I have just got back from a week in Penang.
Penang is in Malaysia. It is near Thailand but is not Thailand, just to clarify (people asked me).
To summarise, we ate, we drank, and we sat our bum by the pool (there being jellyfish in the ocean and all). I read books and tried to beat the advanced computer on my iPhone scrabble.
I think the advanced computer is a cheater. It makes up words.
We bitched about the haze enveloping Malaysia and Singapore from bushfires in Indonesia. We only saw the sun on the day before we left.
We walked around, like mad dogs and Englishmen, in the midday sun. It was hot and humid and yucky and there were no people around. So we did the only sensible thing and retired to the local hotel bar for a beer. Hydration being paramount and all.
We partook of nightly happy hour. 5:30 to 7pm free beer, wine and cocktails. The waiter, Chan, was a very bad man and relentlessly topped up our drink.
As always, pictures are worth a thousand words. Here are some. They are mostly food.
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| My view for most of the vacay |
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| Cendol being made |
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| Hokkien Mee, Poh Piah and Char Koay Teow, at Hawker Market |
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Some street art, Armenian St |
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| Frier in action. The products were delicious |
Still more pics are on insta. Thankyou to all those who "liked" them.
So I had the results back on the PhD. Long story short, one good report and one very critical, however long story short I need to make some reasonably minor changes and respond to general comments, and the changes only need go back to the local chairman of examiners at our uni, not to the external examiners. The chairman will sign off and it's signed, sealed and delivered with a floppy hat on top!
I am quite the Jetsetter at the moment, and am off to Turkey for a conference on Monday. All of this brief and business travel has whetted my appetite for adventure travels from days of yore. I want to go to Israel and Jordan, and do the Inca Trail. I want to see all the places and eat all the things. Some folks look at shoes and jewels, I look at the Intrepid travel website.
Though my tolerance for discomfort during travel has diminished in my older age.
How are youse? Where have you been and what are you doing?
I love holidays where you do nothing. With all you've had on it would have been a good break I think. Pity about the fires though, was reading about it online today.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the almost PhD!! Nothing to report here, same old. Enjoy the next trip xx
I've heard mixed things about Penang. Seems like one of those love it or hate places.
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