyeong. In Kyushu and Taiwan we will circumnavigate each
island, working between the coast and mountainous interiors. More
details to come for these.<br />
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Eurwangni, Songnisan, Jeonju and Tongyeong</div>
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<b>Visas </b><br />
We got our Chinese visas directly in person at the consulate here, but for Vietnam have purchased a visa on arrival letter from <a href="http://www.vietnamvisacorp.com/">Vietnam Visa Corp</a> one of several agencies negotiating a group permission letter for $17 US each. This is reputed to cause a <a href="http://www.myeggnoodles.com/vietnam-visa-on-arrival.html">messy 50 min delay</a>
at the airport getting one's passports stamped for a fee of $45, but
appears cheaper than the $100 fee each for sending our passports to the
Vietnamese embassy here. We can get a visa on arrival in Bali for $30
US. These are the only two countries requiring a visa for us.<br />
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<b>Flights </b><br />
We have made all our air bookings directly with airlines, rather than travel agents, to make sure we have genuine e-tickets with the airline we are flying on. These were all at or below the minimum found on internet travel sites. We used web sites like <a href="http://www.farecompare.com/">Fare Compare</a> to figure out the lowest price fares available through agencies before booking them directly with the airline internet booking sites. The eight flights put together have cost only us $1741 US each. The three airlines we have booked with offered the same budget prices, unlike many commercial carriers, which charge a premium fare on their own booking sites, although discounting some seats through agencies:<br />
<a href="http://www.jetstar.com/au/en/home">Jetstar</a>: NZ-Bali return and Taipei to Bali via Singapore.<br />
<a href="http://www.airasia.com/">Air Asia</a>: Bali to Hanoi via KL.<br />
<a href="http://au.ceair.com/">China Eastern</a>: Shanghai to Seoul and Fukuoka to Taipei. <br />
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<b>Vietamese Trains </b><br />
The key site for understanding Vietnamese trains is the Vietnam <a href="http://www.seat61.com/Vietnam.htm">Seat61</a> page.<a href="https://vietnam-railway.com/"> Vietnam Railway</a> one of many many agencies offers both schedules and internet booking for a 4% fee. You can book the ordinary sleeper to Sapa <a href="https://vietnam-railway.com/train/route/train-from-hanoi-to-sapa">here</a> and the more expensive tourist carriages <a href="https://vietnam-railway.com/train/touristtrainstosapa">here</a>. However we have decided to get our hotel in Hanoi to prebook tickets to be collected at the hotel.<br />
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<b>Chinese Trains </b><br />
The China <a href="http://www.seat61.com/China.htm">Seat61</a> page has all the details about trains in China, including both direct station bookings and links to agencies doing internet booking. <a href="http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china-trains/ticket-service.htm">TravelChinaGuide</a> has more up to date information about tickets. <a href="http://www.chinatrainguide.com/">China Train Guide</a> has exhaustive train schedules. You can also check the availability of reservations (and arrange for e-tickets online if you wish) using either <a href="http://www.china-diy-travel.com/en/Home">China DIY-travel</a> (which provides an E-ticketing service for exchange for tickets at any railway station for a fee of $10 AU per ticket), or with <a href="http://www.chinahighlights.com/">ChinaHighlights</a> (for 50% higher fees). This can be helpful as some routes get booked out almost as soon as they open 18 days before departure. We are probably going to risk booking all our China train reservations directly at Kunming station when we arrive, using a schedule of alternative options translated into Chinese should our choices be booked out, as we have a complicated schedule of short stops, making pre-booking very expensive. <a href="http://english.ctrip.com/">Ctrip</a> also provides a booking service which includes hotels in many Chinese cities.<br />
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<b>Japanese Trains</b><br />
<a href="http://www.hyperdia.com/en/">Hyperdia</a> provides a scheduling and booking site for Japanese trains.<br />
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<b>Ferries</b><br />
We are still waiting on the Kobee hydrofoil between Busan and Fukuoka to open up its July bookings which can be made on sites like <a href="http://www.ferrysavers.co.uk/">Ferrysavers</a>.<br />
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Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-10563476672546061312011-12-05T20:27:00.000-08:002011-12-05T21:53:09.330-08:00Hong Kong and Kowloon<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb7yLwN5xEpeZqwoXRKItNMlJob7ZOIMB_1BJgqqdfYiSnjmSSBop9nhlFQ4ACT7lWuZlDjkcmWdcuENWFyYjmZXSY4S_VC1_4ABpYhBI1MShvDE8p4p3pZ7QaxXgsDmOF3jSZoliL92i/s1600/hong+kong+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZb7yLwN5xEpeZqwoXRKItNMlJob7ZOIMB_1BJgqqdfYiSnjmSSBop9nhlFQ4ACT7lWuZlDjkcmWdcuENWFyYjmZXSY4S_VC1_4ABpYhBI1MShvDE8p4p3pZ7QaxXgsDmOF3jSZoliL92i/s400/hong+kong+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682869963398606482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Arriving on the ferry from Macau<br /></span></div><br />We spent one and a half days wandering Hong Kong Island and made a trip to the pet and clothing markets in Kowloon. These images are confined to walking the central area of Hong Kong, passing through some of the old 'antique' shops and memorabilia stalls, the main Man Ho temple, shots from the space-age metro that flys between Lantau, Hong Kong and Kowloon and the markets in Kowloon. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHFM6t5_PKKTa-6Zx0aW0afMacx6jPvOa808yYnwICYuGqs2ggedTHYushMXJlQlAx5HgFzFFfynDZpZ1z94WX2npfsu8CRlMla02t_NJIbccXXnKFGCSwZ2C5c7XNjqDADRbt6XdcjsK/s400/hong+kong+-+23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682868403378235554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Communist memorabilia<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51Q-BAdbY_i8DQcL5BOBgvkJxCnq6L549al0YzTDa6REcGj_25XowXI5ZqBwvvqfwi6hc3RsDBqyjjyAc6CPA0TbLQgmJnbZ0nft0kvjRipQ30r9FOWVYtclfS7OcPHFo7Q2H57hrOhdz/s1600/h2b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51Q-BAdbY_i8DQcL5BOBgvkJxCnq6L549al0YzTDa6REcGj_25XowXI5ZqBwvvqfwi6hc3RsDBqyjjyAc6CPA0TbLQgmJnbZ0nft0kvjRipQ30r9FOWVYtclfS7OcPHFo7Q2H57hrOhdz/s400/h2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682870237538659298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkf2P5REAmMXHO4alPWxaq7iclHjxkTMORZLzWzAijGilkUCUiFXiqB0TPK8k8g2vr9W4GlEGiCRCqlKPokKdFyJ9T3NertkhriMyzmSw47MFR7CZLHBbmfnYTlov2eijTGfExwsAKI0Fb/s1600/hong+kong+-+28.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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It was built in 1847. It is part of a complex that comprises three adjacent blocks namely Man Mo Temple, Lit Shing Temple (No. 128 Hollywood Road)[2] and Kung So. The Man Mo Temple, the main building of the complex, is dedicated to the civil god Man Cheong and the martial god Kwan Ti. Lit Shing Kung (列聖宫) is for the worship of all heavenly gods. Kung So (公所), to its west, was an assembly hall where community affairs and disputes were settled. In 1908, the Temple was officially entrusted to Tung Wah Board of Directors. The temple has since been managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It was graded as a Grade I historic building in 1993 and it is now a declared monument. It is open from 8:00am to 6:00pm daily.<br /><br />A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Mo_Temple">Man Mo Temple</a> or Man Mo Miu (Chinese: 文武廟) is a temple for the worship of the civil or literature god Man Tai (文帝) / Man Cheong (文昌) and the martial god Mo Tai (武帝) / Kwan Tai (關帝). The two gods were popularly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiukgC2FGkG5g3MI99XajxIhSBf0utIqsNTdx1MTAKR9ijHO_jabNtIs5LzeT9E9s4C8Raq7eYmoh27a7AxLz_3uT6glVlgcneZ_lSSgGPP9IojYUosTai8nxVA2n4XKZcsJHS_lpycsG6o/s400/kowloon+-+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682879461736998514" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoUmv-joQL09D3gD3BYV7litZGN4h9kPYNOh8t8tr8QiMy3_1xzxw7fN4fi4Pr67cyEDbX7thl8Ia6UEES108lTTgWfCCE-eNtlstSkmDsA34VH8KocLTtqR0E4LRXsQyGavuHCT2Oo1T/s1600/k2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxoUmv-joQL09D3gD3BYV7litZGN4h9kPYNOh8t8tr8QiMy3_1xzxw7fN4fi4Pr67cyEDbX7thl8Ia6UEES108lTTgWfCCE-eNtlstSkmDsA34VH8KocLTtqR0E4LRXsQyGavuHCT2Oo1T/s400/k2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682879425479488434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pet markets<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLm58CVRTmXCRYkU8cr52ObF7T49_RDwKN01k30xNb4SbFCpx5paf5AM1ADsB1j-xH62P6nzBnabtzm4bdM3ENL9ER1kMLX2gaJtkcQxzgaNvjUeENXjR8INiheHfnhh3MyrIj5W4rkMA6/s1600/k3.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIyE8PMp2BXRdpp8tkcW4bA4U0lPZaUJiTQXjyNZvcIag9wzsP1y6F7RoNXb1ihPN3r_gIPIMyf0eBRufzLXq4jD2qtJvCcDExALR8U7_aWLjcglx6kBpeKcuivloHBXJHjr8ETiVsFsK/s400/kowloon+-+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682879447688263394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Clothing markets<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdvEn3Sc-Wr4tZOEacZji2zmDNNPh-d10YqwzuSczYb7GPMRFmaKDSqcpQoZ9uyWeUmZoUj7ZTlY21LHfwMHg82SFXd-juFeRMBvMZv-wM8usq7A6VcVljDA-f0Spo2e0rB4-GRmuUaPF/s1600/k5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYdvEn3Sc-Wr4tZOEacZji2zmDNNPh-d10YqwzuSczYb7GPMRFmaKDSqcpQoZ9uyWeUmZoUj7ZTlY21LHfwMHg82SFXd-juFeRMBvMZv-wM8usq7A6VcVljDA-f0Spo2e0rB4-GRmuUaPF/s400/k5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682879061743554626" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQYNzGFOQX6wauDKQXpxMRI_iE3bt8KAgVTLVTqGHZ1wIQMyJqXyoEj2_9CCWwtH5pZI2KGnK6_OqQanrvBBLKCZNspCj9atDupaJn1ZJsUApS3OIxOSscf5NKtQjoodHRCJXn3pMEFho/s1600/kowloon+-+40.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz53E1n8gqBR0gNMZLPCqzLNeY99E3juJhhtKvdFC4bRpckFfJ1s6HvDjJBGpaOpYj7n7WUuwg5ECkHhPaGPYdCbu4gyVgUAWfHSSH5sivXjyAG8nLKdVXwmHhFjVrg7WhCi2Frkn_IWZr/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+01b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682822429261143410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Discovery Bay (Wikimedia)</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span><br />June 2005 Lantau and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Chau">Peng Chau</a> are two islands off Hong Kong. While Peng Chau is a fascinating little traditional Chinese fishing island full of elderly retirees, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Bay" title="Discovery Bay">Discovery Bay</a> where we stayed on Lantau is a completely synthetic residential enclave for international expats to live in complete isolation from Asian realities.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_39mvdd6uN1vOkP0i05WtptSy_CuM44zZxYGknblpOH2jWe8aS1j_eEIxyRTSQlykpqrzGzVLszLtmSDTYLtfXv_HXup6bqeTGfCChjOxAKSVZ6dChbT_Cdm5swX8Vkgzh7lvZ-53aRhb/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_39mvdd6uN1vOkP0i05WtptSy_CuM44zZxYGknblpOH2jWe8aS1j_eEIxyRTSQlykpqrzGzVLszLtmSDTYLtfXv_HXup6bqeTGfCChjOxAKSVZ6dChbT_Cdm5swX8Vkgzh7lvZ-53aRhb/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776922084657186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC1k32jd8jrIbEs_I3H_3tdk1OSo92yw6buyYphG743eNtg7j1F8PIu8bc8h1eHWN4DnFNRf0YSlJW5oOqTnd1UF1a3J2tO0c_U2_i4ZprBBm7a-OMr2583J4dMcW7GguadWIVitsiw-0/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC1k32jd8jrIbEs_I3H_3tdk1OSo92yw6buyYphG743eNtg7j1F8PIu8bc8h1eHWN4DnFNRf0YSlJW5oOqTnd1UF1a3J2tO0c_U2_i4ZprBBm7a-OMr2583J4dMcW7GguadWIVitsiw-0/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776912740811410" border="0" /></a><br />The wider Lantau is an island of contrasts. Originally the site of fishing villages, the island has been developed in recent years with the construction of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung_Chung" title="Tung Chung">Tung Chung</a> New Town on its north-western coast. It is named after its high peak, has nature parks, and a famous stilt village at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_O" title="Tai O">Tai O</a>, a fishing town located in the northwest of Lantau Island which is more than three centuries old, and retains most of its historical setting such as waterways, stilt houses and fishing boats.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11dB3JepcrZxMuom4GXCjMDsOk1mjsewnQP44WTUZsLJUELKBQWwKv3pTZUgK1rQwlmzps8vWMND_NMV3LDKFEZNIBPdncfvRc1RDbbkBr8VF5P4I1qH04n9jCHhzEBR5RvrzGYR6knDf/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+11b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11dB3JepcrZxMuom4GXCjMDsOk1mjsewnQP44WTUZsLJUELKBQWwKv3pTZUgK1rQwlmzps8vWMND_NMV3LDKFEZNIBPdncfvRc1RDbbkBr8VF5P4I1qH04n9jCHhzEBR5RvrzGYR6knDf/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+11b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682822423977970018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> Tai O stilt houses and bridge (Wikimedia)</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkRixw8rrr-dSrthDASt75jWqw0gOEBrCA_RRZqWyip7d0YqQ_kPouCtwJzXlEclzPOQUYxeehmRJHR1oQnw2_aMLINAmU07W-KH7o24ImgNMmwJCjJNB5kE2dFqwEl-0q3tr-Xosm_jf/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+12b.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 426px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkRixw8rrr-dSrthDASt75jWqw0gOEBrCA_RRZqWyip7d0YqQ_kPouCtwJzXlEclzPOQUYxeehmRJHR1oQnw2_aMLINAmU07W-KH7o24ImgNMmwJCjJNB5kE2dFqwEl-0q3tr-Xosm_jf/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+12b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682825428518534274" border="0" /></a><br />We arrived in the evening by ferry from Macau via Hong Kong island to the seaward side of Lantau to Discovery Bay harbour and my friends live in an apartment, but you can also get to Lantau on the metro past Disneyland and the airport followed by a bus over the hill.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-zxwU9yjBNocT9F1DwS8LqICvzVmUNbXgq0LGKHanafB_mDO5V4PYm0N7yHfpSqY0CtnAk3rz6XyMh9djHLuygxLr89tbK-nArGhtjGpEHmMCzt9zuSt1xmY-jJomcaOgITRcO9zZD61/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+74.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-zxwU9yjBNocT9F1DwS8LqICvzVmUNbXgq0LGKHanafB_mDO5V4PYm0N7yHfpSqY0CtnAk3rz6XyMh9djHLuygxLr89tbK-nArGhtjGpEHmMCzt9zuSt1xmY-jJomcaOgITRcO9zZD61/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682832835102523106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">High rise at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung_Chung" title="Tung Chung">Tung Chung</a> New Town metro stop<br /></span></div><br />There are no private vehicles in Discovery Bay apart from the endemic golf carts which guarantee no one travels fast than a casual walking pace. There is also next to nothing to do except sip drinks in the central shopping area, or go sailing. Peng Chau proved much more entertaining for us! (see below).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC1k32jd8jrIbEs_I3H_3tdk1OSo92yw6buyYphG743eNtg7j1F8PIu8bc8h1eHWN4DnFNRf0YSlJW5oOqTnd1UF1a3J2tO0c_U2_i4ZprBBm7a-OMr2583J4dMcW7GguadWIVitsiw-0/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYC1k32jd8jrIbEs_I3H_3tdk1OSo92yw6buyYphG743eNtg7j1F8PIu8bc8h1eHWN4DnFNRf0YSlJW5oOqTnd1UF1a3J2tO0c_U2_i4ZprBBm7a-OMr2583J4dMcW7GguadWIVitsiw-0/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776912740811410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Discovery Bay<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-jq7l2tvh2omTjH8wdvsutCjz3na6vs25WWf0pyDYd8sJj5SVXk2JuvBQtTnfdfnPnktPESklOnXWzBkDFq9Kll_9NTzs3zYLml7lSLb7GnXHwx1HzLKp7b2x1tBqiFhXnNqtfPcu5Ii/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMBD03_ctlsWv4YkVnb3rb25ZJ9nsfIszbvHDzSv5S4MIRmC8VzbHLcnq8Aoh_ugptZxn4_rSOeii3CPRCibHC_PwVJstYAoetEMIygRZG8p5VJih4s8FbHVGtLl_438r4zqT5Ig0cEZU/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776737397746914" border="0" /></a><br />The next day we took a ferry to Peng Chau.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-uzRosbPfwlrA2nOhXf3IBLXl7nrC43FBs4CTPPlcASdfJTqUPJMVuWuNHw71Rv5dCIuWZKaHZSmjSdnsukDWsR0vg4TuAxgplFPmgSpPc-rVRyrkF_c-IzYTwCFiogKSnbC22qhal6Z/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-uzRosbPfwlrA2nOhXf3IBLXl7nrC43FBs4CTPPlcASdfJTqUPJMVuWuNHw71Rv5dCIuWZKaHZSmjSdnsukDWsR0vg4TuAxgplFPmgSpPc-rVRyrkF_c-IzYTwCFiogKSnbC22qhal6Z/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776535548449890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSxXOF6U3RxzWUXRElzXZell3L-eFwum8VhsJIUUzR00CIl-dNEcO09oZcpY9VuNpjsJaTVAnpvaoByQW6EBl3PJsQmL2fTsMYjxCOYolMqdeMok-GaYV2641mFjtEHTiWHayrvCrl2YQ/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AQyWTHFNPMCjf1wyvCEvgpQKhfvOsYmDvJPmL8D9dp-6JDoFoHT03dYSA5hfXKP0rq5f-endSNrVMSaQsSN6Vx3r2rA-WWiH-xiMokfUMIy-BqbktsA9soxredET84DDvTgmRCmSpx5g/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776295490523474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbBOuD8b5idshdCD4BAApe4UqwuEYjkz6HX4ZnkAW00Qr31kTB7hHL3tGIsnaRDja_kv-nHUndNNObVWb3pmcaLVtrxeFi3yMaCMHoz-pDsm5Yj1rPFX3B011biF6yQ1-FjBotSfj3A9b/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+19.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbBOuD8b5idshdCD4BAApe4UqwuEYjkz6HX4ZnkAW00Qr31kTB7hHL3tGIsnaRDja_kv-nHUndNNObVWb3pmcaLVtrxeFi3yMaCMHoz-pDsm5Yj1rPFX3B011biF6yQ1-FjBotSfj3A9b/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776287370191058" border="0" /></a><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://www.greenpengchau.org.hk/theme.php?page_id=TempTinHau&lang=e">Tin Hau Temple</a> boasts a long history as shown by the whale bones that are more than 400 years old and the ancient bell that was made 6 years before restoration of the temple in 1798. The history of the original temple has yet to be traced. According to legend Tin Hau Goddess was born in the Song Dynasty (960-1279A.C.) to a fisherman surnamed Lam in Fuzhou. As a child she was intelligent, knowledgeable in astrology and was and able to forecast the climate. She also practiced medicine and saved countless people. After her death, she was worshiped as Tin Hau Goddess or Ma Jo Sea Goddess and had many followers around the South China Sea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN1_AolMloq-nToa3gXeeuGd3Ax_D4LvZkWUJ3My-uLa8znezxJ6kvkPV4u1WRRxbpzjmtueU9FDmTxu4IN_gLTQby9lAp5mmBGFV3nqGKmC7uKNk8VBOOMyKY32ixANymynIYVevkLL2/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwN1_AolMloq-nToa3gXeeuGd3Ax_D4LvZkWUJ3My-uLa8znezxJ6kvkPV4u1WRRxbpzjmtueU9FDmTxu4IN_gLTQby9lAp5mmBGFV3nqGKmC7uKNk8VBOOMyKY32ixANymynIYVevkLL2/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776279116807938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_zjYUl4SHf5ccUM5b-LXvLJy6nk3zYWIyxp8TXwa1lt9Bk8IT50vDvSbwoAdSEiRgcJ133N6JlMys6dN9h_WtbquTQamvKxmhptrp1zedjR81nF112qjWgopOR6lXMg-wesRJkVwaWpN/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+21.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK_zjYUl4SHf5ccUM5b-LXvLJy6nk3zYWIyxp8TXwa1lt9Bk8IT50vDvSbwoAdSEiRgcJ133N6JlMys6dN9h_WtbquTQamvKxmhptrp1zedjR81nF112qjWgopOR6lXMg-wesRJkVwaWpN/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776275555603042" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4TCLhJqvxaJ9_KMCxapVjmeVeSwm1EweI9TW5dK7X-UeDgHEtzUaJKkXrU0oLjfwnbEljQxFsPSe3hHsyLjO6c67zwmdaED0TbjVr7RYrbJTRGMKaC6O2ZQf5wx5lUIliBk78nRpEka1/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv4TCLhJqvxaJ9_KMCxapVjmeVeSwm1EweI9TW5dK7X-UeDgHEtzUaJKkXrU0oLjfwnbEljQxFsPSe3hHsyLjO6c67zwmdaED0TbjVr7RYrbJTRGMKaC6O2ZQf5wx5lUIliBk78nRpEka1/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682776269817805682" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://kamfatemple.com/?page_id=16">KamFa Temple</a> or The Golden Flower Shrine sits under the banyan tree on Wing On Street, honouring Lady Golden Flower. According to the legend, it was in 1762, the 27th year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty and a villager named Lai kwok-man went to Peng Chau looking for Chinese herbs for his wife. He anchored his boat near the banyan tree and prayed to the giant rock next to it. Later, Lai’s wife recovered. The couple got an inspiration from the Lady Golden Flower they built a shrine here to honour her.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_xN91US_sM7pgk7RVPQ74HyaLzFCZKANxsiCf-eL9otvoCn98POA3phvUUTubYiHR3tf7Mvs_yDVPAnrmjy35yLPaT5u0iCOO3VkvOKzd0iy7l17i2SH5noMB20VyIWrDXNY_3ErPJ1a/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+23.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_xN91US_sM7pgk7RVPQ74HyaLzFCZKANxsiCf-eL9otvoCn98POA3phvUUTubYiHR3tf7Mvs_yDVPAnrmjy35yLPaT5u0iCOO3VkvOKzd0iy7l17i2SH5noMB20VyIWrDXNY_3ErPJ1a/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775935342499330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The Banyan tree is just visible top left<br /></span></div><br />The Goddess KamFa is one of the great Gods in heaven, among which are the all merciful Avalokitesvara (Kunyum) and Tin Hau Yuen Gwen, the great guardian to all people and land. According to legend KamFa Goddess was the daughter of a martial arts teaching official in the Tang Dynasty. She was gifted with high intellect, integrity and loyalty. She secretly learned Kung-Fu from her father at a very young age. Achieving the essence of art forms, she adapted in both martial arts and literature. At the time corruption was rampant, people subdued to harsh lives. KamFa Goddess made use of her martial arts skills and often went alone robbing the rich to give to the poor. People praised her deeply for these deeds. One day she was chased by government officials that forced her to hide in a cave in the mountain. Not knowing her whereabouts, her father went searching for her everywhere with those whom she had helped. They finally found the cave entrance but not a trace of the beloved daughter in the cave. All they could see was a human fossil. People immediately knelt down and prayed naming, her “Goddess of Saviour of the World”.