Shortly after securing my lodgings Wednesday afternoon at NJ Books on Chulia Street, I headed off on a stroll of George Town's older districts just to the northwest of the main backpacker enclave. As I'd walked in this area on my previous two visits I was quite familiar with the local sites and had a … Continue reading Penang Photos, Part 1: State Museum & St. George’s Church
Day: 29th July 2011
Return to Phuket
My bus arrived at Phuket's Provincial Bus Station a little after 3:30 this morning after a fairly uneventful journey north from Hat Yai. The minibus I'd ridden on from Penang had left that town at 16:30 in the afternoon; other than a very pregnant Filipina, a heavily-pierced European girl with short-cropped white hair who revealed … Continue reading Return to Phuket
Mark Joseph Jochim 