Month: July 2015

  • Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion 張弼士故居, Penang

    Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion 張弼士故居, Penang

    Back in Georgetown, Penang, among many of the heritage buildings, the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (張弼士故居) is one of the most celebrated example. UNESCO recognized it with an award in Heritage conservation in 2000. We were treated to a glimpse of how a Chinese tycoon lived at the turn of the century (19th-20th). The mansion is now…

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  • Wild life in Kilim Geoforest Park, Langkawi

    Wild life in Kilim Geoforest Park, Langkawi

    This is part 2 of our post on Langkawi’s Kilim Geoforest Park. Part 1 is here. We made a few stops along the boat trip. The first is a short walk through a tropical jungle and a bat cave on a paved path. The bat was very hard to see from a distance as they…

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  • Kilim Geoforest Park, Langkawi

    Kilim Geoforest Park, Langkawi

    While in Langkawi, the last stop of our Malaysian trip, we wanted to see a bit of nature (after KL and Penang). So we just signed up for a boat tour of the mangroves around the island. It was all very touristy but convenient. As expected, we were picked up by the tour operator at…

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