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZNb98ULYZnr_kBGMYAJLUeSMLLq2SX5rhWeTVXCI1QwagbN0mDitXo4MxeV_6S03cgZJmpiijv8k3gh6kpAKEUBdHJv883nSZ6Agkf3Pu0xBE7cieXsrpOsoQNrFS8K12B2FQjMOoA4u/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZNb98ULYZnr_kBGMYAJLUeSMLLq2SX5rhWeTVXCI1QwagbN0mDitXo4MxeV_6S03cgZJmpiijv8k3gh6kpAKEUBdHJv883nSZ6Agkf3Pu0xBE7cieXsrpOsoQNrFS8K12B2FQjMOoA4u/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775927188588946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugVuEFsbqBLTrWWHknYdYMfPbWND4LTd8wxhXNqfJnV4Uy-uqsB6cVJVOdaw5BDnXDIbOep2mkSZnBiDwiJcRsMCN2b0ay4ZpW6g3vD7cTTDQUvFRU6n8taZTFXo3zDib6EY670-NZmM6/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+32.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiugVuEFsbqBLTrWWHknYdYMfPbWND4LTd8wxhXNqfJnV4Uy-uqsB6cVJVOdaw5BDnXDIbOep2mkSZnBiDwiJcRsMCN2b0ay4ZpW6g3vD7cTTDQUvFRU6n8taZTFXo3zDib6EY670-NZmM6/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775918784309602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pictures of the religious festivals<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQXjkxaxSht1mmPMg2NfZwdh-NTl1PxCaNPCnWb9vnrGAqur0DL0V_QpFvzB37MB9J0_QXAnyEQYLeKVteIXtNyOhzy_522KdgRHHQgFhrY4MnXD4Y2AxpyRQnmvpdgDUs7h3GSWswUgF/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+33.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQXjkxaxSht1mmPMg2NfZwdh-NTl1PxCaNPCnWb9vnrGAqur0DL0V_QpFvzB37MB9J0_QXAnyEQYLeKVteIXtNyOhzy_522KdgRHHQgFhrY4MnXD4Y2AxpyRQnmvpdgDUs7h3GSWswUgF/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775914157430690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteOqLnoPAZCPI1Bkxu9RwKzykB0y3sKuHIGLhs02nwRn9m1DxU5bH1R_N4-lj-DLsZ7NYzzw1Z7c_urPV6yqQs5LmQ5QmuS75Nn1gloJCPgn_cJuF09dyoQDN7hpnrlfTm3KypLnjcdF-/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+34.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiteOqLnoPAZCPI1Bkxu9RwKzykB0y3sKuHIGLhs02nwRn9m1DxU5bH1R_N4-lj-DLsZ7NYzzw1Z7c_urPV6yqQs5LmQ5QmuS75Nn1gloJCPgn_cJuF09dyoQDN7hpnrlfTm3KypLnjcdF-/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775908975621170" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dZcBamQ5YJHLEZY4R0uxnvN5nY9DuALgnKMdYmWpG1stMXntoM0XS86Sl_9r483vtZmnvjc5VFEKNxuLPPrCwUCEu2Vv7w1Pd8AzQrD3dgJ4KVyXuTPwiKPBfeVL2w2Ni9HGydp-CxoF/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+35.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dZcBamQ5YJHLEZY4R0uxnvN5nY9DuALgnKMdYmWpG1stMXntoM0XS86Sl_9r483vtZmnvjc5VFEKNxuLPPrCwUCEu2Vv7w1Pd8AzQrD3dgJ4KVyXuTPwiKPBfeVL2w2Ni9HGydp-CxoF/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775503355394322" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgpFGBeLNmaL-piiA9xs9F9HE4CUXQQjnzkZw86OqTIBnERdnIJT8JNdfJifRXh1y2qSvISyTL1Zhk73b85HQg4RosCRQBdq_gZoCQxjU7Bn1iYAIg1km4jHbSEgK6Q0Oovea7-0SyK0F/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+36.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGgpFGBeLNmaL-piiA9xs9F9HE4CUXQQjnzkZw86OqTIBnERdnIJT8JNdfJifRXh1y2qSvISyTL1Zhk73b85HQg4RosCRQBdq_gZoCQxjU7Bn1iYAIg1km4jHbSEgK6Q0Oovea7-0SyK0F/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775494567047362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">ludicrously crowded arcade shops, each with the little shrine<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-PruYIHqvLn2GseTauejfp-uEUY6VvQSPObXkGYiE3GC1tB8F8lkpeBDg-AUqsXKL5RUrua8yKtH6NbmxYPT0_G3OKAPQ8BNC30ZpVu2G94eXQRp9Y8hSsgigSYQ7-bRhWheeQs478-2/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+41.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-PruYIHqvLn2GseTauejfp-uEUY6VvQSPObXkGYiE3GC1tB8F8lkpeBDg-AUqsXKL5RUrua8yKtH6NbmxYPT0_G3OKAPQ8BNC30ZpVu2G94eXQRp9Y8hSsgigSYQ7-bRhWheeQs478-2/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775481183200722" border="0" /></a><br />The island is topped by steep forested Finger Hill with a wild little nature park and great views of the Hong Kong seaboard. There is a curving street that climbs to the park steps. The air was sweet with nectar and full various species of of black and white butterfly, and the odd lizard scuttling into crevices as we approached.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyDnYYXITtt3K5YeOYOH-_jy1Qeq84RQsgjvQ2Ib_sN843Mo-Q70kiY8br8EEo-lghP3avO9SO2bp8Xn8sKVGE36qasg30ks3AoT3inpHZcr-J3iveyk2OUzPNTfiiQAS-45Ml3l3w_Gz/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+42.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyDnYYXITtt3K5YeOYOH-_jy1Qeq84RQsgjvQ2Ib_sN843Mo-Q70kiY8br8EEo-lghP3avO9SO2bp8Xn8sKVGE36qasg30ks3AoT3inpHZcr-J3iveyk2OUzPNTfiiQAS-45Ml3l3w_Gz/s400/peng+chau+lantau+-+42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682775483780055842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_RDfiB7R6F6uUQtmBAuRFfG9QaUH41mI1_KlHyyarnAizTFns6rsQ1VUWJlpPjCwTUbT_Z9_EZHRaVsDfJLtW-RTOf3j6kMAdGVbNcuLYCIFpusQp2ptJr0-cyF9IFyHvWnXWg0NzUzL/s1600/peng+chau+lantau+-+46.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5Y6i3vfFbNOSU15F5t2_-G-wkt4K5Pxy33ioQINLD3_b8SaN8l5OmvoOc-m3s_HIAhq9Pbw8E0FfY11tycf2O09Co7Dvn8M_fiSfhi128gz8-Z9EbwgV5fPNLz3ulTScZPCu3OUAnnSb/s400/m1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682771389295452306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pictures of Guangdong in transit in the morning<br /></span></div><br />July 2005 We had traveled into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau">Macau</a> on an overnight sleeper bus from Yangshuo, with three cramped rows of stainless steel slipper-shaped 'coffins' and taken a ferry with all the Chinese heading for the copious casinos which Macau is notorious for. 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Built during the period of Chenghua Reign in the middle age of the Ming Dynasty as said, it has a history of over five hundred years. On the monument in commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of A-Ma temple, it is written: "China is large in area and becomes prosperous during the Three Tang Dynasties. Its civilization is well known everywhere. Vessels and vehicles come to China from all directions. As to the land route, there is a Silk Road connecting Da Shi and Persia. As to the water route, there are boats in deep blue seas leading to Tian Zhu in the south, where people offer treasure and presents at the beginning, Macao was just a fishing port and the people of Quanzhang immigrated here on a large scale and settled down. During the period of Chenghua Reign of the Ming Dynasty. A-Ma temple was constructed".<br /><br />The catholic missionary Matteu Ricci, who arrived in Macao in 1582, once mentioned A-Ma Temple in Reading Note of Matteu Ricci in China when relating the origin of Macao: "They gave a part of the neighbouring island to the visiting merchants as a stage. There was an idol called A Ma, which we can still see today. The territory around A-Ma bay is called Macao. It is better to call it a protruding rock than to call it a peninsula. However, this piece of land was soon inhabited by Portuguese and also by some other races nearby lands. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgR0n_e0ZHdpBrBtSkcrR6LFqyoVJXyHg38BVKON9knCWbM90MHfUwvlodNeu_B-8nfyVzscUYW0jeWZNYKR-2k47t1xk3HHdZt31kzGvljkGASY-hCaHU9kH54mYJU4AtlqR9ygBr9cs/s400/macau+-+34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682770106533242370" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/macau/guanyin.htm">Kun Iam Temple</a> is the most impressive and magnificent of the three most famous temples of Macau (the other two are A-Ma Temple and Lin Fung Temple (Temple of the Lotus). With a history dating back as early as 1632 in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644), it has many similarities with ancient Chinese temples. It is also known as the site of the first Sino-American treaty which was signed in 1844.<br /><br />Kun Iam Temple has three main shrines suited one behind another. It consists of one Hall of Sakyamuni, one Buddha of Longevity Hall and one Kun Iam Hall with several small shrines around these three main halls. Facing the gate of the Buddhist monastery, the Hall of Sakyamuni is dedicated with three gilded statues. The statue of Sakyamuni sits in the middle. A bronze bell, over 300 years old, hangs beside the hall. Buddha of Longevity adorns the Longevity Hall. Serene and mild, this statue is a symbol of Buddha's purpose: to deliver all living creatures from torment. Kun Iam Hall is the most important hall of the temple. Kun Iam, arrayed in embroidered silk and in crown, is flanked by the Eighteen Buddhas. One of them is said to be carved in the image of Marco Polo who studied Buddhism in the temple.<br /><br />At the back of the temple are terraced gardens. The first Sino-American treaty Wong Ha (Wangxia) Treaty was signed on one of the stone desks here. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdLhGr6gahYv2Sb5x7oM7BHO2Yv9XXMklvDfmVmFEN_r1zq3Uda1hmfBAZAhHgTH-epmEhQhHvSaVbd2mYFq2818EkTB0YNauwJcnihmKf7FVHIXpiAnT_oQSF0JXAubz6LZuf9a-MIhlk/s400/macau+-+68.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682763728786316690" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-62963446201328428302011-12-03T20:54:00.000-08:002011-12-04T21:39:30.750-08:00Bangkok: In and Out in a Day<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT2DeFz943Xe5Rruc6Ths5gIffJmznVlKsRMFMZfQ4w5l31dofOoCOZ7kIYH2hBZUxaLTmM7dgnmugWu_5GLxbeK79Fuqd-U6w6nhYUhRSGFh2xGFTLIePkxTPSUOPaLQuj3VUicwh2dp/s1600/bangkok0+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT2DeFz943Xe5Rruc6Ths5gIffJmznVlKsRMFMZfQ4w5l31dofOoCOZ7kIYH2hBZUxaLTmM7dgnmugWu_5GLxbeK79Fuqd-U6w6nhYUhRSGFh2xGFTLIePkxTPSUOPaLQuj3VUicwh2dp/s400/bangkok0+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682142964446219250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Arriving in Bangkok<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlKj_LZkRkv1UhXkV3uAY2X_o2-AxFWrkFTR-JxbigvfGHzji9BEqhLq12t5qyY2ksn0rGSfLTzu5zmMO_4zHWHdtVc-lYjX1PgFcSfj_W3TmLl8c5VVF-0ESmR1cyqxFBfGsBNSfKnGZ/s1600/bangkok0+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlKj_LZkRkv1UhXkV3uAY2X_o2-AxFWrkFTR-JxbigvfGHzji9BEqhLq12t5qyY2ksn0rGSfLTzu5zmMO_4zHWHdtVc-lYjX1PgFcSfj_W3TmLl8c5VVF-0ESmR1cyqxFBfGsBNSfKnGZ/s400/bangkok0+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682142851628779330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The old Don Muang Airport was still huge and swish<br /></span></div><br />2006-08-30 We got here at about 8pm still severely jet lagged, but spent an evening in the hippie haunts of Khao San Rd. and crashed early.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCIpZuI5wMLn6gxV7EhBOpycRLAQb-yPqFNBBZfudtBiL_RlPfUW7pEzpmBH_lGm2p8LcqVi1b8CIcebZztgepP0MIDCoYwYp2F5jK-M_0I1rq5rAKsCh-2VD_6vgDWZWX3ndpE3mQsS42/s1600/bangkok0+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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It is located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan (Thai: วัดพระเชตุพนวิมลมังคลารามราชวรมหาวิหาร ). 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More amazing race stuff. Just about to leave Bangkok.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzvdJdUEjjkoof4selryxeWei9Whf7seYRYEv0HCsC-lq5F7bGoBn4xOKn0wqjqBV3zlRXUsLOMXgssExrSuZJu9j5iUV9xmm7PKVWSUuXhuqHUSUMuorfQuAEOEoyq96ZWhzXE2Y4pwT/s1600/bangkok0+-+84.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzvdJdUEjjkoof4selryxeWei9Whf7seYRYEv0HCsC-lq5F7bGoBn4xOKn0wqjqBV3zlRXUsLOMXgssExrSuZJu9j5iUV9xmm7PKVWSUuXhuqHUSUMuorfQuAEOEoyq96ZWhzXE2Y4pwT/s400/bangkok0+-+84.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682135102840290162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQAtahsS6ygk59zH2JhwdrNIhxhZA8ol3QVTLxyhQ1hn83MpoMwicb8uE5IpFcOHH8LwrfiFBV6RInD26xz90uO5zyGn2fIe97qRE6XJWbTDYD3gWGRe6mW50dhBeRG7wOMa3a7c60Byj/s1600/bangkok0+-+85.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMQAtahsS6ygk59zH2JhwdrNIhxhZA8ol3QVTLxyhQ1hn83MpoMwicb8uE5IpFcOHH8LwrfiFBV6RInD26xz90uO5zyGn2fIe97qRE6XJWbTDYD3gWGRe6mW50dhBeRG7wOMa3a7c60Byj/s400/bangkok0+-+85.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682135098164822722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFO6142Ki06t3tLxivEpW830shSl73-thzUhyyZyJYaVGo6VbmD7zBQ9AKeBxgmSo51Mpie5xFLxbNF6v6Wu_Joa_hVBXLmw7DsLmkt0qNselKZfjD0L0IECzktrznv_ir75aRefBcpjW/s1600/bangkok0+-+87.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFO6142Ki06t3tLxivEpW830shSl73-thzUhyyZyJYaVGo6VbmD7zBQ9AKeBxgmSo51Mpie5xFLxbNF6v6Wu_Joa_hVBXLmw7DsLmkt0qNselKZfjD0L0IECzktrznv_ir75aRefBcpjW/s400/bangkok0+-+87.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682135094444568658" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-30191351999302325232011-12-03T14:37:00.000-08:002011-12-04T21:36:49.617-08:00Singapore: Little India and Chinatown<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGKLPchDVC1HIq7JZKYhzAWaDu5qzo_pJxGKINrVkTb_IT_7I1-ay1VQXNzGVgU25ob_P9Qyd2-2O5-hBzi-KZFUF-rFl_J1fhMCI1NdVuWlPD1GFsr34UWg0uxY9k0CreJQ6LR7dqdU8/s1600/singapore+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGKLPchDVC1HIq7JZKYhzAWaDu5qzo_pJxGKINrVkTb_IT_7I1-ay1VQXNzGVgU25ob_P9Qyd2-2O5-hBzi-KZFUF-rFl_J1fhMCI1NdVuWlPD1GFsr34UWg0uxY9k0CreJQ6LR7dqdU8/s400/singapore+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042822469172002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Abdul_Gaffoor">Masjid Abdul Gaffoor</a>, Dunlop Street, within Little India off Jalan Besar. </span><br /></div><p>2006-8-29 Singapore was a one night transition stop for us on the way to Bangkok and then on to Calcutta where our journey proper begins. We will fly out again from here after making a ten country intrepid overland through the Himalayas and back through South East Asia.<br /></p><p>We had an incredibly delayed flight because half the cyclists from a championship race had to load their 80 bikes on and then the loading gantry got stuck in the hold. The flight otherwise was good with lots of movies on the LCD screens. I saw the Da Vinci Code which I was nearly going to buy the book of at the airport and Sinbad and Terms of Endearment and then settled for two subtitled French comedies because I didn't have to blast my ears out to hear the dialogue. </p><p> </p><p>We easily made it through the metro but then had to spend about half an hour in the middle of the night trapesing our luggage round little India until we found a slightly scungy Chinese hotel with a windowless air-con room for around $45 Singapore for the two of us, because the good cheap backpackers were all full up. We had a bit of a restless night with going to bed at 4 am our time but it was quiet and cool. The sleeping bags were great as light covers to keep the bed away from us. </p><p> </p><p>It`s a sunny morning here and were are out to photograph Little India and have some breakfast. Flight to Bangkok confirmed at 3 in the afternoon. </p><p> </p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCztiVrgTsjBLxwyktRLXoWEoOyCd3YxHQZpblZpq2buOQANflbVJUBzwUV1Hz_nDVNR0Tzy9AnlaQFTCw4_koq5e0axmmx1IjYenVrBNrbG0LH5sJdg4zrbytfJV-6A452dQbkP8XW_Kt/s1600/singapore+-+09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCztiVrgTsjBLxwyktRLXoWEoOyCd3YxHQZpblZpq2buOQANflbVJUBzwUV1Hz_nDVNR0Tzy9AnlaQFTCw4_koq5e0axmmx1IjYenVrBNrbG0LH5sJdg4zrbytfJV-6A452dQbkP8XW_Kt/s400/singapore+-+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042818119556482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtjdu0aPIZ0J4563N3r1uYv02ZbYaTvaIaHPy51jPe-w91aFEzpFh3UD4bo4EWVGpY8S57ou1efM1nca-RwpRi4SmP7fPLJqQJX8p10egg8W9SV2k0a_6mvnSDIpB7q4T0gxcDdMG62hZ/s1600/singapore+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtjdu0aPIZ0J4563N3r1uYv02ZbYaTvaIaHPy51jPe-w91aFEzpFh3UD4bo4EWVGpY8S57ou1efM1nca-RwpRi4SmP7fPLJqQJX8p10egg8W9SV2k0a_6mvnSDIpB7q4T0gxcDdMG62hZ/s400/singapore+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042812813499762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDltTrF-a4vnCfgDPJ26NczcUffa9dxkJ3KWDVM89nZKhlnnK93kkP5IP0Xf8BgrLcPoXppTrXxcwGIPGew4YLrcb0BUHGVBeL2SWVeZInxms-K95F8B3pZlJbYKUVctW6969e62a89T1/s1600/singapore+-+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDltTrF-a4vnCfgDPJ26NczcUffa9dxkJ3KWDVM89nZKhlnnK93kkP5IP0Xf8BgrLcPoXppTrXxcwGIPGew4YLrcb0BUHGVBeL2SWVeZInxms-K95F8B3pZlJbYKUVctW6969e62a89T1/s400/singapore+-+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042809219118914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy9aQL_OerTtQs5z7VVa01tAMr0euvIQ2m8yVAU9fOQifd9cn0VWz-mMoc5R1Wg6t1dk9bLuc9vsxOuCXPpHRFWzF8qHbFTNnXwojbW8e2GxC71HA1Vw6rZc07xRkIuP0Wjba0owkt5Kr/s1600/singapore+-+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy9aQL_OerTtQs5z7VVa01tAMr0euvIQ2m8yVAU9fOQifd9cn0VWz-mMoc5R1Wg6t1dk9bLuc9vsxOuCXPpHRFWzF8qHbFTNnXwojbW8e2GxC71HA1Vw6rZc07xRkIuP0Wjba0owkt5Kr/s400/singapore+-+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042067118386434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7Z2pL4r0kN-qk1cnKlt87Y6dOZcAdxi7jYOpVwkOmtDWlH5pXvWszNVwkGgPM1y6bsSY4eyH9X7PMjZkdVaCfJzGDlapZ0V-oqzZvX854bpj0gJC5TULoa14KrxZ_znh3iDCZW9RtSv-/s1600/singapore+-+13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7Z2pL4r0kN-qk1cnKlt87Y6dOZcAdxi7jYOpVwkOmtDWlH5pXvWszNVwkGgPM1y6bsSY4eyH9X7PMjZkdVaCfJzGDlapZ0V-oqzZvX854bpj0gJC5TULoa14KrxZ_znh3iDCZW9RtSv-/s400/singapore+-+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042063371504482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY87VDkovbDG4ewu0clzV9UZXmBS4MmhYh5X2Z4ajcD_Kz5xAHIdVx-J-aczzMOkBcsx1AVR1Hiim8SWHqQQwwCzvQ2hln4AP1VjxcderMveI9jaybRT0mYpS1VDDrmDxH4b3euxrqRPl/s1600/singapore+-+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY87VDkovbDG4ewu0clzV9UZXmBS4MmhYh5X2Z4ajcD_Kz5xAHIdVx-J-aczzMOkBcsx1AVR1Hiim8SWHqQQwwCzvQ2hln4AP1VjxcderMveI9jaybRT0mYpS1VDDrmDxH4b3euxrqRPl/s400/singapore+-+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682042049470817394" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Veeramakaliamman_Temple">Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple</a> (Tamil: ஸ்ரீ வீரமாகாளியம்மன் கோவில்; Chinese: 维拉马卡卡拉曼庙) is dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, fierce embodiment of Shakti and the god Shiva's wife, Parvati. Kali has always been popular in Bengal, the birthplace of the labourers who built this temple in 1881. 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This is a free internet terminal in the departure lounge. Walked around Little India and a bit of Chinatown. Had an amazing race to the airport to catch the next flight because we spent a bit too much time in town and then found we had to change metros 3 times and then got to the airport and found Air Asia was at another terminal we had to take a sky train to get too! <p> </p> <p>Phoned India Airlines from the hotel on a long-shot, to bring our booking forward a day to tomorrow, so we can spend a day in Calcutta without freaking that we might miss our evening train connection, and because cause we will come back to Bangkok and found they had no booking for us at all to India. By a stroke of luck they still had free seats for tomorrow so we can actually get to India (we hope).</p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9E3fGPvnPsRYXbSRUwZfxQcDClgDAsFBdQ5OVYLvKDr5sY9sznFhgjl841kndRvHJmNvx_7sX5oG_Hq-tzTXCF4slo5i_kW873WvtcmD41SxBunGTOK_zj5eIExbA55g1VT4VdLW6866/s1600/singapore+-+49.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9E3fGPvnPsRYXbSRUwZfxQcDClgDAsFBdQ5OVYLvKDr5sY9sznFhgjl841kndRvHJmNvx_7sX5oG_Hq-tzTXCF4slo5i_kW873WvtcmD41SxBunGTOK_zj5eIExbA55g1VT4VdLW6866/s400/singapore+-+49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682035847332465458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">On the way to the airport<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRagyM-3C3Zuw0bRdMtNvIUlBXvoyCTumJ_lP_HwAgEYnpXE5lGjznlttIKDI1jPN5U_h59CROUe_Sia8MVyqYgN8spjxI2nD_CgfDWihnNqgoLRd1Tp4aWlCt7Q0MGJWildCnf8jczBhV/s1600/singapore+-+50.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqpnXSrmL83GftboI3s6DqJnNH6R11tWQnZxgj6BKZzdeIlbMlFoq-6zZOkhlHXMjxXkjdojE4yICYLe4IuqkY23JTEI49U4ceCk0Y0o7m_062QIeV81_nRVGRp3OmEBNoEamiAKzAZ9zd/s400/Kampung+Chitty+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681775153247944194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Gateway to the kampung<br /></span></div><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-minuet-in-melacca.html">Last Minuet in Melacca</a><br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/melacca-temples-on-harmony-street.html">Melacca Temples on Harmony Street</a><br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/kampung-chitty.html">Kampung Chitti</a><br /><br />Kampung Chitty is an enclave on the outskirts of Old Melacca where there is an Indian community and a ri Mariamman temple. The houses are colourful and original little cottages that originally may have been built autonomously as an informal 'ghetto' outside local regulations.<br /><br />The Chittys are a distinctive group of Tamil people found mainly in Malacca and Singapore , who are also known as the Indian Peranakans. As of today, their population stands at 2,000. Like the Peranakans, the Chitty speak a Malay patois, which is mixed with many Tamil loan words. Many of the Chitty are unable to communicate in Tamil fluently.<br /><br />Historical records stated that the Tamil traders from Panai in Tamil Nadu settled down in Malacca during the sovereignty of the Sultanate of Malacca. Like the Peranakans, they later settled down and freely intermingled with the local Malays and Chinese settlers. However, with the fall of the Malacca Sultanate after 1511, the Chitty eventually lost touch with their native land. Under the administration of the Portuguese, Dutch and British colonizers, the Chitty eventually began simplifying their culture and customs by adopting local customs.<br /><br />Chinese cultural influence among the Chitty people is evident, especially in the case of ancestral worship. Religious objects used for conducting rituals aren similar to those used by the Chinese. Hints of Taoist and Islamic influences are also evident in their religious rituals.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-4z9n-0St4XMEEKaatspZKgqj7jtW7DhX7at4o6hwdu4rHdv4i6jX84ekmWAlKhhnsi98bOk_1D5LmUDdKKKXPpUr1n-ELmwXQQvhP4pHt89jY7KLF_CgGvj02v-q8YpOP7g9gzEV3yX/s1600/Kampung+Chitty+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC-4z9n-0St4XMEEKaatspZKgqj7jtW7DhX7at4o6hwdu4rHdv4i6jX84ekmWAlKhhnsi98bOk_1D5LmUDdKKKXPpUr1n-ELmwXQQvhP4pHt89jY7KLF_CgGvj02v-q8YpOP7g9gzEV3yX/s400/Kampung+Chitty+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681775147005084162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Sri Mariamman temple</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1iZrGAk2PSONchM7BJGMpsVjrRhoN6ffIOcfzNIosKwyrkRZk9m7CZO1m8QHFv6vIx_QJURvd4jocXpw6XDyQSTMyvHtNv_PCU7ngT6Q8M8DJBhqp0hD9OMjjs1zbwmlPbri6Ld6sjAV/s1600/Kampung+Chitty+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8YxJBy_zuGaMtco6zRiOZEr7sUO6_sJdKc3oU8PWFL1tgfHtSSo2Jx92TzSfdYCmEFeT1t7I-ibZv22o-cp-r2r3dfm9M59TexOt7gLoY5lpVNbgWm2qjKbkiHk9ldwp5Qc7GpEmCEZt2/s400/melacca+temples+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681773263055644754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Poyatha_Moorthi_Temple">Sri Poyatha Moorthi</a> temple<br /></span></div><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-minuet-in-melacca.html">Last Minuet in Melacca</a><br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/melacca-temples-on-harmony-street.html">Melacca Temples on Harmony Street</a><br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/kampung-chitty.html">Kampung Chitti</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Poyatha_Moorthi_Temple">Sri Poyatha Moorthi</a> Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Malaysia as well as the oldest functioning Hindu temple in the Malay archipelago.[1] Located in the state of Malacca, the temple is also unique for being one of the few existing Chitty temples in Malaysia. The temple was built by Thavinayagar Chitty, the leader of the Chitty people, in 1781 after the Dutch colonial government of Malacca gave him a plot of land. The temple is dedicated to Vinayagar or Ganesha, the elephant deity. In the back room is a sculpture of the deity with the head of an elephant and the body of a man with four hands. There is another altar dedicated to Lord Muruga, the younger brother of Lord Vinayagar. For a history of the Chitty's see also <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/kampung-chitty.html">Kampung Chitti</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t30yXdzeOYmcsqAWodwsqcA5pdrddBHKTAyfrgpB8AfovyGWxb93oL3glgwrjYY6p7JM-n4AczmH0Xi4rcIK-GP5R8ZvVxNR-zxhSegiMybopIJFiQ5VhI0X1egn6SqxsjP33iAW_g8H/s1600/melacca+temples+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5t30yXdzeOYmcsqAWodwsqcA5pdrddBHKTAyfrgpB8AfovyGWxb93oL3glgwrjYY6p7JM-n4AczmH0Xi4rcIK-GP5R8ZvVxNR-zxhSegiMybopIJFiQ5VhI0X1egn6SqxsjP33iAW_g8H/s400/melacca+temples+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681773255299180114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnKAliXAuM9XSbcj10rbb56GLZZKB2YxxZetLTEXQz3W4-Hk3qmcPnuXHOxT59FrnATxd66CtPqwJjpd3dSdRnYQ6SrtVVJxv9-R92n8UCCmEieQlFAOW-RHyjuD6-zPhFYkJyHpASUry/s1600/melacca+temples+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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The original structure built by Indian Muslim traders in 1748 was a wooden building and in 1872, it was rebuilt in brick. The mosque is one of the traditional mosques in Melaka, which still retains its original design. 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Hokkien is the largest Chinese dialect spoken among Chinese groups in Malaysia. Originally, the Hokkien people were the descendants of the earliest Chinese settlers on the Peninsula who originated mainly from Fujian (also called Min) Province in China. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYG6TpESkuCSFGurBul_cK88lfqRzAQZHP8GWXDInSFZh8WiVyhtvM85Pi9x0ZNfO6HK2v_NYpWUo08m1thCeFUp3T4231vEgBa6_Fryx6OiEDVcPvdI9pV6Twx_uW4WGbg5digpPN7Ixe/s400/melacca+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681743908318708834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Old Colonial Melacca centre<br /></span></div><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/last-minuet-in-melacca.html">Last Minuet in Melacca</a><br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/melacca-temples-on-harmony-street.html">Melacca Temples on Harmony Street</a><br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/kampung-chitty.html">Kampung Chitti</a><br /><br />2006-11-22 We decided to take a short detour to Melacca because we had a couple of days up our sleeve before hitting the plane back from Singapore, because its another ancient cultural capital and is within a couple of hours drive of Singapore.<br /><br />Melacca is another quaint multicultural historical relic. Colonized by the Chinese, the Indians, the Portugese, the Dutch, the British and finally the tourists and now the backpackers. It has a small Chinatown, bordered by old Dutch colonial buildings with a string of temples of all kinds on a street called 'harmony street' for this reason. In the same view in the same street there is a South Indian Hindu temple, an elegant semi-colonial mosque with many cultural influences and several Chinese temples and clan shrines. 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We're holed up in Traveler's Lodge, a nice place with an electronic security gate, a kitchen and roof garden with an overview of the modern Malaccan establishment, a place just like home in the last destination of our Asia circuit. It has internet, TV, a basic cafe serving breakfast and snacks and a self serve kitchen where we have just made a fruit salad of mango, dragon fruit, mandarin, apple, banana and lychees.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfqaQ9aqDaQx91Xq3FgGEI1yvCAgqm7duDmAtzhZxTUBbb8U2EFHLmiHeAMZSDUqX3zECiltVjtPL6_606D-I3zPc2wQyi827dlrlxnPB2NaZifvXCX6yY0rFALay4c3kiKazYVNZ-xyC/s1600/m1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfqaQ9aqDaQx91Xq3FgGEI1yvCAgqm7duDmAtzhZxTUBbb8U2EFHLmiHeAMZSDUqX3zECiltVjtPL6_606D-I3zPc2wQyi827dlrlxnPB2NaZifvXCX6yY0rFALay4c3kiKazYVNZ-xyC/s400/m1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681744122037020450" border="0" /></a><br />It's in the newer quarter of town with vast shopping malls ironically sporting Christmas Santas and snowmen and large modern housing estates leading down to a rather forlorn industrial coastline where it is almost impossible to get to the water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SpWwpBY_TrTbX9R08pTtdXdeK2GNcLz1reh-sUpi126BJIZuPU5H4X3BHfTZMnVT9XMeXqhAvSw-3V6Rvaw4yT2XMV1F0st5Zrqk3fohCSirkcibpiOqmOO182v8b5CmQeamBp-T78vN/s1600/m2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8SpWwpBY_TrTbX9R08pTtdXdeK2GNcLz1reh-sUpi126BJIZuPU5H4X3BHfTZMnVT9XMeXqhAvSw-3V6Rvaw4yT2XMV1F0st5Zrqk3fohCSirkcibpiOqmOO182v8b5CmQeamBp-T78vN/s400/m2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681744113783690850" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzNqD-3dyxPJM29km_BjMHro2XmxnbG3i79w2xKMv3pzgUWzEUpdXDLbeU1MTZU9Det7UxvWGtMSZEdbwOPonsCzQp57MQFrNao-C0Pq5BjGFfjHL102-nF5SGhPyZdI2pliSJcJNPWnY/s1600/m3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtzNqD-3dyxPJM29km_BjMHro2XmxnbG3i79w2xKMv3pzgUWzEUpdXDLbeU1MTZU9Det7UxvWGtMSZEdbwOPonsCzQp57MQFrNao-C0Pq5BjGFfjHL102-nF5SGhPyZdI2pliSJcJNPWnY/s400/m3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681744113177333410" border="0" /></a><br />It's a place you expect to find McDonalds, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried all giving us a chance to eat a few rounds of junk food we at least know is sterile even if it fails all nutirition tests. No wait a minute - we TRIED to get sterile chicken from "The Chicken Rice Shop" and lo and behold once we chomped into it it was streaming with raw blood just like the chicken in Penang! More complaints to please cook our food properly!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bpcikHTo42S5NP5uM5a3oHKPoQiPwGUMdMS06W2vPkiOQb1_3YVvhDBiC0en5oZ_teyutsMt34PTp6YaGviz7daRd6YDcn62P7p9jH6tqjp4EM34_jGqYxRLNyD09HIzbQBBTfkDLeC7/s1600/melacca+-+41.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bpcikHTo42S5NP5uM5a3oHKPoQiPwGUMdMS06W2vPkiOQb1_3YVvhDBiC0en5oZ_teyutsMt34PTp6YaGviz7daRd6YDcn62P7p9jH6tqjp4EM34_jGqYxRLNyD09HIzbQBBTfkDLeC7/s400/melacca+-+41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681739040343116994" border="0" /></a><br />Tomorrow we'll hire bikes and circuit the town. Our bus to Singapore is already booked next day for the Lavender Bus Terminal in Little India from where we can take a subway to the airport a few hours later.<br /><br />Having visited many of the Chinese temples, and Christine had received a banana offering from the priest at the Indian temple and we had visited the mosque, I did ride out to Kampung Chitty a stylish Indian 'ghetto' enclave on the outskirts of town which had a temple and a series of chic alternative houses, that probably started out as non-permitted buildings but have now become fashionable looking. The Chtty are also associated with the Indian temple and form an early migrant group from South India that settled here and in Singapore and no longer are fluent in Tamil, but speak a Tamil-enriched form of Malay.<br /><br />There is also a good site with photos of the <a href="http://j-travel.blogspot.com/2009/08/stalls-at-jonker-street-night-market.html">night markets</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ur_tqPbOJuX2LXHCTAtcFyqEz9lUe-BSLsoCAdI34GSlPEQQFspXn4YAgCmD7kQTvZqpTuzZRCntB1MItDQu65HurdW7qeMDDuJU-v6zowHsanaJLftLW6-Sji6sE4HWp-2NX5UHp6Uy/s1600/melacca+-+46.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ur_tqPbOJuX2LXHCTAtcFyqEz9lUe-BSLsoCAdI34GSlPEQQFspXn4YAgCmD7kQTvZqpTuzZRCntB1MItDQu65HurdW7qeMDDuJU-v6zowHsanaJLftLW6-Sji6sE4HWp-2NX5UHp6Uy/s400/melacca+-+46.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681739033351919282" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFVjVtyL3wraZoumlQ4eOqWX8qdsz81sghNv2PmOmnkU4ccSsnQBppNzB2xQenO5aMnxg7ZeJhtga5e97TbGkGLdkFtAdMh75L3uabYhKbcxIuofABB2bhk-0-xgGie46Nd6jRdvFhBp_/s1600/melacca+-+47.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCiX-R6XfAoYgblwzVTyekt2Uo6OMnMPTtOWWRshmbRbmibmwBPFgqFEb8EWiirkPd-MB6cj-SFuzdrBGMyHbLFuaUG2Pq4kjJ7KUDbHPSE3EQObvw-gA-3XdmEbC6zBxta6j9LffQVke/s400/melacca+-+73.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681733550598710578" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-27584927677908337012011-12-02T15:06:00.000-08:002011-12-04T02:39:07.061-08:00Trucking through KL<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkKfKr2-0UWQCXbARHgxj4fuYJbshdLK2h7LFxcxGUUps2Y-gQnSuDdnck6Kokzt82-gZnAu0ONGFlWuuTBrwvqGYaULUB4GJdpb9AtG39aqI7r3HTV-XcfSkP2W5JdGoSDaTHxh7gnFl/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+44.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 461px; height: 163px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxkKfKr2-0UWQCXbARHgxj4fuYJbshdLK2h7LFxcxGUUps2Y-gQnSuDdnck6Kokzt82-gZnAu0ONGFlWuuTBrwvqGYaULUB4GJdpb9AtG39aqI7r3HTV-XcfSkP2W5JdGoSDaTHxh7gnFl/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+44.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681679560276260402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Anjua Guest House right opposite the Pudaraya Bus Station</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;">2006-11-22 We spent the last night in Kuala Lumpur in the Anjua Guest House right opposite the Pudaraya Bus Station, the central nexus for all bus traffic in and out of KL. We stopped there purely because the Guest House was right where the bus stopped, and within 20 metres had a ticket booth for the next bus to Melacca, a 7-11 where we can buy iced coffee milk and a KFC which we could eat junk food to oblivion without risking gut ache on the last days of travel. There is another good guest house a few doors along called the Pudu Hostel with comparable facilities. It makes it possible to spend a night in KL without having to go miles with one's luggage and make a clean exit on demand.<br /><br />We wandered Chinatown in the stifling humid heat - mostly a more modern urban run down version of what is most elegantly expressed in Chinese and Indian culture in Penang, and I then took a subway ride to film the twin Petrona towers, the Muslim world's sisters of the World Trade Center, now dwarfed by the heaven-penetrating tower in Dubai.<br /><br />This morning we made a quick dash to the central market to try to bargain for a couple of gift trinkets to bring back and then caught the bus to Melacca in haste from the inordinately hot bustling and chaotic Pudaraya Bus Station.</div></div><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOJcZmb0nIKSadQGO7Bu7V1JL6aHVFQHKH-bhovwOaBL1x2iHxx-lneuGZRifmFVGpdmYuTKt9grjWiT1zXm_a2j7L5QhSQsrWdkMOYZoJtqg13nhv6kLyeMwgAp1zsMt-G0SyUDlVqn4/s1600/kl1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOJcZmb0nIKSadQGO7Bu7V1JL6aHVFQHKH-bhovwOaBL1x2iHxx-lneuGZRifmFVGpdmYuTKt9grjWiT1zXm_a2j7L5QhSQsrWdkMOYZoJtqg13nhv6kLyeMwgAp1zsMt-G0SyUDlVqn4/s400/kl1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681679556932932978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Sleazy bit cool air-con bedroom at the Anjua</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGni9mlW7tCXs6xYTolCZDVa3SAf6myDO_AE9w2eBTEq_M9-o9hA4ZKgQQdoVid7c3E7dWzWnnE6NWup9m_sc4YnGxMj8e-oxLKuxPPRgoI7F0N9pn3jIibBKAMgHz-ShSZB5pU8pGlVf/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+47.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGni9mlW7tCXs6xYTolCZDVa3SAf6myDO_AE9w2eBTEq_M9-o9hA4ZKgQQdoVid7c3E7dWzWnnE6NWup9m_sc4YnGxMj8e-oxLKuxPPRgoI7F0N9pn3jIibBKAMgHz-ShSZB5pU8pGlVf/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681679260601974514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Pudaraya environs</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPERVZMomnxWAZK0NTGdvCsr3XQJ__GZLw_v89MjVkzWUbW5A0YOe-A56xujiLHqgRmhoLJhm2WUXfHpLMwy_vanD464D8EkfduoGZeDd39UDVvH4aGw-W5NirHkJDH2ZjvEGRSBca0tbV/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+48.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPERVZMomnxWAZK0NTGdvCsr3XQJ__GZLw_v89MjVkzWUbW5A0YOe-A56xujiLHqgRmhoLJhm2WUXfHpLMwy_vanD464D8EkfduoGZeDd39UDVvH4aGw-W5NirHkJDH2ZjvEGRSBca0tbV/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681679257303137266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECee-Yq8IDEUbxTbSoBtbmkHOLEMcKwK7Y0z1RbN2C8N8CiCGMlZT5OTZmIbL4y8ePOk1N1DAxltcd2Smd06CPrc0KfvIiVUjDBnxu_bVTLI5dp-5WlE1eV7uquzIBFyZL_8e-An3mh01/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjECee-Yq8IDEUbxTbSoBtbmkHOLEMcKwK7Y0z1RbN2C8N8CiCGMlZT5OTZmIbL4y8ePOk1N1DAxltcd2Smd06CPrc0KfvIiVUjDBnxu_bVTLI5dp-5WlE1eV7uquzIBFyZL_8e-An3mh01/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681686011801010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Chinatown Kuala Lumpur</span><br /></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1xKIwqBd9cjB0VTdtTz7T0JZG0NmH8M84v5zjpRZ4bit3KuqEV4w7nBiKaKPNtbNWBnRP36zPqBfQwgTYywO0jXLYDrdFs0y6bweDP83IXK5RXgW_nNRsFjG4QhjBwwzmumvxgV9lp3d/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1xKIwqBd9cjB0VTdtTz7T0JZG0NmH8M84v5zjpRZ4bit3KuqEV4w7nBiKaKPNtbNWBnRP36zPqBfQwgTYywO0jXLYDrdFs0y6bweDP83IXK5RXgW_nNRsFjG4QhjBwwzmumvxgV9lp3d/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681674851511282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Images from the Chinatown area<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEMF28cq9fK9HODsT6rZQq8MSb0cSzJzK-JMwjHrPM3qovWGttoMrPJjK0TmpqgAoO71c2LjRPi-qz54jPYlMZNjicwaap03k93pIFmDriNWMht9-1jZVOJuXSAXaVAGp0W0qDjTgG0U-/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEMF28cq9fK9HODsT6rZQq8MSb0cSzJzK-JMwjHrPM3qovWGttoMrPJjK0TmpqgAoO71c2LjRPi-qz54jPYlMZNjicwaap03k93pIFmDriNWMht9-1jZVOJuXSAXaVAGp0W0qDjTgG0U-/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681668935657266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh_UnLJNQO21ydHRTAiyDwnqRCdTl-D39VdTdaDseKbY7Ehctpbu7B6RelRo-WQwO0QdwdtKP-E_OH1LDIiZqA2zUP5gWFPdZTgyvep1cGoj0iDjvRvLI7k_4IdrNysK1HP3d1zAMhu7A/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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It is harvested in the Himalayas where it is regarded as 'Himalayan viagra' and has become notorious for <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15741813">murders committed</a> over turf wars in Nepal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYomaJfoduBmrhnON2xWevdFk5uDH3fbLWPP4KGfRZScwNjS1eKTsf20tVGkk4CewDZaheBSeU407Xb8pFonZ0z41CAb76VPBP4vTSXDOVVSgfKcBmkFNXyuCv8kN8BkGveRgfQY7ocbm/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYomaJfoduBmrhnON2xWevdFk5uDH3fbLWPP4KGfRZScwNjS1eKTsf20tVGkk4CewDZaheBSeU407Xb8pFonZ0z41CAb76VPBP4vTSXDOVVSgfKcBmkFNXyuCv8kN8BkGveRgfQY7ocbm/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681445684591666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvV61pKlUZQZqrMlbmiJKSUCxY1QBpH1o-HyJYyGE8xg4PnwLy-uXBYLtB8YnKdY8gfBezhWi_dpHGN71IwCXxxllAgbzZc3KISI_PskgcA5N3d8WQHbDFaVnqniF6P9xmZjbZ5p0IZIr/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvV61pKlUZQZqrMlbmiJKSUCxY1QBpH1o-HyJYyGE8xg4PnwLy-uXBYLtB8YnKdY8gfBezhWi_dpHGN71IwCXxxllAgbzZc3KISI_PskgcA5N3d8WQHbDFaVnqniF6P9xmZjbZ5p0IZIr/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681444148140882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5ESSCQpPMApaShpWhunif_NFcY9d-PWuhubapD6hLop0q9jUEabrb1gKoMJQnBFC0ONOzGpzAwCW7_qbe-WPqpaJVhEUd3CjdsY9mSFR-MfppsO5oxzk-vmp2PUmQWKXNApqBxuXeggi/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5ESSCQpPMApaShpWhunif_NFcY9d-PWuhubapD6hLop0q9jUEabrb1gKoMJQnBFC0ONOzGpzAwCW7_qbe-WPqpaJVhEUd3CjdsY9mSFR-MfppsO5oxzk-vmp2PUmQWKXNApqBxuXeggi/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681438006933090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oS52b6u7hKc5MM0ogVuZTawWIId3ZTOL1tStr3w94a1LKgXPUXpNoJZYqUQiOiq2lBV3bELjletL6LYAZog6naKKh5vSGvRdJLybpSq4auW0Nk0pQJVav5NckMuB_UVRmPOUlNZ-ljiH/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oS52b6u7hKc5MM0ogVuZTawWIId3ZTOL1tStr3w94a1LKgXPUXpNoJZYqUQiOiq2lBV3bELjletL6LYAZog6naKKh5vSGvRdJLybpSq4auW0Nk0pQJVav5NckMuB_UVRmPOUlNZ-ljiH/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681436644858770" border="0" /></a><br />The Sri Mahamariamman Temple is the oldest and richest Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur. Founded in 1873, it is situated at edge of Chinatown in Jalan Bandar. In 1968, a new structure was built, featuring the ornate 'Raja Gopuram' tower in the style of South Indian temples. The Sri Mahamariamman Temple was founded by K. Thamboosamy Pillai in 1873 and was initially used as a private shrine by the Pillai family. The family threw the temple doors open to the public in the late 1920s and eventually handed the management of the temple over to a board of trustees.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBKMfaozYabESMoJFJlhaemvW4hyphenhyphenxLa_WP4mlRJ2Ikdbbwd9K77uT-iaolWOz_C7PFYFlPEzujLI5v5admU6X-lIGhJRfe36aHarkPzW6dX4pQZNgtQ6UgFrGrgvRnNme7R65dByhXjHb/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBKMfaozYabESMoJFJlhaemvW4hyphenhyphenxLa_WP4mlRJ2Ikdbbwd9K77uT-iaolWOz_C7PFYFlPEzujLI5v5admU6X-lIGhJRfe36aHarkPzW6dX4pQZNgtQ6UgFrGrgvRnNme7R65dByhXjHb/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681222318907682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpOD2sk1aQWLAOmOeC1yvoAnoRKjEKYnRsw44cjrGVqcTzONYF9vM39FH28fgNa6AaBWqcWaY6kKwrZW60CkFMtzs_sOzPzteHhPXv70STJdqxu-cPPbNBDKNGf3E6t_Eo0lX4xaKZWhB/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGpOD2sk1aQWLAOmOeC1yvoAnoRKjEKYnRsw44cjrGVqcTzONYF9vM39FH28fgNa6AaBWqcWaY6kKwrZW60CkFMtzs_sOzPzteHhPXv70STJdqxu-cPPbNBDKNGf3E6t_Eo0lX4xaKZWhB/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681223809326946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq5dtVSp7kEpwH1uTNkCXoKo92vG7v8BXhMUSp5N1aZVcR0-0ZRBrLCo_DIeC0ozSgIjYHCagixc9MbleqQCuRAKnhxGtjJy3IErIsaZ7SLtg-Z6zPMm67ZFT75sW3zLInxqqfiVMI3c2/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnq5dtVSp7kEpwH1uTNkCXoKo92vG7v8BXhMUSp5N1aZVcR0-0ZRBrLCo_DIeC0ozSgIjYHCagixc9MbleqQCuRAKnhxGtjJy3IErIsaZ7SLtg-Z6zPMm67ZFT75sW3zLInxqqfiVMI3c2/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681218641383426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieb4hFeiXz22hvI1yS6Rhl11CkKxMy2j-DpEYMF__NRNLJvw8589uMMMMrKr8TP46eND-MgaIh7REdTwNH3h-eRjE2zFFk_1Q-6vq8DH7PxJYmvJUX72yePKIDAUUZxS2D2ZtVrJdv9Uf/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+17.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieb4hFeiXz22hvI1yS6Rhl11CkKxMy2j-DpEYMF__NRNLJvw8589uMMMMrKr8TP46eND-MgaIh7REdTwNH3h-eRjE2zFFk_1Q-6vq8DH7PxJYmvJUX72yePKIDAUUZxS2D2ZtVrJdv9Uf/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681216309047074" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamman">Māri</a> (Tamil: மாரி), Tulu(mAri), also known as Mariamman (Tamil: மாரியம்மன் and Mariaai (Marathi: मरी आई), both meaning "Mother Mari", spelt also Maariamma (Tamil: மாரியம்மா), or simply Amman or Aatha (Tamil: அம்மன், "mother") is the South Indian Hindu goddess of disease and rain. She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Māri is also closely associated with the Hindu goddesses Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Devi.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04ipzt3uzCm25zmnJtex8YvF-tln9qInFUEslqXfSJ9hYLj1WsGAsrK8F_7vIX_Y-l2XQF_TsoddB8-yjdKUbTlsdKosRusMWmEs8_RRuCYFdKy1olNt6d6toU61DEWP6bzV_EgPXhdei/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04ipzt3uzCm25zmnJtex8YvF-tln9qInFUEslqXfSJ9hYLj1WsGAsrK8F_7vIX_Y-l2XQF_TsoddB8-yjdKUbTlsdKosRusMWmEs8_RRuCYFdKy1olNt6d6toU61DEWP6bzV_EgPXhdei/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681213203086594" border="0" /></a><br />Guan Di Temple (God of War Temple) that houses a 59kg cooper Guan Dao, or giant sword . The Guan Dao is believed to have “special powers” and will be blessed and protected by well wishers touching or lifting because of the inner force contained in it. This temple is built to worship the God of War, China’s greatest warrior and is also known as General Kwan, Guan Di or Guan Yu. People are around the world worship God of War to seek protection and general well-being. It is known that God of War grants wishes to those who seek with pure mind.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.malaysia-asia.com/guan-di-temple-kl.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 262px;" src="http://www.malaysia-asia.com/guan-di-temple-kl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIgAeyGonawLb-deO7-yonv-JouN_Mv47iFSNBD6NFTKqQXE71h5IjXs_oAb4VRiEaEIFIDlIeIVCZZmmF6qQ8_Hf-cMW0emA565japu4PU-0k8Asoi5EqDePFNopQkRxYS8kJGvT2Wvh/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+20.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAIgAeyGonawLb-deO7-yonv-JouN_Mv47iFSNBD6NFTKqQXE71h5IjXs_oAb4VRiEaEIFIDlIeIVCZZmmF6qQ8_Hf-cMW0emA565japu4PU-0k8Asoi5EqDePFNopQkRxYS8kJGvT2Wvh/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681680981354083090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgII4PJhVw0Wdb8GGEM8fKWPge1fFVpGPhf9oYRNmszJHj93FYEMSqPN7tn9t7xyMXNyMU5QrE4oK07mt9cdyW0sEbN336-wAii8FoKfY_eUCH2Znp4LACnMSUt8z7GXklzG_K7byvwmAY9/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+21.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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There is an even nicer view on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Tower">Wikipedia</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1H5TCWLbOF1cD8-yAGITkvUVY8atsY58FhB1QhngyM75uUwcdVGvtbFk-1j0bjglG4sW8WyFB9MNkopyTkqraPlafplmMQlnY6-o6VM0aNchrTZhOVs0fHLZ_Hx3yUxMchzFtMXCBvLrn/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+68.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1H5TCWLbOF1cD8-yAGITkvUVY8atsY58FhB1QhngyM75uUwcdVGvtbFk-1j0bjglG4sW8WyFB9MNkopyTkqraPlafplmMQlnY6-o6VM0aNchrTZhOVs0fHLZ_Hx3yUxMchzFtMXCBvLrn/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+68.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681677077447174402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifh5WzObQjNXt1Bsh9lNenGM1v8eVAN8G3TDuaQbL_a3S4N1bI42LlJRly3XYTdSDM5I5GKP8ckvpfBVP3fHmT8-h4dYznjHxWlEx7kXSmvUTqYNdWNLao0thqKLUk46wZ5D5jHqXJYewP/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+65.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifh5WzObQjNXt1Bsh9lNenGM1v8eVAN8G3TDuaQbL_a3S4N1bI42LlJRly3XYTdSDM5I5GKP8ckvpfBVP3fHmT8-h4dYznjHxWlEx7kXSmvUTqYNdWNLao0thqKLUk46wZ5D5jHqXJYewP/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+65.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681672243964705266" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbe_TkaDsBvQE1CXuKxhOPp9LJa_4QVSSqXeZH8RnbXhrm-R81CfHodgU3jzKS2Lsz9yulLHIXtrGvjTahwr5MomjgZZjVNQdtgXfgLbi98k2CIL7by3D7supg2gmUD4FtRLmvUeGaZ4c/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+66.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbe_TkaDsBvQE1CXuKxhOPp9LJa_4QVSSqXeZH8RnbXhrm-R81CfHodgU3jzKS2Lsz9yulLHIXtrGvjTahwr5MomjgZZjVNQdtgXfgLbi98k2CIL7by3D7supg2gmUD4FtRLmvUeGaZ4c/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+66.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681672238850242450" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-85568984956998228872011-12-01T18:13:00.000-08:002011-12-01T18:58:36.658-08:00Lost in the Cameron Highlands<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v0bvGLsP5jAW6-Jdc97WeFHg4U0kUrZCxWYpZph_DxMXQREQLBIhHl1Cow382VyqDmQBvB7cA_ygPEpOjFAwwpKrvAePHcK6e4nvkYx4g9UalzwMx7MKf7Pr1vqUtWwjB66mSzRwqNnw/s1600/c1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6v0bvGLsP5jAW6-Jdc97WeFHg4U0kUrZCxWYpZph_DxMXQREQLBIhHl1Cow382VyqDmQBvB7cA_ygPEpOjFAwwpKrvAePHcK6e4nvkYx4g9UalzwMx7MKf7Pr1vqUtWwjB66mSzRwqNnw/s400/c1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681355285390314146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">En route to the Cameron Highlands<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">2006-11-19 Tonight we ended up in the Cameron Highlands in a series of strange cubic centimeters of chance neither of us expected.<br /><br />We got up early caught a taxi to the ferry, raced on to the ferry, pulling our massive trolley of luggage just in time to catch the next embarkation. Arrived in Butterworth and dragged on over to the chaotic bus station, but found the 9.30 to Lumut (Pangkor Island) full and rather than wait till the next at 11.30, set off for Ipoh the junction city en route. Had a cool (well air-conned) bus to the Ipoh bus station, but in the process decided to head for the hills rather than another hot beach, partly because the bus wouldn't return to Ipoh for no explicable reason.<br /><br />So, after an hour wait in the hectic bus station, we managed, by the skin of our teeth, to find and catch our bus for the Cameron Highlands. The road wound steeply on upwards with occasional panoramic views of the receding lowlands and cloud capped hills above.<br /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AY92u8uVIfXE2ucGiL3gW-3EvZM3u9gnlX5N81yRZaL1dwZErTh1eD4e8oy2ZRrSEZ2u2o5p5yMToDDsn_4JLWqS5g-yH4-xWNEWH8HVdI-rxliYasF3LUM9scPmzFcymwN_jEBRN8qQ/s1600/c2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-AY92u8uVIfXE2ucGiL3gW-3EvZM3u9gnlX5N81yRZaL1dwZErTh1eD4e8oy2ZRrSEZ2u2o5p5yMToDDsn_4JLWqS5g-yH4-xWNEWH8HVdI-rxliYasF3LUM9scPmzFcymwN_jEBRN8qQ/s400/c2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681355277963156050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfk8aQe6bUI8AfvgbIa4AhzBkET9aMNgw_EkfVB2eemjvj6ZxkqRvmsYu6tUwkXrzFwsPw_S_fbh1iMdK-b18lFl64zbRWFW5GhCn7_02s8TzGzMt9NneY05sY_1NOhvD9PgIalVbJmiph/s1600/c3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfk8aQe6bUI8AfvgbIa4AhzBkET9aMNgw_EkfVB2eemjvj6ZxkqRvmsYu6tUwkXrzFwsPw_S_fbh1iMdK-b18lFl64zbRWFW5GhCn7_02s8TzGzMt9NneY05sY_1NOhvD9PgIalVbJmiph/s400/c3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681355274041846706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXTk1kXA7pDuFAOmMRcLCGwv6oRLvMCy93fwncnfORA4R4JCvJKjTc1qNB9KpgwHBmDYv435eo7hnMaXEsKLQWLHPC4viTfEhXx2cl3cHmNfmq4ts1zw2ajXzbar69yBxvnPYwcJF75HS/s1600/c4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXTk1kXA7pDuFAOmMRcLCGwv6oRLvMCy93fwncnfORA4R4JCvJKjTc1qNB9KpgwHBmDYv435eo7hnMaXEsKLQWLHPC4viTfEhXx2cl3cHmNfmq4ts1zw2ajXzbar69yBxvnPYwcJF75HS/s400/c4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681355273484074738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPd8bs8dZ4zqY_T6i1j_N5y-d75oILZTddWdwGgh_ZOaGkFxu4sI8h9wbTAlLE1OGOeFzgjiqGZVKxY-M4DOaI0DpcYPVSdfgzs4QaoVg0ZAj9n6cAh9uTHldaRvNl2qQ05mR5sC6ZyMc/s1600/c5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPd8bs8dZ4zqY_T6i1j_N5y-d75oILZTddWdwGgh_ZOaGkFxu4sI8h9wbTAlLE1OGOeFzgjiqGZVKxY-M4DOaI0DpcYPVSdfgzs4QaoVg0ZAj9n6cAh9uTHldaRvNl2qQ05mR5sC6ZyMc/s400/c5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354771684845986" border="0" /></a><br />Then as we reached the highlands proper the bus conked out and we were stranded for about an hour by the road side while they sent out a mechanic who had no luck getting it going. The lonely Planet points out quite correctly that the Cameron Highlands is where old buses go to die! At this point, after most of the Malaysians had sent out cell phone messages to get picked up, I set up a tattoo of complaints and they got the mechanic to whisk us (and us only leaving a couple of Japanese girls and two young Malaysians in head scarves) off to the nearest hill town where we caught a local bus to Tanah Rata, the Indian hill town at the centre of the highlands.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOCcXovip2OaSim0Ug_Rpu4KqQGqr5WhxJMqaywMYFIwOwLkeBXr2XKO_22W5vB0-sV9meOxh7_WFP9uB1vaEqd2k5Rdhe0SHQKR1tz6N8T4lDnsqCrp6Twr2RLxncFlWrC4NmB2p2P0_/s1600/c6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOCcXovip2OaSim0Ug_Rpu4KqQGqr5WhxJMqaywMYFIwOwLkeBXr2XKO_22W5vB0-sV9meOxh7_WFP9uB1vaEqd2k5Rdhe0SHQKR1tz6N8T4lDnsqCrp6Twr2RLxncFlWrC4NmB2p2P0_/s400/c6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354766668595986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfAnKiQg5LU-7wIeM9IJGoLxoZqg2IjAKHd4tUhj9yAElq4_qZzxXIuwiknFPdEwc3wVdk7-aDRad9g2xP8eq5vI2Bblib9iljVn1MSXQGZcBeVlvzOEzQPI1uyuFEs3gtys48-aHtNSv/s1600/c12.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0g1ID4oDigvOwdQF6_jr0Kztjnjsu-ibVYn5vcAy2o0eSIP3WDppdRqCKuqa_8UCPIhqTj1eqZ1H6GPodTiOHz-ywtMmi5g2uyV8QgzKlFw49axI3ZdbpX4X2mDRAYp2Niht0bgF3tSG/s400/cameron+-+029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354761045066786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Tanah Rata<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm_jSOJEIISz0q7P5PMTZou7scNCJUgQf8wIBBF5Kb7swo_49zAGvnavV3obM8CPDEXBwMCmROOTj4iXQ-v_iM4csSGCS5Y_bd73v6r10Rv2ZlB7fA9z6_2ZzbBXlG-KN5doVm_5ItSZj/s1600/cameron+-+030.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlm_jSOJEIISz0q7P5PMTZou7scNCJUgQf8wIBBF5Kb7swo_49zAGvnavV3obM8CPDEXBwMCmROOTj4iXQ-v_iM4csSGCS5Y_bd73v6r10Rv2ZlB7fA9z6_2ZzbBXlG-KN5doVm_5ItSZj/s400/cameron+-+030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354452783227314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7FT5GOJdIOGSCvx7RuTNVylB-jjCoa51lfuc6Z0SavnNJT8pvOmpOPYyTMOIK_XZXei2I8NP9n6-LtRxNzvkE38t68reOoxA59d9I7nEsBTQBkRVYippbBG9S9xKxDlLTi_GsdEDo0288/s1600/cameron+-+031.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8GMHiMR2u9aXNUqdb55AN2ewRglgIgGa3267tUEg5a8bMfk4yC98ksjzxBJCo8JHtkCuP-XOhJ-D33ooDFdMPXAhGF6C6Znuh9-edQkhDm1bbnnSy7QF-r1-WfYrQAxlmyjSz-qnqdtof/s400/cameron+-+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354145404134578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Cameronian Inn<br /></span></div><br />Staying at the Cameronian Inn 50 Rt for two. There are a lot of treks on the dining room notice board. First cool night since central China, misty rainy, and a bit like the Indian hill stations of Darjeling and Ootacamund. If the weather picks up we'll go walk in the forest - otherwise we'll head for the sea again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k5ESIUUJmXYaRM7ZJw8gN1bHiUZ8OxcwffPizKSWvbkf08vsI9wcww5J72M0l_1W-AkVh6Mjedupn7Zo1zMQh1ctfaSZQdJw3qfKTxYORS9zpdihGxzy1j9gjpHeCI3qeZ4QKMfxPtSe/s1600/cameron+-+036.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-k5ESIUUJmXYaRM7ZJw8gN1bHiUZ8OxcwffPizKSWvbkf08vsI9wcww5J72M0l_1W-AkVh6Mjedupn7Zo1zMQh1ctfaSZQdJw3qfKTxYORS9zpdihGxzy1j9gjpHeCI3qeZ4QKMfxPtSe/s400/cameron+-+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354140533773986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY4ESuFpTOtCvGCb2imz7sPmHGFybPrjhedW9DpaA66H94Agtge86WeTuuH4EoK_4AD8rQ7XX6Tyv8GNwtHZdZl6G6iyCzTAtTpPXljr4IQj27o-0hRXRxuDiLVOzHRjNoaHvwOo8tof2/s1600/cameron+-+037.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYY4ESuFpTOtCvGCb2imz7sPmHGFybPrjhedW9DpaA66H94Agtge86WeTuuH4EoK_4AD8rQ7XX6Tyv8GNwtHZdZl6G6iyCzTAtTpPXljr4IQj27o-0hRXRxuDiLVOzHRjNoaHvwOo8tof2/s400/cameron+-+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681354136212694722" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2_7VMfmUm_bXJJfgf6E-XVx2GoYJDjfkrn5O3aP8dCIgjjQPZrvgjDSluCIO_Xffn-G3qOiyIUn0YninAdRCEsSUGX_r72rcNk7JpHwqR2oPOrk2PKVGaasJMIxAwURjn-StRqaGsodd/s1600/c11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2_7VMfmUm_bXJJfgf6E-XVx2GoYJDjfkrn5O3aP8dCIgjjQPZrvgjDSluCIO_Xffn-G3qOiyIUn0YninAdRCEsSUGX_r72rcNk7JpHwqR2oPOrk2PKVGaasJMIxAwURjn-StRqaGsodd/s400/c11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681349384403032626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lost in the Clouds</span><br /><br />2006-11-20 Got up today thinking we were going to take the 1.30 bus for Kuala Lumpur. This was itself something we had never intended to do till we got here as we hate big cities but in the process of being here we realized there are three cheap backpackers right outside the KL Puduraya bus station which means we can bed down and go for a saunter in China town and Little India KL style.<br /><br />Anyway we decided to go on walk number 10 up the ridge above Tanah Rata and see if we could see a view over the town. The path starts from a little deserted garden along the road called "Tan's Camelia Garden" and you wind up from there to a little shelter and past that up into the forest. Walking was cold and a little bit too much like the temperate forests of New Zealand where we live, but the path wound up and down and then got really steep and for a while I left Christine half way up till I found there was a cool flat glade below the summit in sight. She alternated between too hot and puffed and chilled to the point of hypothermia, suddenly shaking and donning all her clothes and jackets. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX2_7VMfmUm_bXJJfgf6E-XVx2GoYJDjfkrn5O3aP8dCIgjjQPZrvgjDSluCIO_Xffn-G3qOiyIUn0YninAdRCEsSUGX_r72rcNk7JpHwqR2oPOrk2PKVGaasJMIxAwURjn-StRqaGsodd/s400/c11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681349384403032626" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-23930378835975723322011-12-01T14:20:00.000-08:002011-12-01T14:45:11.726-08:00Old Penang 1974<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t91MAGXxu36evXVDTx9Q23GujC9j78ltv-r7cg4H7lC4trrmHsl7MZcjfioUef0bNZG9p8hZLr3xgOHZ5JoAWDyhrDz2AnbSxMkvIM6duh8UE4WGGJGc7t87w5Ua1kDb43RMWg-VL0Sk/s1600/old+penang+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8t91MAGXxu36evXVDTx9Q23GujC9j78ltv-r7cg4H7lC4trrmHsl7MZcjfioUef0bNZG9p8hZLr3xgOHZ5JoAWDyhrDz2AnbSxMkvIM6duh8UE4WGGJGc7t87w5Ua1kDb43RMWg-VL0Sk/s400/old+penang+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681290151597313090" border="0" /></a><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasures-of-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pleasures of Penang</span></a> the central blog of our stay with the pictures of Georgetown.<br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Chinese Temples</span></a> and Clan Temples including the Kuan Yin Teng Goddess of Mercy Temple<br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Indian Temples</span></a> including the Sri Mariamman Temple<br />3. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/penang-environs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Environs</span></a> including Batu Ferrenghi, Air Itam, The reclining Buddha, Penang Hill Cableway, the Botanical Gardens and the Snake Temple.<br />4. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/old-penang-1974.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Penang</span></a> 1974<br /><br />These are some photos we took of Penang way back in 1974 before the bridge connected it to the mainland.<br /><br />They are a bunch of slightly underexposed Kodachromes, but still give a really good impression of how some things have changed and others have stayed pretty much the same in this timeless city.<br /><br />Then you could go to an opium den and I was really struck by the insane mix of the Rolling Stones, Chinese, South Indian and occasionally Malay music making it a veritable musicological crossroads.<br /><br />We stayed in almost the same district around Lebu Chulia so many of the photos fit with the pictures in our main blogs from 2006. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWCPLEG-iXwUrOwnJDNm0VO6iQNCoctjbimX9lRK6EgmfhCeA3czDQyht5qZQtrDlVy9eBnG8wyXql1XnUTnd0HwnI6EHzm4McFf4mBeHCcaRDACl9wewkd_EMEeVwYctyiiSFTJNANC-/s400/old+penang+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681289953477643186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Cheah Si Sek Tek Tong<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2TeqPYLqDdbuNi9plUnSEuOY4kGnDfRg18tKkaZJAfG_VKVOSoOCGBOL9pAoNunf1USMFkcszBjL_0Wd4fiiSYkyyon1ibIjK-GrCHjNd2gq4xBI_W1nBP1LRpehUwMfWqrV8hklAdOA/s1600/old+penang+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip2TeqPYLqDdbuNi9plUnSEuOY4kGnDfRg18tKkaZJAfG_VKVOSoOCGBOL9pAoNunf1USMFkcszBjL_0Wd4fiiSYkyyon1ibIjK-GrCHjNd2gq4xBI_W1nBP1LRpehUwMfWqrV8hklAdOA/s400/old+penang+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681289945331650514" border="0" /></a><span class="bodytext" style="font-size:85%;">Kuan Yin Teng</span><br /></div><span class="bodytext"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4z4GXUXhGtOgMCxeE0TxJc3_SPbCjcctBTPlavCbyD71i3RlVARsscdA0iYUy45zqkm0OceSoyZb8jY3SlYHXLKCgcGQLyuhfyaP9yDeJkz-kM0JWtP-Nj87qQAdm2owzqKTADjC3pXfc/s1600/old+penang+-+09.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfrpRl9Z5mWBY1iDfHTzs_eQzK5WOnM_FTBt-Iwy1s_RIHWBmWRcOXKzrIODhTHcAd0bfpCrnJJWn6Jh-M7EA_PlqZEa6qvORt_yNHtdRUgs0X2Z4_zMZx5bqPECOiqQuXSk_F2fpuCgC/s400/old+penang+-+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681288791422083506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Batu Ferringhi<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75-v7jGh5Fe2Df6sFtC10xCjReiZ47T09_xlL-gGV68mLv9eoDFpDZjyJOo1AMxomxeQDdQtH7eV7jtPnZsV4pv2bV02Qh7OVq_UXa1Hgd0n2wSG6b8rLI3epEyDGQMEQDAaQekQp-aCq/s1600/old+penang+-+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh75-v7jGh5Fe2Df6sFtC10xCjReiZ47T09_xlL-gGV68mLv9eoDFpDZjyJOo1AMxomxeQDdQtH7eV7jtPnZsV4pv2bV02Qh7OVq_UXa1Hgd0n2wSG6b8rLI3epEyDGQMEQDAaQekQp-aCq/s400/old+penang+-+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681288789548686338" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-33013806011483007842011-11-30T19:20:00.000-08:002011-12-01T14:44:09.293-08:00Penang Environs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDNmZLmW_vZfgdR4yP6Cbf0jixXOwUBFlFspM5FK7TQILZRKDXdPxH_pDtcGfZkATxMGojgeOByou9Y2tVj41TjI5ezH8NleHcXqAYNYIgZKYL566nlbC7eLNIpLiWzQcF4c6qSBn0N08/s1600/penang+environs+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDNmZLmW_vZfgdR4yP6Cbf0jixXOwUBFlFspM5FK7TQILZRKDXdPxH_pDtcGfZkATxMGojgeOByou9Y2tVj41TjI5ezH8NleHcXqAYNYIgZKYL566nlbC7eLNIpLiWzQcF4c6qSBn0N08/s400/penang+environs+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681000738195424434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Kek Lok Si - Air Itam<br /></span></div><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasures-of-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pleasures of Penang</span></a> the central blog of our stay with the pictures of Georgetown.<br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Chinese Temples</span></a> and Clan Temples including the Kuan Yin Teng Goddess of Mercy Temple<br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Indian Temples</span></a> including the Sri Mariamman Temple<br />3. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/penang-environs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Environs</span></a> including Batu Ferrenghi, Air Itam, The reclining Buddha, Penang Hill Cableway, the Botanical Gardens and the Snake Temple.<br />4. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/old-penang-1974.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Penang</span></a> 1974<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/kek-lok-si-temple.htm">Kek Lok Si</a><br /><br />Kek Lok Si, or Temple of Supreme Bliss, is the largest temple in Penang. It straddles a hillside overlooking the town of Ayer Itam. It is a temple that harmoniously blend Mahayana Buddhism with Taoist beliefs. Since the olden days, the hills of Ayer Itam, known as He San, or Crane Hill, were recommended as a retreat for Taoist practitioners striving for immortality. The Kek Lok Si project was mooted by the chief monk of the Kuan Yin Teng, Goddess of Mercy Temple of Pitt Street. With the support of the consular representative of China in Penang, the project received the sanction of the Manchu Emperor Guangxu (also called Jingdi, 1875-1908, of the Qing Dynasty) who bestowed a tablet and gift of 70,000 volumes of the Imperial Edition of the Buddhist Sutras.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mo807_UwhPodTcLpSgOMAhlDDX8xDGIy4_ndFKazbJ2sa7ASM1Lmeyr3nzQI49mrcMxne5LpDEuMALoU6IU96KaSeumdTRKdxZ4lLPiA-9xKFehZBHyg6AJf-hqBvUxpHfyIwU4LnpjA/s1600/penang+environs+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5mo807_UwhPodTcLpSgOMAhlDDX8xDGIy4_ndFKazbJ2sa7ASM1Lmeyr3nzQI49mrcMxne5LpDEuMALoU6IU96KaSeumdTRKdxZ4lLPiA-9xKFehZBHyg6AJf-hqBvUxpHfyIwU4LnpjA/s400/penang+environs+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681000732673829202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DwlY1E339HFSGC_N_AWZ7UkFgix5eE-Pz0E2P-YZupYsjqZnJnGJIwvWjhvlu9VXoxzV_6bN2JLaa6_hl8InJoUJIHfno0ZFu1XOVIwyjfYLDGRc0wGMm_F4MofAIIGF9jhBmJs0ClQY/s1600/penang+environs+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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It is often called the Temple of the Reclining Buddha of Penang, on account of the magnificent reclining Buddha image house in the vihara. The image of Phra Chaiya Mongkol measures 33 meters (108 ft) from end to end. 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It was built in 1850 to venerate a deified Buddhist monk named of Chor Soo Kong, the Hokkien name for Cheng Swee Chor Soo. In Cantonese, Chor Soo Kong is called Chou See Yeah. "Chor Soo" is in fact an honorific title for an eminent historic figure who is to be continuously revered by subsequent generations. Chor Soo Kong and Chou See Yeah means the same thing: "The Much Honoured Chor Soo".<br /><br />The actual name of the Snake Temple is Ban Kah Lan, in Hokkien, or Temple of the Azure Clouds. Every year, pilgrims come from far and near on Chor Soo Kong's birthday, which falls on the 6th day of the first lunar month, hence it's a traditional temple to visit during Chinese New Year.<br /><br />Chor Soo Kong was born in Fujian province during the Song Dynasty (960-1276 AD), during the reign of Emperor Ren-Zong (1023-1063 AD). He is from the "Tan" clan and his personal name was "Eng". He entered monkhood from an early age. Upon his ordination, he received the Buddhist name Pu-Zu. He started his life as a monk by staying at a monastery called Da Yun Yuan. Later on, he decided to lead an ascetic life in Gao-Tai Mountain, to strive for spiritual cultivation. Through the guidance of Zen Master Ming-Song, Chor Soo Kong attained spiritual enlightenment.<br /><br />In addition to spiritual enlightenment, Chor Soo Kong acquired extensive medical knowledge, enabling him to provide medical services to the needy in the surrounding communities.<br /><br />On the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Shen-Zhong of the Song Dynasty (corresponding to around the year 1073 AD), the area of Qing-Xi in Fujian suffered a terrible drought. When Chor Soo Kong went there and prayed for rain, and the rain came. In gratitude, the people built a monastery for him on Peng-Lai Mountain. Chor Soo Kong called the monastery Cheng Swee Giam, which means, The Rock of Clear Water. From this name, when Chor Soo Kong was deified,<br /><br />In 1850, a monk arrived from China, bringing with him the statue of Chor Soo Kong. The monk then built a temple dedicated to Chor Soo Kong in a clearing by the Sungai Keluang river in Bayan Lepas. The area belonged to David Brown, the largest land owner in Penang. Brown donated the land for the temple after he was healed of an ailment. At that time, the surrounding area was jungle, and there was plenty of snakes. After the temple was erected, snakes particularly poisonous Wagler's pit vipers started coming to take shelter there, inhabited various parts of tyhe temple. Rather than harming the snakes, the pious monk provided shelter to them. Although the poison is not very dangerous, the bite can be very painful and can cause much swelling. However the snakes are usually sluggish and seldom bite.<br /><br />Continuous development of the surrounding areas in Bayan Lepas has today enveloped the Snake Temple, resulting in a loss of habitat for the snakes, and a general reduction in their numbers. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_aRubyZrlWb6sTCPMwN4N2acCx0u1ZPdpKlYyBdnN-__LyM9kKGMg0USqxji6BIE2lT2wOmQM6yTS6SD8GM0k50pifVx3W109xgGgfqbVgemNkXxBxZeCOUs66do-f7Xv6oP65LGwdgi/s400/penang+environs+-+70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680994993270609490" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-11353147974526766812011-11-30T16:21:00.001-08:002011-12-02T16:10:07.834-08:00Indian Temples in Penang<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM0ska5VJ2FOWf2GQhlUuz21LZMSDbIfBCmMZlmM4VmKMj4dcKNmvTm26GCxqV-2I13qsJ_M1PdYya-AfXWoSrI-ACYx_pMf-_H95RzhD4mucolGgblAnQWdOLi_-msYHy2e6nWKIAUY/s1600/indian+temples+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM0ska5VJ2FOWf2GQhlUuz21LZMSDbIfBCmMZlmM4VmKMj4dcKNmvTm26GCxqV-2I13qsJ_M1PdYya-AfXWoSrI-ACYx_pMf-_H95RzhD4mucolGgblAnQWdOLi_-msYHy2e6nWKIAUY/s400/indian+temples+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949954277792450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Sri Mariamman Temple<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasures-of-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pleasures of Penang</span></a> the central blog of our stay with the pictures of Georgetown.<br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Chinese Temples</span></a> and Clan Temples including the Kuan Yin Teng Goddess of Mercy Temple<br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Indian Temples</span></a> including the Sri Mariamman Temple<br />3. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/penang-environs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Environs</span></a> including Batu Ferrenghi, Air Itam, The reclining Buddha, Penang Hill Cableway, the Botanical Gardens and the Snake Temple.<br />4. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/old-penang-1974.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Penang</span></a> 1974<br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Penang has a rich variety of Indian temples stemming from the continuing trade over the centuries between South India in particular and South-East Asia. These temples thus often have a style similar to those of Mysore, with the pyramidal form of Mount Meru the cosmological mountain of Indian mythology. You can get a good view of all the Indian temples in Penang <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://penangtemples.blogspot.com/">here</a>.<br /></div></div><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://penangtemples.blogspot.com/search/label/Arulmigu%20Mahamariamman%20Temple%20%28Little%20India%29%20-%20Penang">Sri Mariamman Temple</a><br /><br />This was just around the corner from our guest house and had a regular round of worshipers and evening ceremonies.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYI00j-zbOu3N9jWn4TgNKIuZ7C5-3-JG_7vlT6shMyJJK6wVVAAnMQLQMKyVHIdFGkR_5j6s3Hj79lmc-izGxTc_dMdnXMMuy4tVJNBRZW6Xq5pVYRyn5cG9YEuaeUs8boNTQwk3Ozqo/s1600/indian+temples+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYI00j-zbOu3N9jWn4TgNKIuZ7C5-3-JG_7vlT6shMyJJK6wVVAAnMQLQMKyVHIdFGkR_5j6s3Hj79lmc-izGxTc_dMdnXMMuy4tVJNBRZW6Xq5pVYRyn5cG9YEuaeUs8boNTQwk3Ozqo/s400/indian+temples+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949955960459858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEmdlnKiwo7PswFA8HB4bVMZkdPghF2UuJErvAbsfoOl2T0VeDhprRL7VB9oxRXfwX-SZP0nWLPYIqpLpXhkl5Oy7Ati7UQZuU6l6jMDMNhtO4JgekOlXpshq0Hp4V3fiUjk1xt4mEEU/s1600/indian+temples+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEmdlnKiwo7PswFA8HB4bVMZkdPghF2UuJErvAbsfoOl2T0VeDhprRL7VB9oxRXfwX-SZP0nWLPYIqpLpXhkl5Oy7Ati7UQZuU6l6jMDMNhtO4JgekOlXpshq0Hp4V3fiUjk1xt4mEEU/s400/indian+temples+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949949769482194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XkT6_y6qiHOpW44qEWCeZrk-qSUainIO0UQskczHs7eJxY__bAYlAGph-In7j1NH0MfTN0CDOYdGQPIEnFVL2KB1g2fjq1zk6No2-6BnVIZOD1qgaBfRt_GSW8vMfbNC3rQgAncxDnA/s1600/indian+temples+-+04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XkT6_y6qiHOpW44qEWCeZrk-qSUainIO0UQskczHs7eJxY__bAYlAGph-In7j1NH0MfTN0CDOYdGQPIEnFVL2KB1g2fjq1zk6No2-6BnVIZOD1qgaBfRt_GSW8vMfbNC3rQgAncxDnA/s400/indian+temples+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949945750995378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsa34vkixRxY-JKkbwaX82-zhyphenhyphenVuWMyeX5TBz8xwSUgvZg4iRPh69ByFU_evvf8eLxDDAQ2h0AG0uuSooBZh7EVUNETcFUOJyA9TbTLmbvRPsczdnaxLEKpvsIHbWp2A8S03O0rtp-sQ/s1600/indian+temples+-+05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlsa34vkixRxY-JKkbwaX82-zhyphenhyphenVuWMyeX5TBz8xwSUgvZg4iRPh69ByFU_evvf8eLxDDAQ2h0AG0uuSooBZh7EVUNETcFUOJyA9TbTLmbvRPsczdnaxLEKpvsIHbWp2A8S03O0rtp-sQ/s400/indian+temples+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949781802688194" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE-ehgCZ-yAiUgNK3C8ds6BIJLuOMYrjHxFCkdbBO1cbqRTAbf8qQZwbe0jqer__PdMYMGOlvOi1Xcq21lq0wbjlGqphoj8ty3qffKLoXBbt9ZpwfgjOSMn1ZUrwVrziGKo7M1m94OHo/s1600/indian+temples+-+06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwE-ehgCZ-yAiUgNK3C8ds6BIJLuOMYrjHxFCkdbBO1cbqRTAbf8qQZwbe0jqer__PdMYMGOlvOi1Xcq21lq0wbjlGqphoj8ty3qffKLoXBbt9ZpwfgjOSMn1ZUrwVrziGKo7M1m94OHo/s400/indian+temples+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949774113621634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The central deity<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariamman">Māri</a> (Tamil: மாரி), Tulu(mAri), also known as Mariamman (Tamil: மாரியம்மன் and Mariaai (Marathi: मरी आई), both meaning "Mother Mari", spelt also Maariamma (Tamil: மாரியம்மா), or simply Amman or Aatha (Tamil: அம்மன், "mother") is the South Indian Hindu goddess of disease and rain. She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Māri is also closely associated with the Hindu goddesses Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Devi.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04ipzt3uzCm25zmnJtex8YvF-tln9qInFUEslqXfSJ9hYLj1WsGAsrK8F_7vIX_Y-l2XQF_TsoddB8-yjdKUbTlsdKosRusMWmEs8_RRuCYFdKy1olNt6d6toU61DEWP6bzV_EgPXhdei/s1600/kuala+lumpur+-+18.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi04ipzt3uzCm25zmnJtex8YvF-tln9qInFUEslqXfSJ9hYLj1WsGAsrK8F_7vIX_Y-l2XQF_TsoddB8-yjdKUbTlsdKosRusMWmEs8_RRuCYFdKy1olNt6d6toU61DEWP6bzV_EgPXhdei/s400/kuala+lumpur+-+18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681681213203086594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Mari (Wikipedia)</span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbtaCyHFMdNEMnpdoDUP7f7FIhvY8Xsf76lyfJQTTuOZkgvZM6kptgwbxGzGVNCvAfCsKrgexg5uwKGe6IhR3HjOXRpT5-s_sF0WfXo1Ipr9FzBiVBCkT-XwAZlX5DqkISdbajpXjWcQ/s1600/indian+temples+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIZYuDU2x-npln2PkwXuPlWQHu4OzcJEgyt6QQDXcjwVOdHmRN8blzeLaHkE5dFXL9hCFtVRoN0LuNtcrdI8Xvr8XI5QTQHhtBgzCw9zm_xEPTb2dPoNZZVooG5V3IWCKLpz6MfKYw9M/s400/indian+temples+-+24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680949107007453234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The central deity</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span>Another smaller, but much more colourful, temple opposite Nagarathar Sivan<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxOT-2DnFaktZG85RBtPClz53V-rSBOuZg3IHXsOk0ZWdRkvwIAeW-C3Fd8YthmYeStKfT3Imf2Ask5wJO_ewNLp2PNpQpbHBfCzOrgWSOwvxnYaJJmVPHIaUVBMGrEqa_57IPbFIe-I/s1600/indian+temples+-+25.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxOT-2DnFaktZG85RBtPClz53V-rSBOuZg3IHXsOk0ZWdRkvwIAeW-C3Fd8YthmYeStKfT3Imf2Ask5wJO_ewNLp2PNpQpbHBfCzOrgWSOwvxnYaJJmVPHIaUVBMGrEqa_57IPbFIe-I/s400/indian+temples+-+25.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948905827322482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-U3oEGz6_Wun1iR5GJ1NcVFOmtci4_qw6GlDt1MFBB2_fENFZN4G7pwAGJK6Y_MMERTKC5mRlanSCYR0nqrnT_U_0NvC1i-Mi29AmfHzn5fX6l1f-OKTbAPpM4aFWx_T3OkhhBvzKMb4/s1600/indian+temples+-+26.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-U3oEGz6_Wun1iR5GJ1NcVFOmtci4_qw6GlDt1MFBB2_fENFZN4G7pwAGJK6Y_MMERTKC5mRlanSCYR0nqrnT_U_0NvC1i-Mi29AmfHzn5fX6l1f-OKTbAPpM4aFWx_T3OkhhBvzKMb4/s400/indian+temples+-+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948908531726434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIf56TwX-13KSZGTy2pMYyC9VLKRYFE_Q__merVvsPGo4GpXf5XoSoUimoKZOhqyD5SpWZRtP5fm5R4YzaQZZilKsZf634ZboATjN49lV21hYtOw0OG5HrdKnUns-NJXuJMA5DWg-lKvk/s1600/indian+temples+-+27.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIf56TwX-13KSZGTy2pMYyC9VLKRYFE_Q__merVvsPGo4GpXf5XoSoUimoKZOhqyD5SpWZRtP5fm5R4YzaQZZilKsZf634ZboATjN49lV21hYtOw0OG5HrdKnUns-NJXuJMA5DWg-lKvk/s400/indian+temples+-+27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948904119698754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z-5MbCErSz572QsGQzsz44stug4Aipcgx6vC2G0PEc008kl5xeI-Xgu_-mSOdJuxyV45XCGBt5Emcvc3PlhsfiAaSTS-kMatx_mhLPCRhB8EXrEcdXHcftwPoO3q4oXl6ONWz_PpcKk/s1600/indian+temples+-+28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Z-5MbCErSz572QsGQzsz44stug4Aipcgx6vC2G0PEc008kl5xeI-Xgu_-mSOdJuxyV45XCGBt5Emcvc3PlhsfiAaSTS-kMatx_mhLPCRhB8EXrEcdXHcftwPoO3q4oXl6ONWz_PpcKk/s400/indian+temples+-+28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948896289545666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP2izXCSU6pJDnTnk9fwmRh9_or_THHFBeVTrd9H-elZMnHTK2nfUbYSKiMzhEOYXuUE_ZVySfSSzZYJyWPhThLl6iht9CJMgXyE_ZNNerKnK5Y7tfAEPVYt1Fr7XIDz_xox1AnT6BYo/s1600/indian+temples+-+29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifP2izXCSU6pJDnTnk9fwmRh9_or_THHFBeVTrd9H-elZMnHTK2nfUbYSKiMzhEOYXuUE_ZVySfSSzZYJyWPhThLl6iht9CJMgXyE_ZNNerKnK5Y7tfAEPVYt1Fr7XIDz_xox1AnT6BYo/s400/indian+temples+-+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948892304521538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The central deity<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3841Tvg_Gp9nldgdsMrkr62BOEUP8Scq0x8Dcc3aGYhr67JCod2bgIQjxgpfAllzzeU5PWBUn3TovArNUKKfIBPdfp88_qD0ztgEPqk16O81OevL2rvwraqlVD4iEHzLM2NY2vAlCUWY/s1600/indian+temples+-+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3841Tvg_Gp9nldgdsMrkr62BOEUP8Scq0x8Dcc3aGYhr67JCod2bgIQjxgpfAllzzeU5PWBUn3TovArNUKKfIBPdfp88_qD0ztgEPqk16O81OevL2rvwraqlVD4iEHzLM2NY2vAlCUWY/s400/indian+temples+-+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948692960674354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPDIfOWxMg0WoZLPO1lKXrA7RiFHiUxE-9cD2j-2wcWgImnssVrCOFw2IHpOCTdSHPvNNID69o28RdWL_CUpBoiSD-2r8n2dtnSUdawc9kNruha_DxpHxZpgWG1LFHefjVcygSEM9jvM/s1600/indian+temples+-+31.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPDIfOWxMg0WoZLPO1lKXrA7RiFHiUxE-9cD2j-2wcWgImnssVrCOFw2IHpOCTdSHPvNNID69o28RdWL_CUpBoiSD-2r8n2dtnSUdawc9kNruha_DxpHxZpgWG1LFHefjVcygSEM9jvM/s400/indian+temples+-+31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948687071042658" border="0" /></a><br />There are several temples out on the road to the Botanical Gardens including <a href="http://penangtemples.blogspot.com/search/label/Nattukottai%20Chettiar%20Temple%20-%20Penang">Nattukotai Chettiar</a>, one of the largest, and a <a href="http://penangtemples.blogspot.com/search/label/Waterfall%20Hilltop%20Murugan%20Temple%20-%20Penang">hilltop shrine</a> by the waterfall which is the destination of the Thaipusam procession from Sri Mariamman.<br /><br />Here are some views of two of the Indian temples along the road up to the Botanical Gardens.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREmcm2jZ6gCp_XrDvPizbqCmisCYCltQIUHsJw-LtBZFDzX2HcyGdeZSNCQnbCSO_o0lS_kcBdfpWQe_NK1D88WXhv4r_0Zwmu_KGfd8rkZsu2duLq8kLiMfotimfUjBDGNllfTqQDbo/s1600/indian+temples+-+32.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREmcm2jZ6gCp_XrDvPizbqCmisCYCltQIUHsJw-LtBZFDzX2HcyGdeZSNCQnbCSO_o0lS_kcBdfpWQe_NK1D88WXhv4r_0Zwmu_KGfd8rkZsu2duLq8kLiMfotimfUjBDGNllfTqQDbo/s400/indian+temples+-+32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948685918524210" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FvRf1Z0JIPQPOsYt2cN5WRiq191EiegsM5KcDJ5Ix0MhfrjUlrsGnRz-EqkTq7Ua6XPhOz6o_wq4O6qGSzB9ipmsp2ENOQ8yvtjAmCvYTNDq4pzregl95IvRSZJEob84EsrbE9tEe0g/s1600/279.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FvRf1Z0JIPQPOsYt2cN5WRiq191EiegsM5KcDJ5Ix0MhfrjUlrsGnRz-EqkTq7Ua6XPhOz6o_wq4O6qGSzB9ipmsp2ENOQ8yvtjAmCvYTNDq4pzregl95IvRSZJEob84EsrbE9tEe0g/s400/279.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680957509080703074" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo3xILDU7_5kL_iaerd4wy0Ln2C-F-uqehTcmQcj9D3Ia0-gf5ED3tAKOFa3hGTF_AIYnKPmRDWlO2R8E92XRp522MCm7iJ1CAEQyycYoCCvJ1tcT249t8nGHwR-BRgjaKQXM5fA3Q9Y/s1600/280.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo3xILDU7_5kL_iaerd4wy0Ln2C-F-uqehTcmQcj9D3Ia0-gf5ED3tAKOFa3hGTF_AIYnKPmRDWlO2R8E92XRp522MCm7iJ1CAEQyycYoCCvJ1tcT249t8nGHwR-BRgjaKQXM5fA3Q9Y/s400/280.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680957512389494706" border="0" /></a>These interior views were of one which was little more than a tiny shrine.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgqdeRpQQaW6ujVkuZROAd_5_6sm1a5K1U977hFmkj-vUpl93UTtSr6lNVOm7Hfgy_UUGcSe_8XwBKLvXMKkDM4yThIrfpOaczIJtiPZt1I0rDWekmdXIwsMoNPt2gYJ-pJNoPGR2qCE/s1600/indian+temples+-+33.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdgqdeRpQQaW6ujVkuZROAd_5_6sm1a5K1U977hFmkj-vUpl93UTtSr6lNVOm7Hfgy_UUGcSe_8XwBKLvXMKkDM4yThIrfpOaczIJtiPZt1I0rDWekmdXIwsMoNPt2gYJ-pJNoPGR2qCE/s400/indian+temples+-+33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948681685358146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHta7tv2PRR8p8EE0lF4_NsO5OTlUmtECEFX309Aro28LomK97lq1muA8vti3PkLPObzNylIAbJYo4AGDFc5BDON8oxs3AlXonvXOlJF5oXySteV4RXtrfR1sevdjooiEKWhyphenhyphenRMr5xTiE/s1600/indian+temples+-+34.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHta7tv2PRR8p8EE0lF4_NsO5OTlUmtECEFX309Aro28LomK97lq1muA8vti3PkLPObzNylIAbJYo4AGDFc5BDON8oxs3AlXonvXOlJF5oXySteV4RXtrfR1sevdjooiEKWhyphenhyphenRMr5xTiE/s400/indian+temples+-+34.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680948677775073938" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-59998183148904218542011-11-30T16:20:00.001-08:002011-12-01T14:43:21.517-08:00Chinese Temples in Penang<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugGFvn-Yh6-uKho57TCFT3Ag3YHgnGv3xzJNkQgEB11XgQ2NAytbMWPX1R0Tg5HyzKWnHQqghL2HzzDbwceKfKSzm3k2XsOFX1FxItEfw4jvrDrGrEn2jCsoGIkVHlpbtA7rJD23XhJX7/s1600/chinese+temples+-+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugGFvn-Yh6-uKho57TCFT3Ag3YHgnGv3xzJNkQgEB11XgQ2NAytbMWPX1R0Tg5HyzKWnHQqghL2HzzDbwceKfKSzm3k2XsOFX1FxItEfw4jvrDrGrEn2jCsoGIkVHlpbtA7rJD23XhJX7/s400/chinese+temples+-+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680974554089139554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="bodytext">Kuan Yin Teng<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;">0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasures-of-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pleasures of Penang</span></a> the central blog of our stay with the pictures of Georgetown.<br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Chinese Temples</span></a> and Clan Temples including the Kuan Yin Teng Goddess of Mercy Temple<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Indian Temples</span></a> including the Sri Mariamman Temple<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/penang-environs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Environs</span></a> including Batu Ferrenghi, Air Itam, The reclining Buddha, Penang Hill Cableway, the Botanical Gardens and the Snake Temple.<br />4. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/old-penang-1974.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Penang</span></a> 1974<br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="bodytext"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;">You can see and view a list of these and other Chinese temples in Penang <a href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/chinese-temples.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a>. There are several other reference sites linked to by the individual temple and clan temple titles.<br /></div> </div><br /><span class="bodytext"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/kuan-yin-teng.htm">Kuan Yin Teng</a><br /><br /></span><span class="bodytext">The earliest of the Chinese temples is Kong Hock Keong, better known as Kuan Yin Teng, or in English, the Temple of the Goddess of Mercy. Initially built by early immigrants to venerate Ma Chor Po, also called Matsu, the patron deity of seafarers, over time the temple became better associated with the Kuan Yin, or Goddess of Mercy. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtG_-GqHpqoK5qMtCHg84tAzrHEe6TDScZIzy1XT971A7212iqang7gDQCB53Knu20BZ_kczIF8aGTRBSA9cLCHbVIANemNZIFciwjKu2-k3vPfHA_eV9XLKNtiaGVOvUxZMpbkWM1qmSd/s400/chinese+temples+-+011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680974070591468850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A tree shrine outside <span class="bodytext">Kuan Yin Teng</span></span><br /><span class="bodytext"></span></div><span class="bodytext"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAchceRk67n-O_ZFzMC0hnHIwI43wca5-GRDW74UEBt2wAT_U2IFfJ0e5uzSW_BEGvCtnUshlyVLq_eJDyODd8FC1giYJAyJDhroAKAGOtI0na1owtfudOs3l3m-uoultd9qjedFjzbPPq/s1600/chinese+temples+-+012.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAchceRk67n-O_ZFzMC0hnHIwI43wca5-GRDW74UEBt2wAT_U2IFfJ0e5uzSW_BEGvCtnUshlyVLq_eJDyODd8FC1giYJAyJDhroAKAGOtI0na1owtfudOs3l3m-uoultd9qjedFjzbPPq/s400/chinese+temples+-+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680974067555605554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD85RXV4tIvzXi2Dakp6xdyTJ_PEtwLwdnzo2nSKbKoF0iaVQnT4nSEENVmBDh9pP5QCjuVedH5lgVmktWfPyPA94aPtdOBNJUQ68ZN4vlMblJwRVWGSmC8vrbTH-sYw1YqWPq_jPFIEB1/s1600/chinese+temples+-+013.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qtNw3boEJ-06cgvEO66CmV8XjUlLRm-yMacFI2iQVRfXYlUTinF4YI13JUpjCkOyRF3atJJvNqh_Fg764SNR1weCRHPp6r0VhjvOpUMVdLFj94kVb-8RQu9z9y8lOdN7eAegYgk3gcSz/s400/chinese+temples+-+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973748442796162" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-od0PknMpT8iqGAKIrFmph8E-tT1QRKZosgzwUjcvZEMeSWc7EHjN6zJnHJuhO3q5Unb7oMQKM6h5MiglKXhyzSQjOXb90m0q1hXCOn41En4wuLcgt_2yNpt34y9YR0DFxcL9QafBEs5C/s1600/chinese+temples+-+018.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-od0PknMpT8iqGAKIrFmph8E-tT1QRKZosgzwUjcvZEMeSWc7EHjN6zJnHJuhO3q5Unb7oMQKM6h5MiglKXhyzSQjOXb90m0q1hXCOn41En4wuLcgt_2yNpt34y9YR0DFxcL9QafBEs5C/s400/chinese+temples+-+018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973746695172338" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/nin-yong-temple.htm">Nin Yong Temple</a><br /><br />Nin Yong Temple at 36 & 38 King Street, is a clan temple of the Toi San Association, a Cantonese district association of the Sing Ling dialect group from Toi San District, Guangdong Province, in southern China. It was constructed some time in the mid 19th century, and was renovated into its present form in 1912-1913. A component of the Toi San Association is the Wu Ti Meow or War Emperor's Temple, which is incorporated into Nin Yong Temple, at No 38 Lebuh King, next door to the left. The patron deity of this temple is Kwan Kong, literally Lord Kwan. His name in is Guan Yu; he is the war general usually portrayed with a red face and holding a guandao, the huge crescent blade.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUYA93QewFuL1wzAhEL8ceFx956KNIrlOSjhBcqN_vHVhWd5X8W91GXmeh1W6rxSn3hWDRytystl9SLl6ZGigf3eaXGVxHa5nKA5uktBTdvMU3V8b15LApMlQCqs44wYd1fCDWbKGLzV6/s1600/chinese+temples+-+019.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUYA93QewFuL1wzAhEL8ceFx956KNIrlOSjhBcqN_vHVhWd5X8W91GXmeh1W6rxSn3hWDRytystl9SLl6ZGigf3eaXGVxHa5nKA5uktBTdvMU3V8b15LApMlQCqs44wYd1fCDWbKGLzV6/s400/chinese+temples+-+019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973743895185106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVweTxcX0_E4iZ0zmxXivVVZWyEo-1h5hiMXYkMZshGhfhQjKTJMNbGyCnbV4EmKB7GJBYNXXUcxdqVlN8LywqYBMW5yEGgs_cA6He_1nlucFZqhDV6XEsLyynmPHxe6uBXskdzHBUR2Pb/s1600/chinese+temples+-+020.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVweTxcX0_E4iZ0zmxXivVVZWyEo-1h5hiMXYkMZshGhfhQjKTJMNbGyCnbV4EmKB7GJBYNXXUcxdqVlN8LywqYBMW5yEGgs_cA6He_1nlucFZqhDV6XEsLyynmPHxe6uBXskdzHBUR2Pb/s400/chinese+temples+-+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973739031913698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TSZfwyA96HOVvQzEcGVm1jGxziEyKtdZIbvg4dVy865AKfFInjvfDV2WXnSm9A0VIPdoeiAaH8FKGZ5N5khwPv2NvjtbcpDPYvT83yZoSd5xmO8gx9s2m0YrS8TsxN48ugADcSKmWITV/s1600/chinese+temples+-+021.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9TSZfwyA96HOVvQzEcGVm1jGxziEyKtdZIbvg4dVy865AKfFInjvfDV2WXnSm9A0VIPdoeiAaH8FKGZ5N5khwPv2NvjtbcpDPYvT83yZoSd5xmO8gx9s2m0YrS8TsxN48ugADcSKmWITV/s400/chinese+temples+-+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973306734278034" border="0" /></a><br />Another nearby clan temple<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vzMraGXEYVokZ98-dNUhIl7TkeDxk8S2FovBfze7BUNB2q7_x8T4M9Fuxg3Hukz24T1ZmV4oGmj1x_W1HVIQOvAL-38DhIfH4cymJ1ixHGtNxdc03JPeTWQoZ6EkkIWbzhsJuOOdCUS/s1600/chinese+temples+-+022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vzMraGXEYVokZ98-dNUhIl7TkeDxk8S2FovBfze7BUNB2q7_x8T4M9Fuxg3Hukz24T1ZmV4oGmj1x_W1HVIQOvAL-38DhIfH4cymJ1ixHGtNxdc03JPeTWQoZ6EkkIWbzhsJuOOdCUS/s400/chinese+temples+-+022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973300638145186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6MUXbp700hrhfHr1UfjxNOjCsYJ7_wzSvxL-KpWJdVmj8YonJ_zjGEA7F3FZH-jbdJ4KlLi5e2sRUQvWsNYITBRqTIwll2L27VWC-pYSYVbJZmquWITyIdSoZAN9FvTLUVQeVRnecteL/s1600/chinese+temples+-+023.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6MUXbp700hrhfHr1UfjxNOjCsYJ7_wzSvxL-KpWJdVmj8YonJ_zjGEA7F3FZH-jbdJ4KlLi5e2sRUQvWsNYITBRqTIwll2L27VWC-pYSYVbJZmquWITyIdSoZAN9FvTLUVQeVRnecteL/s400/chinese+temples+-+023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680973299998369890" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mywisewife.com/penang-heritage-trail-yap-kongsi-clan-house-and-yap-temple.html">Yap Temple</a><br /><br />Yap or written in Chinese as 叶 is a Chinese clan name or surname. The forefathers of Yap families in Penang mostly originated from Fujian Province of Southern China . Among the most famous Yap clansman in Penang is Yeap (Yap) Chor Ee. He arrived in Penang in late 1800s and started his as a barber. Then, he ventured into trading the local products like sugar, rubber, tapioca and all kinds of farm production. Eventually, he diversified into banking and built Ban Hin Lee Empire. A man of kind heart, he had made enormous contribution in education; of one instance whereby a huge land was donated to build Wawasan Open University in Penang. Yap Kongsi or Yap Clan house stands today at the junction of Cannon Street and Armenian Street in the heart of George Town was also donated by this well-known philanthropist. 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It is the community temple of the Penang Teochew Association. The association was form in 1855 by six Teochew migrants. At first they started a lodging house for newly arrived Teochews. In 1867, they purchased the land along Chulia Street to construct the community temple. The Hanjiang Ancestral Temple was completed in 1870. 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Cheah or Xie (谢) is one of the popular Chinese surname among Penangites and their history had started as early as 19th century. The Cheahs were originated from Sek Tong village of South China and hence a clan house was built and named after Cheah Si Sek Tek Tong or fondly known as Cheah Kongsi. Completed in 1873, it was established to take care of the Cheahs' welfare in Penang. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3eNIUiEFkAyijJg6mmPHK1VnBU_cwkb4_wb9mfFpDbD1OJu4A2_P0yZDlO26kErSda1Lv8pI9z8I_TfoCnYk4f_DE8fZfnhFp6mZgXVf_3Pj7EnzwNX4bLigcOMCt4LORUGRKxx30lae/s400/chinese+temples+-+045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680971957770928562" border="0" /></a><br />another nearby clan temple being restored ...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6ZvEKmjTWfCFpWfCH0Uu-DXpoh98DXkZgcm1nYp0J_YjdwvLA1k0CYFgEnh-J5HMGiGmPG9398ZvwerU4z05FDktQGl2yRuEMpPvnNa_96iAXtaLJeTzGq0U0HnnqY3yOtHBtGdjKT0/s1600/chinese+temples+-+046.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6ZvEKmjTWfCFpWfCH0Uu-DXpoh98DXkZgcm1nYp0J_YjdwvLA1k0CYFgEnh-J5HMGiGmPG9398ZvwerU4z05FDktQGl2yRuEMpPvnNa_96iAXtaLJeTzGq0U0HnnqY3yOtHBtGdjKT0/s400/chinese+temples+-+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680971736259943074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb37ZvFo0aDXJirVfHJcQx6GEU_nMr0drqJhMhOgLPlJfJG7Uik9BT7W6A3lvcf9nb2CWXJMXB4e92ny3UV_a6B6xKDZ9cvg30wkL24g65budiMzoqB2Uz8c0mdgrH9J_HECvaO9Bvaqk/s1600/chinese+temples+-+047.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdg_zon442dd19Gw2_4Oisz2_PnRsL5S9e8iH1DW7n26e76Po69EIFxmCFFZ1Tar3oLNwDCI6uQ5TtsQaGaRsDAEnbNwzvz-1WCeJKRz5AGAQqZvKFyV9IS37DwmzlU0W3ciBBgUXEZI/s400/chinese+temples+-+051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970907738794402" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/kuan-yin-see.htm">Kuan Yin See</a><br /><br />Kuan Yin See, or Temple of the Goddess of Mercy, is a Taoist temple along Jalan Burma. This is a different temple from the Kuan Yin Teng, also translated as the Goddess of Mercy Temple, of Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling. The Kuan Yin See was founded in 1922 by Ben Zhong, the second abbot of Kek Lok Si Temple who was also the one who built the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas. At the entrance to the temple is a name plaque and on either sides are pillar couplets, with calligraphy written by Chen Baochen, an official in the former Qing imperial court.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGSOFanVgryJ-u3vuKPgd33reEll1mEOllJrbSuyCqdHZ_xaUd1ewu2xm9J5NmpF-vTBu6j4xpKZ71qe-hd6aowSG2ICMwAOygqSG_Ymon5AXA5hmNnZRst-p5czVunoY6pMAdePiCJQ/s1600/chinese+temples+-+052.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifGSOFanVgryJ-u3vuKPgd33reEll1mEOllJrbSuyCqdHZ_xaUd1ewu2xm9J5NmpF-vTBu6j4xpKZ71qe-hd6aowSG2ICMwAOygqSG_Ymon5AXA5hmNnZRst-p5czVunoY6pMAdePiCJQ/s400/chinese+temples+-+052.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970909964054786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS8TDBhApMlB7HnU0W8BHUx-USFbiHsE6L4yMh_NdwemBOVhd_DYslW7wq_8lsKmtyzdG2OWy2Iz0iqEJrC3fEC2CFhSZo1kgS2unY3kL72vww04Chx0fg5Tbxd52cvJ76d_wp3v-oa0/s1600/chinese+temples+-+053.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS8TDBhApMlB7HnU0W8BHUx-USFbiHsE6L4yMh_NdwemBOVhd_DYslW7wq_8lsKmtyzdG2OWy2Iz0iqEJrC3fEC2CFhSZo1kgS2unY3kL72vww04Chx0fg5Tbxd52cvJ76d_wp3v-oa0/s400/chinese+temples+-+053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970903274776994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1oO6uu0rF2vY4hQrl8S39T0pilSw4IIgpRn3IrW-j7F43a_H-eVPZZofMhcjh-AGmQd68ZKKXtLNF2f70vDWrpd_O7EtUkorO-Rz6g4oqxhJ1DcBDMLFqPySEeapJPcuE4_dThVmpWk/s1600/chinese+temples+-+054.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1oO6uu0rF2vY4hQrl8S39T0pilSw4IIgpRn3IrW-j7F43a_H-eVPZZofMhcjh-AGmQd68ZKKXtLNF2f70vDWrpd_O7EtUkorO-Rz6g4oqxhJ1DcBDMLFqPySEeapJPcuE4_dThVmpWk/s400/chinese+temples+-+054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970903025882418" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.penang-traveltips.com/hainan-temple.htm">Hainan Temple</a><br /><br />The Hainan Temple also known as Thean Hock Keong or Temple of the Heavenly Queen is a Hainanese temple dedicated to the patron deity of seafarers, Ma Chor Po also known as Mazu, similar to Thian Hock Keng Temple in Singapore. The temple was founded in 1866. The building that we see today was completed in 1895, in the Hainanese style, ornately embellished with stone carvings executed in the Sung dynasty style. The stonework that we see today is the work of craftsmen from China who were employed to remodel the temple in 1995, in conjunction with the centenary of its completion. Arriving from the island of Hainan in southern China, the Hainanese pay homage to their patron deity Ma Chor Po with this temple. The majority of them became cooks and are famous Hainanese chicken rice. Some of the famous Chinese restaurants of the early 20th century were opened by the Hainanese, including the Loke Thye Kee and Wing Loke.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSHXyH04sxGK0Fhcjgq4Ntz8zO7hOfQ47C54hkVJM_-1PbdY9GINcbOUD1bqbePl2pPHAD-NGDrDp1hX-g0nELpJ4oYUJ3zUICp1bomhT3puPBS8sc8LHH4kZFfK0ZI8eOtLJum3zxM0/s1600/chinese+temples+-+060.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjSHXyH04sxGK0Fhcjgq4Ntz8zO7hOfQ47C54hkVJM_-1PbdY9GINcbOUD1bqbePl2pPHAD-NGDrDp1hX-g0nELpJ4oYUJ3zUICp1bomhT3puPBS8sc8LHH4kZFfK0ZI8eOtLJum3zxM0/s400/chinese+temples+-+060.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970633796603122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9zivs3Xy2msfEQbz_hJ49HcPZrAHbkVC3Mcqifyc7MTeOOY1srca4SnM3EzUYcF_3854UfFWUQDitkqjFd5V08QAdOeBF6c-Wh9Gtl-NdDVfNZnLDltwxvNkNbYn9Q4gtmNe9Dh0pBM/s1600/chinese+temples+-+056.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9zivs3Xy2msfEQbz_hJ49HcPZrAHbkVC3Mcqifyc7MTeOOY1srca4SnM3EzUYcF_3854UfFWUQDitkqjFd5V08QAdOeBF6c-Wh9Gtl-NdDVfNZnLDltwxvNkNbYn9Q4gtmNe9Dh0pBM/s400/chinese+temples+-+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970653923954306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLeqoS2S2ywPH1_q223eI84ER-OId9beMnwubg8WvflBmgU9BmzL3k7nBtzOMMad-EOt9kdNJlEa7wg70KlxM4wJItESJqSM_DWD4UMe1NG8qYwHeHBS7hN8dsnyTcqWY7cUxuq0DQmg/s1600/chinese+temples+-+057.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigLeqoS2S2ywPH1_q223eI84ER-OId9beMnwubg8WvflBmgU9BmzL3k7nBtzOMMad-EOt9kdNJlEa7wg70KlxM4wJItESJqSM_DWD4UMe1NG8qYwHeHBS7hN8dsnyTcqWY7cUxuq0DQmg/s400/chinese+temples+-+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970645777447298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt75QmmMWkg3uniYKH-4PbdsJktD36asuoE-NWURcPcKfWsDm111FZaN5-ckdI22OahbqRwg1UasmKvK4ZDHZS5cUK4POAm8j6GkPogp1UmBbKS3A9hDnxDyTP9zCEcGPl4sAdAzsaiA/s1600/chinese+temples+-+058.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYt75QmmMWkg3uniYKH-4PbdsJktD36asuoE-NWURcPcKfWsDm111FZaN5-ckdI22OahbqRwg1UasmKvK4ZDHZS5cUK4POAm8j6GkPogp1UmBbKS3A9hDnxDyTP9zCEcGPl4sAdAzsaiA/s400/chinese+temples+-+058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970645338655554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbduYBS3tey9YiOuokazFRB4zaK6YgWvdMK_KWh3SE9yt-RERS-nuGt9cbI7_Au4LDa5YO7ULiFw7LbGATh8ZXbfkSJbPfIOTk6_4ZKaoHPd070JU94mpLtjIrIFetFqDL89RmZ1bgtZE/s1600/chinese+temples+-+059.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbduYBS3tey9YiOuokazFRB4zaK6YgWvdMK_KWh3SE9yt-RERS-nuGt9cbI7_Au4LDa5YO7ULiFw7LbGATh8ZXbfkSJbPfIOTk6_4ZKaoHPd070JU94mpLtjIrIFetFqDL89RmZ1bgtZE/s400/chinese+temples+-+059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970637677182322" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb-RUCaj76dZ1_1ToanulSnpd-NrRl8ITZURRK4P8qBYjazhFhHf2VUy67PBr-dWuD7TUwkCWuoDX-Z92SyCGKafk1Y5xMJLOwVX6jFaee5Avho6uCrPJa8nikWwh-AgtCnOTxJVCWeo/s1600/chinese+temples+-+055.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb-RUCaj76dZ1_1ToanulSnpd-NrRl8ITZURRK4P8qBYjazhFhHf2VUy67PBr-dWuD7TUwkCWuoDX-Z92SyCGKafk1Y5xMJLOwVX6jFaee5Avho6uCrPJa8nikWwh-AgtCnOTxJVCWeo/s400/chinese+temples+-+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680970894946380802" border="0" /></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mywisewife.com/penang-heritage-trail-khoo-kongsi-clan-association-house.html">Khoo Kongsi</a><br /><br />Khoo or written as 邱 in Mandarin is one of the prominent surname of Han Chinese family in Malaysia originated from Sin Kang clan village in Fujian, China. If you happen to reach a house of Khoo family in Penang, usually there is a plaque hung above the main entrance that reads 'Sin Kang' indicating their ancestral village. Khoo Kongsi or Khoo clan house is the finest Chinese clan association house in Penang and Malaysia. In early 17th century, many Chinese emigrated from South China to Penang for greener pasture and Khoo clan house was founded in 1851 by the their forefathers to take care of Khoo family members. Located at Cannon Square, Khoo Kongsi entails three entrances connecting to Beach Street(rear entrance), Armenian Street (side entrance) and Cannon Street (main entrance). 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUosoFyPfEmv4NnsdCHOjA4zRYtf2St3_AjI6zuMjMDkw8iH969ydwoJdaBAWivWY26h3NqaKPftYn-I0_M5UoZPOQt3LPCyB7oStM8GZHX0h9bXihc5FJ5KYgTd8E-DZg1o4itzHRV4/s400/chinese+temples+-+100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680968524058768962" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-83282699197937754142011-11-30T15:39:00.000-08:002011-12-01T14:42:18.338-08:00Pleasures of Penang<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSICp_HLqp1UtYkbvpK9ziHXaUlUafym9mdunteXuJrbqVCK9Egnf-I6KIOPw8K35gE8Ls96u7hHZmp7obwXyTci_LDbsdu6VhmLATe6Eq_OSMo4oLalWvOcYaWu9apR9M8TJVJ3P3pA/s1600/penang+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVSICp_HLqp1UtYkbvpK9ziHXaUlUafym9mdunteXuJrbqVCK9Egnf-I6KIOPw8K35gE8Ls96u7hHZmp7obwXyTci_LDbsdu6VhmLATe6Eq_OSMo4oLalWvOcYaWu9apR9M8TJVJ3P3pA/s400/penang+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946565789341010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Arriving in Penang<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Penang was culturally so rich we have had to assign four blogs to it. In addition to this one there follows:<br /><br />0. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/pleasures-of-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pleasures of Penang</span></a> the central blog of our stay with the pictures of Georgetown.<br />1. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/chinese-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Chinese Temples</span></a> and Clan Temples including the Kuan Yin Teng Goddess of Mercy Temple<br />2. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-temples-in-penang.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Indian Temples</span></a> including the Sri Mariamman Temple<br />3. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/11/penang-environs.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Penang Environs</span></a> including Batu Ferrenghi, Air Itam, The reclining Buddha, Penang Hill Cableway, the Botanical Gardens and the Snake Temple.<br />4. <a href="http://asiain90days.blogspot.com/2011/12/old-penang-1974.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Old Penang</span></a> 1974<br /><br /></div></div>At Hat Yai, we connected with another air-con van which took us cleanly through the border to Malaysia, and all the way over the harbour bridge into Penang as well, avoiding the cross transfer and ferry ride from Butterworth on the mainland where most buses stop.<br /><br />We then took a taxi for the exorbitant sum of 10 Ringat (cut from 15 at our protests since no taxis here have meters or this one didn't 3.67 ringat to the $US) and found the guest house 79 we chose full, ending up staying for another exorbitant sum (45 R ) for an air con room without hot water of a private shower - but it has the enchanting title of the Love Lane Guest House of Love Lane. The extra 10 was really for providing an ambient environment of TV and a travel agency for lazy backpackers, who want everything done for them for a commission and a free pint cup of coffee each in the morning.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZl50RiqnvF__md2G3RXWUybwk0Y-zt8STtmQnXRclbgQ4JJ_qhar6-bM3OemmG_b_yJvGs-zNiKIIOwoclFQrxg4zQ_KCm5MN2k8mKTRe7csNlwqt2e1K8E-PivcbqmSok72yJW-E_U/s1600/penang+-+05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZl50RiqnvF__md2G3RXWUybwk0Y-zt8STtmQnXRclbgQ4JJ_qhar6-bM3OemmG_b_yJvGs-zNiKIIOwoclFQrxg4zQ_KCm5MN2k8mKTRe7csNlwqt2e1K8E-PivcbqmSok72yJW-E_U/s400/penang+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946555814158994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Love Lane Inn and bedroom<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyi7de-j_jZzfrz7VPFxcaXZtePX-TFBaI3clbA5hKSZlhxAlpOxxz_56BbPzvSZ-B-77GHe4t91AaU-GB9YsailTxK6WpqzXN8gGbMWwV79XIpFDFf37v9lz8aqvSJvRngHBCGHPtac/s1600/penang+-+06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 419px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyi7de-j_jZzfrz7VPFxcaXZtePX-TFBaI3clbA5hKSZlhxAlpOxxz_56BbPzvSZ-B-77GHe4t91AaU-GB9YsailTxK6WpqzXN8gGbMWwV79XIpFDFf37v9lz8aqvSJvRngHBCGHPtac/s400/penang+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946556512688178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrb_ghNAiqSGoC9rU5230fZY8XaRRgRofOVfItFrkmZ9TcYo0W0soJvvCE891Ln8OG_iXr8hyphenhyphenM5EaPWjqlM8I2wHYE73-cr9k0-Fi64yPZ2C8PVGvGRdr6KKDfN3NxASWy-T0A8Ww6z4/s1600/penang+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrb_ghNAiqSGoC9rU5230fZY8XaRRgRofOVfItFrkmZ9TcYo0W0soJvvCE891Ln8OG_iXr8hyphenhyphenM5EaPWjqlM8I2wHYE73-cr9k0-Fi64yPZ2C8PVGvGRdr6KKDfN3NxASWy-T0A8Ww6z4/s400/penang+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946553871459362" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1lo0HQRbEmYcawcVV-sMhdeuQnRWXkBlQGiqO1GR4k2t6pIOyUwWgdYbhVHLnxllq8T3S-xqJR8KJurTBC2Mn4qMkPwTzKR5M97IwlDVHmqiSyyUciZGst9nunSXY0H8oIe0ilJ8f_k/s1600/penang+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1lo0HQRbEmYcawcVV-sMhdeuQnRWXkBlQGiqO1GR4k2t6pIOyUwWgdYbhVHLnxllq8T3S-xqJR8KJurTBC2Mn4qMkPwTzKR5M97IwlDVHmqiSyyUciZGst9nunSXY0H8oIe0ilJ8f_k/s400/penang+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946384828237186" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUagZUNAJUdhRgUGWx9VEVcOfPO-qL-Q6OW1YxF-N_KncPLpuLX557pgF2nNURnUJqG6eDEkyNcMwuvMmspAWKyBkvsgIhHiFJqJatplXXGvD7790h2aKkSOiZPelie9AANHUryDdiJE/s1600/penang+-+45.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUagZUNAJUdhRgUGWx9VEVcOfPO-qL-Q6OW1YxF-N_KncPLpuLX557pgF2nNURnUJqG6eDEkyNcMwuvMmspAWKyBkvsgIhHiFJqJatplXXGvD7790h2aKkSOiZPelie9AANHUryDdiJE/s400/penang+-+45.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945144579936962" border="0" /></a><br />We ate a pretty distasteful meal in the street because we didn't locate the best street stalls and today moved to a charming guest house called SD just up the street which has air con doubles for 35 R well back from the street where its quiet and a sunny spotless environment with a nice dining-room cum kitchen out the back.<br /><br />Spending the day taking it easy from nine hours of travel in cramped minivans. We'll visit some of the temples and look out for a hire motor bike to circulate round the island tomorrow.<br /><br />Which we did, firstly hot and sweating in the thirties at ninety percent humidity and finally cooler in the evening after the daily thunderstorm around four in undated the area and cooled things down to a dull humid grey. We saw the old Kuan Ying Teng Taoist temple we visited in 1976 a little the worse for wear and the South Indian Sri Mariamman temple covered in a temple mount of luscious images of Indian goddesses, and a stark Krishna temple with the god of the cowgirls playing the flute to his spouse, and several old Chinese houses and scattered temples, as well as a plethora of relatively featureless Mosques.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgM2NYI-lz578fQRjS-Z-0ltxS0QGTeQGnjt5erlbshjd7gK_y2LDTAFxIc_qmDfIXwlCNH6eVc2Vg5vmaAqBYe_aAJY5kaPJUcCmzcwjEGqtGjGfqyeS_IYzxS6GVbLVkzA9Ubc7-Uc/s1600/penang+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgM2NYI-lz578fQRjS-Z-0ltxS0QGTeQGnjt5erlbshjd7gK_y2LDTAFxIc_qmDfIXwlCNH6eVc2Vg5vmaAqBYe_aAJY5kaPJUcCmzcwjEGqtGjGfqyeS_IYzxS6GVbLVkzA9Ubc7-Uc/s400/penang+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946383676960338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Scenes from the SD Guest House<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNkDOdEGAcXj3-GND7M1GCgfO_DTLF35L_RiOJMVBWb4szr5Fy98C2ULH97JBiCDBcg6QHuIXsShaf7mMfvEhxl43kOdD3GdmoEabqwQ07rSYC8opswHxx4q49-bKhc91-Cd-5jRtn2M/s1600/penang+-+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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We have heard there is a line of dentists serving tourists with cheap dental restoration along Batu Ferringhi beach like the cheap medical units in Bangkok that will perform cosmetic surgery, or even a sex change for less than an airfare, but don't know if I have time to replace my home made superglue gel incisors and molars right now.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsn6hKaZba2PdJky8etl4Qf8NmVG5qd8eCY-Sv2nbmG1Z0OIINhvfFA4NbSlgD9l_ezsxWN7XPoQjqSMG-fUrC-I_7XOKdYEJ3pbSQF64RkhzLssxxYxzRZk-BDu_TrvToeXlIM6AS3sU/s1600/penang+-+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsn6hKaZba2PdJky8etl4Qf8NmVG5qd8eCY-Sv2nbmG1Z0OIINhvfFA4NbSlgD9l_ezsxWN7XPoQjqSMG-fUrC-I_7XOKdYEJ3pbSQF64RkhzLssxxYxzRZk-BDu_TrvToeXlIM6AS3sU/s400/penang+-+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946175561521906" border="0" /></a><br />A series of views of traditional architecture in old Georgetown near the SD.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0I3UoKyUE0R7W4HIDuwXIPcsl82pV-s664e6O7gcljXabBwXEBUJKBd_Xx7TBXB9FWTh-7Ns0btcRniD-5t8xIAVsqzN_LltBCVaAqU5sFbYBl1ucCQqJxYrE9N0xPXFl-B5u9rPXftc/s1600/penang+-+46.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaDCvvg0TQhPcIftQvNyvjwkfQ8DEpjYt2-te4ZFOs9IsA30tUCml7q32TnezRwnzdkIf4Qburae8NSE3_eRkRC44DV5ZSIXOmnEIAshejUYy-EjftcvQCVsVePP0Ca0kSoIlE6U7Bkw/s400/penang+-+21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680946166755398098" border="0" /></a><br />We also hunted high and low for food, among the rich choices of Chinese street carts, expensive European, Indian Thai and Malay, finally settling on the 24 hour South Indian / Malay chain Kayu Nasi Kandar, where we had a slap up banquet of Chicken curry with whole breasts, cabbage and spiced rice with roti done in the very clean way South Indian cooking excels at for 7.40 R each or about $2 US. Christine has thus finally been tricked back into eating Indian curry after swearing she never would again after the Delhi Belly in Varanasi.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HuX4XmAFxY9G5WUUi56Tb_VdcTuJNR412IhnDMko4Tga4nvVyQ3RVETrhGQ-jnfsTmPTlVI-w5QD3OS0ImRbvMsy6cTfE4o1o-8yI1kfkCCBXBBSjGdieftrOtw8IO8HRK5ACgZKvd8/s1600/penang+-+28.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HuX4XmAFxY9G5WUUi56Tb_VdcTuJNR412IhnDMko4Tga4nvVyQ3RVETrhGQ-jnfsTmPTlVI-w5QD3OS0ImRbvMsy6cTfE4o1o-8yI1kfkCCBXBBSjGdieftrOtw8IO8HRK5ACgZKvd8/s400/penang+-+28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945779036142146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7b_3IMjV33BAA5MXm95HbCe2jhiWAGQp41xm8x4e83x6zTMLSqaY3Va0xA-GLMPzhYXiuU7v7UXIT6Wurufx2VqZdZ26y4LoENltR8jWz6T4djEXlmReRmvN3Z9-F-69i7rWiAkadl8/s1600/penang+-+29.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7b_3IMjV33BAA5MXm95HbCe2jhiWAGQp41xm8x4e83x6zTMLSqaY3Va0xA-GLMPzhYXiuU7v7UXIT6Wurufx2VqZdZ26y4LoENltR8jWz6T4djEXlmReRmvN3Z9-F-69i7rWiAkadl8/s400/penang+-+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945775723754322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsCzzV5FIOtw9dXTYt_6edZzFIz6PqZ5ka8z5KxnEKxWkHbBh4Gbmjbj6PCaLFFhRDTh0_3QE7z4oDe-p0z-npgnhAz0wFnQOvuS4xFqVsRf1a0mLstwv7eKfstXvbv1DJh_zrl6RzWA/s1600/penang+-+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRsCzzV5FIOtw9dXTYt_6edZzFIz6PqZ5ka8z5KxnEKxWkHbBh4Gbmjbj6PCaLFFhRDTh0_3QE7z4oDe-p0z-npgnhAz0wFnQOvuS4xFqVsRf1a0mLstwv7eKfstXvbv1DJh_zrl6RzWA/s400/penang+-+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945770918704322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtuFfMfZ0-DqFSflcsFbXxY-pAjB7cYjxsd42lEi0FwyVVroYEijI99ogWHrlyYfbKk1k3pB8w9-doX5XlEy2GJqBAOXULl5n7sI6liKeAE7hoTPIx1mjVzjPGTbRiJ-QaK8DuicB9ok/s1600/penang+-+31.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtuFfMfZ0-DqFSflcsFbXxY-pAjB7cYjxsd42lEi0FwyVVroYEijI99ogWHrlyYfbKk1k3pB8w9-doX5XlEy2GJqBAOXULl5n7sI6liKeAE7hoTPIx1mjVzjPGTbRiJ-QaK8DuicB9ok/s400/penang+-+31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945768807148754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRrsPf2SXqxeEMiZIvSyfJD1Tw_KpiZKWxogg2Q-xZpAOjja2k7PvtdnvxVNV3QV7ky68MP9wePLlC03g1WQuK_GFQKXKGTmSUzly52PXUiV1SHV313zebKv8y5epi1mkYaCjuBpaJfk/s1600/penang+-+32.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdRrsPf2SXqxeEMiZIvSyfJD1Tw_KpiZKWxogg2Q-xZpAOjja2k7PvtdnvxVNV3QV7ky68MP9wePLlC03g1WQuK_GFQKXKGTmSUzly52PXUiV1SHV313zebKv8y5epi1mkYaCjuBpaJfk/s400/penang+-+32.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945571133055890" border="0" /></a><br />Today we started out well, riding the bike out to Air Itam where there is a huge Buddhist temple with a pagoda overlooking the city from the mountain. We then cut back to the cable railway to the top of Penang Hill which was a precipitous ride, curving upward to an almost impossible gradient and just when we thought the ride was over they dumped us out of one train and into another to ascend to the peak, which did have simply fabulous views, far better then the occluded views from the 60th floor of the Komtar complex I paid 10 R for yesterday.<br /><br />In the afternoon, we began trying to find a suitable hospital for Christine to get her next rabies shot. We covered the options in the Lonely Planet and the internet and first made a beeline for the general hospital, only to find it bursting at the seams with impecunious Malaysians with waiting queues a mile long in every department and of course they didn't have the Vero vaccine Christine had been taking.<br /><br />Then we did a break for a private hospital called the Island Hospital navigating the one way circuits by memory. They were very helpful but didn't have the vaccine either, but they did phone to the Adventist Hospital and found they did have it, so we set off getting hopelessly tangled again in huge one way loops taking us almost back to Batu Ferringhi beach before we found the Adventist in time to register and see a doctor, but then we found that the vaccine cost almost $140 NZ, five times the cost in Thailand and half the cost of our entire time in Malaysia so far. So I had to run berserk through an adjacent shopping complex looking for an ATM and finally Christine had her fourth shot. Apparently the reason is that there is so much rabies in Thailand that they have entered into a joint partnership to produce the vaccine in Thailand for a fraction of the cost. Malaysia, which has much less rabies because Muslims kill a lot of the stray dogs, has to import the international variety.<br /><br />We then went back to our Indian restaurant to make up for a hectic day with little food only to find when we had eaten most of our curried chicken breast that it was running with blood. Just as I was remonstrating with them for the second time that all the chicken they had given us was either full of camphylobacter or salmonella, a huge tropical storm broke out, scattering everyone in the restaurant deeper in the building to seek cover from the wind rain and lightning. Although the humidity remains at around sweltering 90% in the 30s, every day in Penang seems to start out a blue sunny sky, but by around 4 pm heavy thunderstorms billow up short circuiting in heavy thunder and torrential rain as the evening sets in. The third time around they gave us some reheated chicken pieces and we took off through the storm almost getting stranded in a street flood deeper than a bucket on our fiesty Honda dream 100 racing home to swallow a doxycycline to give us confidence we weren't about to get gastroenteritis or typhoid fever.<br /><br />Some people are jamming accordion, guitar and mandolin in the little eating space in the back of the SD Guest House. Tonight I'm about to go see if there is a free concert of music and culture in Little India, just down Chulia a block away.<br /><br />Later: Went to see the concert but it was a washout - not because of the rain but because of the lack of a program - just a few drummers and men dancing with sticks in the street and a lot of restaurant stalls.<br />Later I really blew the fuse in the hotel in a flash of blue flame trying to download our photos to the hard drive using the funky connection from Tibet for the back light that left my fingers blackened, crashing the air con and power points in our room and had to then do an espionage job on the hotel wiring, sidling past the security cameras to find the trip fuse for our room and resetting it (successfully) so we haven't made out name mud. They are already tolerating our tregia stove spilling burning alcohol on the tables!<br /><br />Friday: Today we went out to the snake temple after visiting three other clan house temples in Georgetown. We had to ride the freeway, which made Christine rigid with anxiety, but we finally found the temple near the airport and after a round of confusion where the snakes were, suddenly saw them suspended on the temple altar on wicker trellises. They really were mesmerized with the incense smoke or else so full of chicken egg that they could barely move. Small green and deadly like those around an ancient Greek oracle!<br />Saturday: Today late starting and trying to decide whether or not to struggle south to Pulang Pangkor when the SD Guest House is so luxurious - a delightful room so quiet we sleep in for ten hours, air con, hot water, toilet paper, soap all for 35 R!!<br /><br />Well we failed to get out of Penang. Too luxurious, too hard to wake up in a quiet dark room and still interesting here. Looked around for a few gift trinkets after having our previous collection stolen in Thailand. We then rode out to the reclining Buddha temple. We are frankly sick of idolatrous Buddhist obsessive-compulsive culture, especially the South East Asian ticky-tacky variety, but it is still vivid and imaginative, although repetitious. Chinese, South Indian and Buddhist temples here stand out florid and artistically wild by comparison with the restrained, restricted, conformist architecture of Muslim mosques and Christian churches. Even though these pretend to some limited innovation with different interpretations of Muezzin towers and some, as in Iran, sport Arabesque mosaics, the basic theme is conformity. If you depict anything, your head might go! A bad throwback from the commandment not to make any graven image.<br />Tomorrow we'll really try to get out of here as early as possible.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArtBgGB1uXv7IeGhRQ_FFtEiT_2EmxGmRAMqfHZJZ7w_5hl8eR5GXsUhKxZfq78BwllU0jf-85ETrR6YTEQkb6u4tvP6DtJQLav6dgt96TUN2voiGAxnJJt7TF_6ArWf_idveLacjmZM/s1600/penang+-+33.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArtBgGB1uXv7IeGhRQ_FFtEiT_2EmxGmRAMqfHZJZ7w_5hl8eR5GXsUhKxZfq78BwllU0jf-85ETrR6YTEQkb6u4tvP6DtJQLav6dgt96TUN2voiGAxnJJt7TF_6ArWf_idveLacjmZM/s400/penang+-+33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945563463217522" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2wJxRH9T61Usc76KLbr_BdrHXRDO3rN9UuuQ5_8BTfEz92EA0_hFvx7j32ZzOPcx3qsT7RAyuvffQKc4F3-nv3uqk5YX1XKEwcgwb1x8GsdPqxwD2gZ2wmOoWQkwIghfkR57ehf6_50/s1600/penang+-+34.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQJ1TW-ucfJiz0uPxSXCAC9EvjlPuEgRlvuJKOeOxJfZhXMZ-HjfnKXM2mgRPZFM-9DGfUOHo6p_CC7GrjQmUYbw6fOgYy4M3cIRRqoRKg2DhJ2kFAw8t3sY51mhil8fsV9bg4MMH0xc0/s400/penang+-+35.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945561612608306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Komtar complex and some views from the top of Penang<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5Il40-GKebdoqZiQhfjYRL3te0FZIIAzVujyFhm-JYWwLcZUXaU8K0PL1ZMft-C1C_wPnNu0fN4pAFIAMGThV9VJmNEjC1usAor3KjCcNV_sriQXLcYP-wOZWFYyyab9Z5vDcBxxSoA/s1600/penang+-+40.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5Il40-GKebdoqZiQhfjYRL3te0FZIIAzVujyFhm-JYWwLcZUXaU8K0PL1ZMft-C1C_wPnNu0fN4pAFIAMGThV9VJmNEjC1usAor3KjCcNV_sriQXLcYP-wOZWFYyyab9Z5vDcBxxSoA/s400/penang+-+40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945370375410898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC97hms1dZZy1RpIc_D_e-MeqQAXzS4vwV_oOl9o2eZHGdVH148LkPvGNx2dhKGjg__P2O1mu2PjH_Dx6icWOaC6DD5u8HYTDoZwTeeixOnf68PDzaQqFvZMlrNR0SrtZYHx8KJ_eDrRg/s1600/penang+-+41.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 446px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hUlJWMmhfetckXol1n6LedEZZ2JLT1Hb7jjP45A_I0fEP4NYQG18QftJv_zntSU7Exaxkm3X_0BXEcNkhPcLcqOnm6FuKgU8n1gV62miz2obkUNHc7Z2P0i5kNOUWNp42g-xsjG7AUo/s400/penang+-+68.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680938513090247218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Cheong Fatt tze mansion<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheong_Fatt_Tze_Mansion">Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion</a> is located at 14 Leith Street, 10200 George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The mansion's indigo-blue outer wall makes it a very distinct building in the area. The Circa 1880s mansion built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of 19th century has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220 vernacular timber louvre windows. The architecture of the mansion however originates from the Su Chow Dynasty Period in China. The distinctive blue colour of the mansion is the result of mixing lime with natural blue dye made from the Indigo plant. The mansion was purchased from Cheong Fatt Tze's descendants in 1989 by a group of local Penang individuals in order to save the edifice from encroaching development and possible demolition. While it remains until now, a private-residence, the property operates as a 16 Room Bed & Breakfast-cum-museum as part of the adaptive-reuse of an ongoing restoration project.<br /></div> </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb6pmdF25uNOkYHRA1upb8UIBgckZR0MJMRmZmEqCLPeCCbZ5q5FsJ0-0MlLj61C5YaUWAfAGZi-4xuSn1t9uupRS0p2zPkPWe28ptD3lMyDbD9lVJVo4Q02xn-4hqeEQ4R63vggWpqo/s1600/penang+-+69.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb6pmdF25uNOkYHRA1upb8UIBgckZR0MJMRmZmEqCLPeCCbZ5q5FsJ0-0MlLj61C5YaUWAfAGZi-4xuSn1t9uupRS0p2zPkPWe28ptD3lMyDbD9lVJVo4Q02xn-4hqeEQ4R63vggWpqo/s400/penang+-+69.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680938511895445778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">St George's Church<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9VMQVUwP0H1xjy4dYfZkVykIK2vk5_gN9It8CZUSqYL2fydMRRYnEHhR2-EZmyELn5jSP81u7zgMgBhjDnTsPPkdHIezlSj6efV1nDcX8FiO4PjNi340WlawT_UOZLnLVN0lUGDDgwM/s1600/penang+-+71.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFj1-85rx_FgL76msYJwcpOp2pZUAz4p_K4yVXshPKKCSG2f9a8ob7_MQYAoYrzxv9PjriVsHyu-ChbfnQxg6Qz_EEZVpu7s84t9oC9CT5coft6pej3a4K-5mPfzGEWPO3OYsym8orlk/s400/penang+-+26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680945970653073154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Penang City Hall<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd56cAh1Po9KVCBsSf3Eb3mb5vXHEwwoCHqsP9yB8iujh7I7THGabOAoq3riKbI3m6g3cT-Q_YXBALoh0JkutfBm4VWerlJtHg4zWg8rmW0U953bTSgSvIvGaeA_Vh5kQ14hPATXSivaY/s1600/penang+-+70.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd56cAh1Po9KVCBsSf3Eb3mb5vXHEwwoCHqsP9yB8iujh7I7THGabOAoq3riKbI3m6g3cT-Q_YXBALoh0JkutfBm4VWerlJtHg4zWg8rmW0U953bTSgSvIvGaeA_Vh5kQ14hPATXSivaY/s400/penang+-+70.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680938510188574946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Penang Museum<br /></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8p_r0BfFMeEbQldTRN1keEX1G84NYDeyXWU8dEvf-uIf1ru23s3WPY1iXUoKljM5AuJfEILXBRAZ5TM5KXqslxAK0HEh_FNXL9yQJGgkIR7aqMAsKuWLFos8m31Z3K6cDX3wUb9GBErY/s1600/penang+-+27.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 452px; height: 67px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrvOzQFjFw4k_Vx-Q9r-oJ5pgdpDijBHf4Wv4rbqZ5Q3k2paJQNNerINRlsgHV5Lb_6rBfNwP0EoUrFjuv5IMaYLPFlgVzFzKxHmVDzBFYw7CJjFRq0D8Q1kjxV_DHELHnNAGY9p4i4Q/s400/penang+-+77.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680938259755003938" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-82955931336268836402011-11-29T22:34:00.000-08:002011-12-05T18:01:25.603-08:00Krabi Cliffhanger: Phranang Cave of the Princess Goddess<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYntJyjPmB2q7Qd4M_xInlJJ5rkD7UwkKwGA0nqcrIBTBpNdsVlQFTwQVWrpHw3XVzswDLcs9ZpKlPVIrPLjooJPDzvERqZTwo1wg9FH8WXFDDlpXzTx3xTcuKEz5tLwDChQhOZqjSqCQ/s1600/krabi+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYntJyjPmB2q7Qd4M_xInlJJ5rkD7UwkKwGA0nqcrIBTBpNdsVlQFTwQVWrpHw3XVzswDLcs9ZpKlPVIrPLjooJPDzvERqZTwo1wg9FH8WXFDDlpXzTx3xTcuKEz5tLwDChQhOZqjSqCQ/s400/krabi+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678984881676930" border="0" /></a><br />Took the bus at noon for Krabi, having ferried all our luggage at the last minute in relays to the bus station. A great well air-conditioned bus. Unfortunately the bus station is 6 ks out of town so we took a pickup into town nearly leaving for Ao Nang, until a fellow traveler in the pickup told us how much he liked Krabi.<br /><br />We are staying at the "Green Tea Guest House" which is a fine base to stay for a night or two with internet. It also has a nice river frontage with good views of the Karst hills and mangroves, some good supermarkets and the universal 7-11 on which we have come to depend for its consistent stock of bread butter cheese yoghurt and coffee milk.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqL6Ftw9Y0gT5AA3bvZVACxJEfV7o9kmpi77KOkYYTGgfrqPKq1PWM-YUrj2xJAzk2tGTB1CVnUya3Q5xdbQU1Nj12j_5lllI11rqUBoTxCZOL53yf6H7oJ9IhhqMU5Kh3ZEOhbSlTIXE/s1600/krabi+-+05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqL6Ftw9Y0gT5AA3bvZVACxJEfV7o9kmpi77KOkYYTGgfrqPKq1PWM-YUrj2xJAzk2tGTB1CVnUya3Q5xdbQU1Nj12j_5lllI11rqUBoTxCZOL53yf6H7oJ9IhhqMU5Kh3ZEOhbSlTIXE/s400/krabi+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678974961924306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jCwUUFVmJ_KygNNP2IB8p1l7a8t6zihyphenhyphen6MJgbp1tltVzg6BpDsNKy3UQKXX0ORePEagPLKigBHzoudCbeUvOo_d9-SL_5sd5OTSLL0DGupJhcoIxewQhVsGx6F-wukfFZLSmLMpXnp4/s1600/krabi+-+06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jCwUUFVmJ_KygNNP2IB8p1l7a8t6zihyphenhyphen6MJgbp1tltVzg6BpDsNKy3UQKXX0ORePEagPLKigBHzoudCbeUvOo_d9-SL_5sd5OTSLL0DGupJhcoIxewQhVsGx6F-wukfFZLSmLMpXnp4/s400/krabi+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678973204291106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jNbdlIz64vGe5Xb6t5bgDRGkSgyHwQpbI7Z22lq5tMFqe3PeiCWgXieJssmjacWfHoZfHih9qo55OR4sHch0P-q3oADnVaLnrYjbqbg-Glwiqrq1Xr8TCWQ7XG0_nQ8pRVxVua6QF10/s1600/krabi+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jNbdlIz64vGe5Xb6t5bgDRGkSgyHwQpbI7Z22lq5tMFqe3PeiCWgXieJssmjacWfHoZfHih9qo55OR4sHch0P-q3oADnVaLnrYjbqbg-Glwiqrq1Xr8TCWQ7XG0_nQ8pRVxVua6QF10/s400/krabi+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678819519122034" border="0" /></a><br />Krabi is more fun for us than a resort. It has very good eating in the night markets by the boat pier although the cunning Chinese woman force fed us a bottle of beer costing 55 Bt. Tomorrow we will try to take a long tail boat to the rock climbing beaches of Rai Lei (Railay) and on to Ao Nang and back for a combined sea and land tour of the limestone scenery at local one-way fare prices.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbJzDbDwZloFIgwhYfl1BZHv_KPw9AL-lc2j-j-qItA3eYh5rnbDw7upXsIgiR2avKEAEtQ04DLrqZB6QUSyWvEnpRNCH8bUxTwfFAuc_6yXIxQAu4eJeDheEj07Khi8NZrzhexlorPQ/s1600/krabi+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 412px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbJzDbDwZloFIgwhYfl1BZHv_KPw9AL-lc2j-j-qItA3eYh5rnbDw7upXsIgiR2avKEAEtQ04DLrqZB6QUSyWvEnpRNCH8bUxTwfFAuc_6yXIxQAu4eJeDheEj07Khi8NZrzhexlorPQ/s400/krabi+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678811244363586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK4S-qZCDNGORkZxRE9v3NW4y8bWRrAgE19NM-xq6qVxBT5e12LKo2sOXq_mXqi4zxzqI9lCVgzFHmDTQcTU_8bCCtY6CaH-CZq62tCC5lMYQKBQJ1x8rhEex1FOD6vYeurigNO_4ZFE/s1600/krabi+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuK4S-qZCDNGORkZxRE9v3NW4y8bWRrAgE19NM-xq6qVxBT5e12LKo2sOXq_mXqi4zxzqI9lCVgzFHmDTQcTU_8bCCtY6CaH-CZq62tCC5lMYQKBQJ1x8rhEex1FOD6vYeurigNO_4ZFE/s400/krabi+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678804110464674" border="0" /></a><br />2006-11-12 Had a great day today. Took a longtail boat out to Rai Lei an isolated set of twin beaches accessible only by boat, with lush 100 ft limestone cliffs, crawling with abseilers hanging like ants on the cliff face, a white sand beach on one side, a bunch of restaurants and ridiculously expensive guest houses.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAY4DeVI4Wjux4MTlHvYJf9zsYLXhA1NUSR4Al14cn-hajEjEzM1k80fgmBpDBqkSKovVSFXD4pRtc-c0GMzMDWltJSnJ-bPCsv3Ov8L7Zto2Mv13qjUB7fIjDOWcRyhkgfC6XIMMulJw/s1600/krabi+-+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAY4DeVI4Wjux4MTlHvYJf9zsYLXhA1NUSR4Al14cn-hajEjEzM1k80fgmBpDBqkSKovVSFXD4pRtc-c0GMzMDWltJSnJ-bPCsv3Ov8L7Zto2Mv13qjUB7fIjDOWcRyhkgfC6XIMMulJw/s400/krabi+-+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680678797616203698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ4yxjJuOcL9Fl7IyORwdy43eS0abQLWFZ79gS9rzkYyRn0N-aMmHIBfYcodm-xXAdb7NxiKaS9h8pQCGGd4Ov18PDU3zMfJUoYO51kBO4NMypuQ8X1F43-ItIO4mgMeYXDxPE2nTpV8/s1600/krabi+-+12.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r2kzB97JIpJyw6NT5DaDg2N6STdWqQeYWXUjg0UPL6Wg017ircxUtI_EdruCsWk3hVm5oGU5viVnFVkRPgFLnb_04JrNIxn-5K7WkFHxTXLzsH8KJnfS4h0ABabYH0XblwCh45d3Pls/s400/krabi+-+29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680677743164009698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">West beach Rei Lei<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPHWEKUD5F4py5E7lXPk5xXBUyGC3kYg4kp-UP8rRA5trhil19uDR02Gv2Yl9R6wGtmyNaDJ_Nt61KkYKUzW2TAYjQl-3ojok_HUpHG0BJVAf3SoOtzWQlbLEfPLw2nM1iWYOrL2gN1w/s1600/krabi+-+30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyPHWEKUD5F4py5E7lXPk5xXBUyGC3kYg4kp-UP8rRA5trhil19uDR02Gv2Yl9R6wGtmyNaDJ_Nt61KkYKUzW2TAYjQl-3ojok_HUpHG0BJVAf3SoOtzWQlbLEfPLw2nM1iWYOrL2gN1w/s400/krabi+-+30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680677737155053650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0nkuyBeNhlPNukzUjoezUYqHW-CYH1ThB_8a6WzBEKsLauOuqP5CRV2IFY3CnOmuPucwiPliraHTppI8qs2_bl7vGAFw44yjHebkVhUx_gbxqhn92NHg9u66hFVTYP5a_yr99zHxT00/s1600/krabi+-+31.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii8-ktCUBLrKLMo9Q6yz-z_nqdxzqupzhCelJjy_YYoImyBacM8wg1wLKSuyeIcuGaQj3i12OgEy8oP5oNy_ezTbxTq_0jmz1itpmFV6ShezglLSFDf7tymTA4T00DVnnVvhSqp3cR8KA/s400/krabi+-+40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676410773768226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">East (Phra Nang) beach Rai Lay<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLYKcKx_FHMbGbm2j1Srh1Y-N8sSrxuvCgVehkLsK4N9qDRYGMwS8N8-4NyaQMaTHILoHboz4tID4KOEtEIOauSWzbt1USxLiYufqwCMSIVFZxdzvsokViZt4MUDgmmVe6k_PkZZ-5j0/s1600/krabi+-+41.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLYKcKx_FHMbGbm2j1Srh1Y-N8sSrxuvCgVehkLsK4N9qDRYGMwS8N8-4NyaQMaTHILoHboz4tID4KOEtEIOauSWzbt1USxLiYufqwCMSIVFZxdzvsokViZt4MUDgmmVe6k_PkZZ-5j0/s400/krabi+-+41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676402090282610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryzCJafciPtFq5sKmHECP3zriGh6foYzT_iGMz8koLF2iIOHdsEoYHqQprQ34sUS9vB6k2FHllGHhyJdHmjqi2flfLgGbQWI4umH9bY_j7R89wEdagNIYNHC2QD6tpBQkIvQOCL_R-Gc/s1600/krabi+-+42.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryzCJafciPtFq5sKmHECP3zriGh6foYzT_iGMz8koLF2iIOHdsEoYHqQprQ34sUS9vB6k2FHllGHhyJdHmjqi2flfLgGbQWI4umH9bY_j7R89wEdagNIYNHC2QD6tpBQkIvQOCL_R-Gc/s400/krabi+-+42.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676400650175346" border="0" /></a><br />On the beach on the Ao Nang side is a unique cave to Phranang the Princess Goddess, believed to be an Indian Princess with extraordinary powers to whom the fishermen offer huge wooden penises with red tips. This is a really unique shrine and we've included a series of pics of it as a little mentioned high point of the region.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlF4nuplqr6e77SSaErsc8IOTDWLIk4o8xoGTEmIG2Vatj0Y8H1PD2-B7XQPpsM5nOKnGCkCMxUjhwZGwBbgqnavOHrCOVPpAVRcPKzkf1jxBaJKlVk-waNtsZe7KWOczB45W-6TjAgc/s1600/krabi+-+44.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlF4nuplqr6e77SSaErsc8IOTDWLIk4o8xoGTEmIG2Vatj0Y8H1PD2-B7XQPpsM5nOKnGCkCMxUjhwZGwBbgqnavOHrCOVPpAVRcPKzkf1jxBaJKlVk-waNtsZe7KWOczB45W-6TjAgc/s400/krabi+-+44.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676383320978178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBeKGc3xANurOd0KewPDYoOgszK8uhP5PCSntRsrMxE5UIbuq_uxHrMhlOjRKamzg8EA4dOpuVgEYvCadsrJpcZfHzrvKhFVfbKCV2wuHLJnnUn428t7yHrBTVj1rQy8hkcyCrnl82HE/s1600/krabi+-+43.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBeKGc3xANurOd0KewPDYoOgszK8uhP5PCSntRsrMxE5UIbuq_uxHrMhlOjRKamzg8EA4dOpuVgEYvCadsrJpcZfHzrvKhFVfbKCV2wuHLJnnUn428t7yHrBTVj1rQy8hkcyCrnl82HE/s400/krabi+-+43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676386188797298" border="0" /></a><br />There are different theories about Phra Nang and how she came to be associated with this particular cave in Krabi. One legend says that an Indian princess was killed in a shipwreck offshore and her ghost occupied the cave. Another story says that Phra Nang was the wife of a local fisherman. One day her husband set out to sea but never returned. According to this story, the woman lived out the rest of her years living in the cave and looking out to sea waiting for her husband to come back.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y3Zqzt1XeMBttBkFIhjNM81cVjnK9YKf0061bX1C35cdUZa0YzlJEAs2R5j3XgDcaZKCy9aXEsUQcoyP4KwLF4B6Wchsf5mztVyiUcgjBY7gEB658CL4psZyez9SBkocim1Tbn_zyFU/s1600/krabi+-+49.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8y3Zqzt1XeMBttBkFIhjNM81cVjnK9YKf0061bX1C35cdUZa0YzlJEAs2R5j3XgDcaZKCy9aXEsUQcoyP4KwLF4B6Wchsf5mztVyiUcgjBY7gEB658CL4psZyez9SBkocim1Tbn_zyFU/s400/krabi+-+49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676086744128050" border="0" /></a><br />Fishermen and boatmen still make offerings in the form of incense and flowers to ensure a safe journey. More curious though, are the phallic symbols or lingams that are in prominence at the entrance to the cave.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wu2GeqWNkYk7j_B_zaMtjkuLsQ6KYpQ50Cfr0RwpvoD4UNLtsAF86pqlmKmzNyNmjG3IaQzcNqYS1ATZ66bNadhX-0rsG7Z4RprH-t7N-awqlBfwKbC0KuwKa1CKRUp2AlqkCd9e9h8/s1600/krabi+-+48.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wu2GeqWNkYk7j_B_zaMtjkuLsQ6KYpQ50Cfr0RwpvoD4UNLtsAF86pqlmKmzNyNmjG3IaQzcNqYS1ATZ66bNadhX-0rsG7Z4RprH-t7N-awqlBfwKbC0KuwKa1CKRUp2AlqkCd9e9h8/s400/krabi+-+48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680676095682499698" border="0" /></a><br />Lingams are a symbol of the Hindu god Shiva and are associated with fertility and virility. In Thailand, Hindu and animist beliefs are incorporated alongside Buddhism. Over the centuries, Phra Nang cave has become associated with fertility and the lingams placed here take the form of carved wooden penises. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAU6dp8VVT_MVOWutP6-QaIlkB73U5O0ccOAGcbjklSvvE3UxRKJTruF_gxr0CipQ3oV2_qKTN3MeecWILGeMrWF7rCSgslWGEjayaWubVrgNUIjm2keLylj4oAtKJCVoHT6axbsQOPg/s400/krabi+-+60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680675263161136946" border="0" /></a><br />We then took another longtail to the resort of Ao Nang, which is a tourist trap like the Phuket beach resorts, returning to Krabi by pickup on a rainy cooler afternoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvavbWKSWGsVFFPtjU8vuiYM1BW1DSUtm6bqWVxTkBzLS-NuMCw6NCoPevDgyIaqYu-qyywArM9JUdh3GzD-uLMr1Rdn5OnNYOvh7t59r2kkso8Ud_rp_RMkOAsgFlAVuofwd1mZi0sw/s1600/krabi+-+61.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOvavbWKSWGsVFFPtjU8vuiYM1BW1DSUtm6bqWVxTkBzLS-NuMCw6NCoPevDgyIaqYu-qyywArM9JUdh3GzD-uLMr1Rdn5OnNYOvh7t59r2kkso8Ud_rp_RMkOAsgFlAVuofwd1mZi0sw/s400/krabi+-+61.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680675252537473122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWt56WpFxGmUaf77wap0KrtdaLJrzb3xyypwud5JthudTU81GulGKCcFla5i_g_xmPxMKBuxTlJp-Dzo1K3ZiFeIzaiiZnmSda876CNf-zduULRla_6F0MOl1Op5uMch8t3FBl-RJgNxk/s1600/krabi+-+62.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAPTvYsQQK5u8lstHFIPLfwsybzK7OLew-WR9s_X-CQpw1Vof_OwNYBqWAZDu_eh13F5-zyTBvoxw1tyhPAziFFmLa0bMpGMisy2W2ym-St2L06F_TyTd1jGAhxrsehNPbL9QO6S-F9E/s400/krabi+-+64.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680675230009986498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Planning our move south tomorrow. Pondering whether to take a minibus from here to Hat Yai, which connects with a big bus direct to Penang. There have been multiple bomb blasts in Yala simultaneously blowing up 10 car dealers and Buddhist villagers are cringing in a temple in Pattani or thereabouts. We are trying to chart as simple as possible a course through Hat Yai which is right on the border of the trouble the day after tomorrow.<br /><br />Shooting through to Penang in One Easy Bite<br /><br />Had a great trip, if a bit tiring, through to Penang in Malaysia direct from Krabi. So now we are just a couple of bus rides away from Singapore unless we do something very rash, like flying to Bali and back on a cheap internet ticket to use up the missing days. However we are now stranded in Penang until the 16th so Christine can have her next rabies injection.<br /><br />We decided to take the Green Tea Guest House's advice and book a ticket for 580 Bt each on a direct booking to Penang on a minibus, changing at Hat Yai for a cross border minibus to Penang in Malaysia. We have already been burned by these cross border connections, but decided to take it because the guest house acted as if it was reputable. For this we received no ticket but a Teahouse receipt and had to wait on the street at 6.50 next morning.<br /><br />The minibus people then picked us up and exchanged our tea receipt for another tour company receipt to give the Hat Yai company and took off weaving forward and backtracking twice to pick up local passengers from all over the district, finally charging off down the highway about an hour later. In the event we got an air-con van for 10 people and the only lie they told was that old people going to hospital needed the front seats as an excuse for chucking us in the back with our musical instruments (so they could stock the rest of the van more easily). This caused a VERY bumpy 5 hour ride to Hat Yai but gave us a tad more leg room.<br /><br />At Hat Yai, which was an unexciting large town with a market and industrial shops, they took us to another 'green' travel agent, literally Green Travel, where we connected with another air-con van which took us on another 4 hour trip, not only cleanly through the border to Malaysia, waiting for all the formalities, but all the way over the harbour bridge into Penang as well, avoiding the cross transfer and ferry ride from Butterworth on the mainland where most buses stop.Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693551038303076213.post-84138825342591036302011-11-29T20:15:00.000-08:002011-11-29T21:54:12.857-08:00Motor Cycling Around Phuket Island<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCvFS8D0BKl81b6J6AbzpQuNaBZ9FjTt8bAHTGMZP_eNJhttPCSvHyK_usnFODkM0NOhhPZArD3HMNlm4gB_gouz2Pqz2_0bNrKjvf1_tsTspJ_L9kwogA4Illo69Dis9nLedg66uMa4/s1600/phu1.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJEbdWu89NG7UppTEcd4AbyL6LAXevEfMXxC2zkqtFHhmp2Bfyu7f6kArvwNZA0Ygfne5eFWnOdaXuOFuIUuQcijEEnuUiId-tJ6YFfBAW3o9yYCKdOlRn4cNe86HAPox9n-uX926UN8/s1600/phuket+-+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJEbdWu89NG7UppTEcd4AbyL6LAXevEfMXxC2zkqtFHhmp2Bfyu7f6kArvwNZA0Ygfne5eFWnOdaXuOFuIUuQcijEEnuUiId-tJ6YFfBAW3o9yYCKdOlRn4cNe86HAPox9n-uX926UN8/s400/phuket+-+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656773802746178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The On on Hotel<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">This morning found us boarding a bus for Phuket which took another 4 to 5 hours, followed by a long haul of our luggage several blocks in the heat and dust to the cool cheap comfort of another traditional Chinese hotel, the On On Hotel, with an air con double with cold shower for 400 Bt and Honda 125 motor cycles on hire for 150Bt.<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76R-Umw7rPK_c_s8VTTk0QTawoQ6bswTOjinmIotTvsaP0T2jJYsG_EqpWYkBlG5i-Ugk4hiaHLAYwkB_u5t_e8Q-zo0F-JAW1x43RqHbtBzOWlYJx1AaPAAUKdP9AIFmC_1Ejp6Xtks/s1600/phuket+-+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76R-Umw7rPK_c_s8VTTk0QTawoQ6bswTOjinmIotTvsaP0T2jJYsG_EqpWYkBlG5i-Ugk4hiaHLAYwkB_u5t_e8Q-zo0F-JAW1x43RqHbtBzOWlYJx1AaPAAUKdP9AIFmC_1Ejp6Xtks/s400/phuket+-+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656764779906242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Main commercial street Phuket<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsGSvWxHqJcgfnyjLPB_l5egCVE3HLmnTncekMLPUh_2aJezibg5sdvsz1JpZGX3t2Ss4jv2dlfMJuSX8Pa-mbH3twzAkib7kbtSeDxmpqEUr1hKrsLrS-ZXXTyIWS0Yd-K1613DqEdU/s1600/phuket+-+03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsGSvWxHqJcgfnyjLPB_l5egCVE3HLmnTncekMLPUh_2aJezibg5sdvsz1JpZGX3t2Ss4jv2dlfMJuSX8Pa-mbH3twzAkib7kbtSeDxmpqEUr1hKrsLrS-ZXXTyIWS0Yd-K1613DqEdU/s400/phuket+-+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656758519462418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The street running from the On on to the restaurant with the red sign<br /></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCvFS8D0BKl81b6J6AbzpQuNaBZ9FjTt8bAHTGMZP_eNJhttPCSvHyK_usnFODkM0NOhhPZArD3HMNlm4gB_gouz2Pqz2_0bNrKjvf1_tsTspJ_L9kwogA4Illo69Dis9nLedg66uMa4/s1600/phu1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 447px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCvFS8D0BKl81b6J6AbzpQuNaBZ9FjTt8bAHTGMZP_eNJhttPCSvHyK_usnFODkM0NOhhPZArD3HMNlm4gB_gouz2Pqz2_0bNrKjvf1_tsTspJ_L9kwogA4Illo69Dis9nLedg66uMa4/s400/phu1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656979097835810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Dining out</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;">Having set our selves up in comfort, we proceeded out to the local public hospital to get Christine's next shot. There was a selection of hospitals in Phuket, the International hospital which is very good but expensive and the one we chose which I think was the Vachira or Wachira. At first this seemed difficult or impossible, as everything was written in Thai, but some helpers, who spoke English, appeared and ushered us very efficiently through registration, checking they had the same vaccine, testing Christine's weight and blood pressure (way down to 130/69) a short appointment with a doctor and then to the 'dressing room' where the nurse tried to finesse using an old resterilized needle until I stopped her in her tracks shouting 'new needle' also making sure she used a new syringe.<br /></div> </div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAE2tCCRzBx2Ff399uCs70aOSWYqWjnXksDYZSSNVUO5K7bQbF2P5rzwnNiMDbgYwhp-tdK8bxulI9ZyptBSPY24us-a2LLsCpzW-4yQKUkhR5xpqtCa8ROWAWUeRFTtnrFguEu706fc/s1600/phuket+-+04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAE2tCCRzBx2Ff399uCs70aOSWYqWjnXksDYZSSNVUO5K7bQbF2P5rzwnNiMDbgYwhp-tdK8bxulI9ZyptBSPY24us-a2LLsCpzW-4yQKUkhR5xpqtCa8ROWAWUeRFTtnrFguEu706fc/s400/phuket+-+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656754083869330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Some of the classic commercial buildings<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Phuket far from just being a holiday resort access point is actually a traditional town with some classic South East Asian architecture in the older central buildings.<br /></div></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5I_6SZ5cmbxp4LMSQQPDmegr7atAtDXJBQb_SiJW_sSDj_TmMYXakUI0_cY5qvzUhWEtGU8feZ4Q5pAyao8CDvJA0yAJ8-5hpo90n_HSXosY000xQcSyCga2ohrTqjcU6sgPJOHPWWoo/s1600/phuket+-+05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5I_6SZ5cmbxp4LMSQQPDmegr7atAtDXJBQb_SiJW_sSDj_TmMYXakUI0_cY5qvzUhWEtGU8feZ4Q5pAyao8CDvJA0yAJ8-5hpo90n_HSXosY000xQcSyCga2ohrTqjcU6sgPJOHPWWoo/s400/phuket+-+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656105210903954" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFwuvWVZndrpjYsOUvlcc0ucZuqTKxe7ifAegiT3ar7U4lfrDS6g4jcGf6xm5fUT9DD_BZ2cA03bkHt61IDclXLtBDwdpvyitGpqFpA2_xrkLTGPFchUMz2s_41ExFdEkMGV0aSm68PA/s1600/phuket+-+06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFwuvWVZndrpjYsOUvlcc0ucZuqTKxe7ifAegiT3ar7U4lfrDS6g4jcGf6xm5fUT9DD_BZ2cA03bkHt61IDclXLtBDwdpvyitGpqFpA2_xrkLTGPFchUMz2s_41ExFdEkMGV0aSm68PA/s400/phuket+-+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656096322243826" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQy5BFdHBdhcgUTjp21f6o9WHmxI9J-OU71M4fhe7IvLpa8E1r6vyc5W2kTIIs2n5-uD_q13QySZU5T_BR7D-qDZQg4qX3pxt8E1gfWPK-hreMX6FY7tTVlrPVZw0OCGoqA_uaoI-Mi4/s1600/phuket+-+07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQy5BFdHBdhcgUTjp21f6o9WHmxI9J-OU71M4fhe7IvLpa8E1r6vyc5W2kTIIs2n5-uD_q13QySZU5T_BR7D-qDZQg4qX3pxt8E1gfWPK-hreMX6FY7tTVlrPVZw0OCGoqA_uaoI-Mi4/s400/phuket+-+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656091961896194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUzsdR8cIbW-VNBHRbDYCcj3sqKM5fA2z2A68rnIq_Kmq_WbXnarclrg5ARBw5JJ0hBcgvPAT9XinNklLCuHrHVfcfA2qwb4hY9F9kaf44kaJnZlXtV2zcOkVH3WCIJ2RX1tB2qgApRY/s1600/phuket+-+08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUzsdR8cIbW-VNBHRbDYCcj3sqKM5fA2z2A68rnIq_Kmq_WbXnarclrg5ARBw5JJ0hBcgvPAT9XinNklLCuHrHVfcfA2qwb4hY9F9kaf44kaJnZlXtV2zcOkVH3WCIJ2RX1tB2qgApRY/s400/phuket+-+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656082304636658" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrMKLPUPBekjwdifxGs9i5OjbauBJblJ-jLTc96mKfVTMr2HxmIPJTxs2I-FQEqrMEEZaXK6nMgFosBfyLD8s_J0DfSMx1DFwXqsgasHnyGGKSX0_X53EPG3STjq6Asie2VHU-psUNqM/s1600/phuket+-+09.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrMKLPUPBekjwdifxGs9i5OjbauBJblJ-jLTc96mKfVTMr2HxmIPJTxs2I-FQEqrMEEZaXK6nMgFosBfyLD8s_J0DfSMx1DFwXqsgasHnyGGKSX0_X53EPG3STjq6Asie2VHU-psUNqM/s400/phuket+-+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656080371191090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7tS69V6Zqg_Po9OSs25gdor0nS0h8su4LPMjWxqY10BNO-tUJeJ4w5mPx3eUeZ4Mh6_yJszL_kUq_piD1NZG35smxbjddQBWZLoK3__D0w_aM9jNLNHy4yW305fvv2hCnwTLPchY8lc/s1600/phuket+-+10.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7tS69V6Zqg_Po9OSs25gdor0nS0h8su4LPMjWxqY10BNO-tUJeJ4w5mPx3eUeZ4Mh6_yJszL_kUq_piD1NZG35smxbjddQBWZLoK3__D0w_aM9jNLNHy4yW305fvv2hCnwTLPchY8lc/s400/phuket+-+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680655856310381250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs_VSFmLjjmTfEZQRF98vQa9lCUgJceN4rsZ22Q2nZBEdyMmm5i4ErMDx6LTg30NwH6pgbpvDS8V8infs40bBWI-vETNRDulS811mqa_UkwNTo9xJL8R7aWqfZH8KYi4EGtURMUZdONM/s1600/phuket+-+11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHs_VSFmLjjmTfEZQRF98vQa9lCUgJceN4rsZ22Q2nZBEdyMmm5i4ErMDx6LTg30NwH6pgbpvDS8V8infs40bBWI-vETNRDulS811mqa_UkwNTo9xJL8R7aWqfZH8KYi4EGtURMUZdONM/s400/phuket+-+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680655843121705762" border="0" /></a><br />Now we are settled for a day or two and will ride the bike out to Patong and round some of the beaches tomorrow. We are neither sun bathers, nor beach combers, but Phuket itslelf has a multi-cultural profile as an old trading port and some nice period buildings, with a challenging mix including 35% Muslims.<br />In a few days we'll have to brave the terror bomb zone of South Thailand to get through to Penang.<br />Phuket, Thai traffic and Krabi markets<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RrD0H2Yf3aOV9dI1wP8cqZlbKsg75SU1luVolw1xXEjk_3vV9K5KPESzXD8oBeggtPAEU9fn-PZ1g-rjObNu1x5EqBqxZVCdigugHdhYLznnosETq6pUlnWc5f_o7XtaQL_Db0C78IY/s1600/phuket+-+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 436px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RrD0H2Yf3aOV9dI1wP8cqZlbKsg75SU1luVolw1xXEjk_3vV9K5KPESzXD8oBeggtPAEU9fn-PZ1g-rjObNu1x5EqBqxZVCdigugHdhYLznnosETq6pUlnWc5f_o7XtaQL_Db0C78IY/s400/phuket+-+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680655837925364674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">View from the hill park overlooking Phuket<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">2006-11-11 We drove around the south half of Phuket Island yesterday. Phuket is renowned for the number of motorbike accidents (1000 killed or injured a year) and we quickly found the situation perilous for those who don't know how to drive in Thailand. I have learned to interpret the complex one-way traffic signalling system with heaps of different kinds of red and green arrows, so I seem to have avoided the 500 Bt spot fines for a variety of insidious or unreal offenses.<br /><br />Thailand drives on the left but has a large number of one-way streets requiring a lot of clockwise perambulation and frequent complete loss of direction getting from A to B. In Chiang Mai it took me days to know how to get back home because of the many curved one-way streets which could have you facing the opposite direction and heading south rather than north. Eventually I could ride at night clean through the city even when the Kraton festival had all the roads blocked in a snake like pattern winding through the old city.<br />There were also weird situations to keep this circulation complete where you found without warning that you had to drive on the wrong (right) side of the road, which was utterly uncanny. The only other place I have seen this change of sides which could result in a head-on, is on steep mountain passes in Bolivia, where drivers need to be on the out-side of the vehicle to make sure it doesn't fall off the cliff.<br /><br />In Phuket, despite being a small town, the lights and signs were complex and subtle. In addition to red, orange and green traffic lights which also like China gave a second by second count down, there were flashing green (about to turn orange), flashing orange (lights turned off but be careful because there is no control), flashing red (stop and give way at a roundabout), red crosses (no entry), as well as green arrows and red arrows. In addition to all of these there are blue arrow signs which allow free turning left or right even on red (and sometimes both since it is only cross traffic which confuses one-way systems). Then there are black arrows with red borders which mean you MUST turn this way (to avoid going wrong way up what is about to become a one way street).<br /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCkBdjxRPL0v1ljo4vq9ZbdNmcOSJrwdAFThfjL0FEP44y_7BFF4YbICeFvFnhQPHTCY0Q4sExs2B8_uwxvgnp41yWzDqVRPv4DpZ-tqpKAMKUt6Aveu6j0NMUjtsPi4eW47TwcoV1hQ/s1600/phuket+-+15.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBCkBdjxRPL0v1ljo4vq9ZbdNmcOSJrwdAFThfjL0FEP44y_7BFF4YbICeFvFnhQPHTCY0Q4sExs2B8_uwxvgnp41yWzDqVRPv4DpZ-tqpKAMKUt6Aveu6j0NMUjtsPi4eW47TwcoV1hQ/s400/phuket+-+15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680655831959999602" border="0" /></a><br />The road from Phuket to Patong, the main tourist Mecca beach, is steep, full of heavy traffic, fast and has precipitous turns, deep drains and very steep gradients, which all make for a risky motor bike ride. For the first time we had a Honda 125 rather than a 100 or 110 which really added to the power on the hills.<br />Patong was absolutely scorching. There was a searing sun and a hot offshore breeze blowing from the East (which makes the Eastern Coast inclement at this time of year). The season hasn't really gone mad yet but the whole town was a mausoleum to a dream people in Europe have to a sunbathing paradise under a beach umbrella.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYOMAvyeWT9gdFqArK6IVPAUp40BENkPBHbmc1nWANOgs9Q0NDjpmsSsUjFMqIegxzF1pe2mKG1rZqzv-9TvRe2bEHFbdZDD4vqTpquKKLeQcuoGEke6OtXipaQHmBcbYjZanU5drxRY/s1600/phuket+-+16.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIYOMAvyeWT9gdFqArK6IVPAUp40BENkPBHbmc1nWANOgs9Q0NDjpmsSsUjFMqIegxzF1pe2mKG1rZqzv-9TvRe2bEHFbdZDD4vqTpquKKLeQcuoGEke6OtXipaQHmBcbYjZanU5drxRY/s400/phuket+-+16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680655824926038802" border="0" /></a><br />We traveled North and all the beaches were tasteless inflated tourist traps until we came to Leam Singh a small sandy beach surrounded by steep forested hills which you have to park your motor bike and walk down the path to get to. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl1Z7XiehD_K2vx0MM66-JtqokHzPP7K5MSUkqIdaC7b6oTHLVXhZId3yPbUiToXNyzR27GvfWOp9FFRf__dMDA8-NZOyREMbrpjeZH8ckbABZlJL0qeBHrcaKTN6asaK01t3LLy7vdQ/s400/phuket+-+38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680654060639281394" border="0" /></a><br />This morning I went out to the causeway capped island just East of Phuket where they have a Paua (Abalone) farm where there were peerless deserted beaches because they have mud flats at low tide, with a bay for International sailors (sea gypseas) and for long tail boat fishermen.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPgBg-RGmp5uVUwt9VgsbyUCeGvzf7PreUFcQoQ6l4p8tcotBJ8FWY537STAoF9VmFGyX3IbqIf-lZCsT1RQGY3yugPXk3Hs_UHde07jHBzllhEkua8E5AZv3UqumI_4RAqPnH-Xd0OA/s1600/phuket+-+40.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2hVhphiZgzlGVuQqbT98F4-5vg3SEs4skJ0AHJk9T8VpDiNP331ZJ7zSEdpBmzYKlBnqS9h5qeZntQH9X98kt17gPYWXRu3OpbI4VMZke7UZZI2tRSWbgEzN995ADUEV0B9rF0l7k_0/s400/phu3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656964538901410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">There were lower class fishemen's 'ghettos' on the Eastern side of Phuket<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgmIguSV68ZtkZU_9a-P9d2Tt1QCGZakbxRLqmpo_E45o6W1XFWpa2cfxsLcmGRon4MAopAH7ssXWbq2CpxO2YnYOhLkJ93DPl62F5IdyxdNYGmdDGUgzDvK3QV28tYk3JjHuvgJwSFg/s1600/phuket+-+47.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgmIguSV68ZtkZU_9a-P9d2Tt1QCGZakbxRLqmpo_E45o6W1XFWpa2cfxsLcmGRon4MAopAH7ssXWbq2CpxO2YnYOhLkJ93DPl62F5IdyxdNYGmdDGUgzDvK3QV28tYk3JjHuvgJwSFg/s400/phuket+-+47.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680653808872183186" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWkEGB_XagPTiCQgeCjptD3WfHOlXHbH8ACsaSwuc2i08Clp-QZ6RLR_wdyoc74MR-uwocmGhzCGriBGOp4zyXTeE3bLq0B-iJH35vFlsgNCUTuYKY1BF-40KIkihgl2m07Bt6c0THKQg/s1600/phuket+-+48.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyL2HEi_ocw_LGL5CGXPjH_QywxyXO1A17Y-eX2JCdXescbNpNBOaezNS8puuxg9-r5Jrd4X8It0G2peLbJaTuYI3wOcnzJqQwBJc-78JgmpgmMomwlWzABbFsTIbq9uTd3KAWUR_oPY/s400/phu2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680656968867550562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXQj-Xve1WoAzHb-ESZ69CS5VIjceFjv7tzWUT8GD7wH2tYwvjiR0VHnv5d1Mj2Hr0IAuFthOWnv1_7mXHqGEDlMZpwA573bZBJ_9XI1B1LXOHTk6MXsJbyddG39mlEutoLLyF1DmsPE/s1600/phuket+-+56.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 438px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXQj-Xve1WoAzHb-ESZ69CS5VIjceFjv7tzWUT8GD7wH2tYwvjiR0VHnv5d1Mj2Hr0IAuFthOWnv1_7mXHqGEDlMZpwA573bZBJ_9XI1B1LXOHTk6MXsJbyddG39mlEutoLLyF1DmsPE/s400/phuket+-+56.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680653789095766146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Two Eastern beach panoramas<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYM2yCMAA5uFPxOW57la9xUJnAFJx1KLNdipn_nXhKBpYlPoREsxy9GMs5mh936eMwrVSGvk_St8IuY5DYdoGu3fU6sQGO2fb3jnnZatcB7cM6rEEU0FhWy1OUHFUjXAqpRMpzPDxGCGk/s1600/phuket+-+59.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 438px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYM2yCMAA5uFPxOW57la9xUJnAFJx1KLNdipn_nXhKBpYlPoREsxy9GMs5mh936eMwrVSGvk_St8IuY5DYdoGu3fU6sQGO2fb3jnnZatcB7cM6rEEU0FhWy1OUHFUjXAqpRMpzPDxGCGk/s400/phuket+-+59.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680653784640282994" border="0" /></a>Dhusharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16429563425998297239noreply@blogger.com0