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  • Travelogue #6: Life in a Backpack (Penang)

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    The day after Boxing Day marked a full month since I started travelling, November 27th to December 27th. It’s starting to sink in that this is my life now – living rough and always on my way to somewhere else, but also constantly exploring and seeing something brand new every day. I don’t regret a…

  • Travelogue #5: Penang

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    My output of stunning photos of Malaysian landmarks on Instagram has dropped this past week, for a few reasons. The first is that Penang’s landmarks are a little tough to get good camera angles on. The city is old and densely packed enough that a lot of the sites are crammed into narrow streets, where…

  • Travelogue #4: Malacca and Penang

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    My last couple days in Singapore weren’t particularly noteworthy, apart from catching up with an old friend. I’m getting to an age now where I’m meeting up with friends from university and we collectively realize that it’s been over five years since we last saw each other, which is a trip (…said the 28-year-old). One…

  • Travelogue #3: Singapore

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    I hadn’t originally intended to go to Singapore. Not for any particular reason – it was on my radar as a “nice to have” experience, but I’d intended to spend three weeks in Kuala Lumpur then head north to spend three weeks in Penang. After that, I had a plane ticket booked to Taipei as…

  • Travelogue #2: Some Scattered Notes about Malaysia

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    Probably my favourite meal here in Malaysia has been Roti Bakar. I’ve been working my way through the Malaysian staples like Nasi Lemak (coconut rice), Hokkien Mee (charcoal fried noodles), and banana leaf curry (see below), but Roti Bakar is the only meal I keep coming back to. Which is strange, because it’s nothing more…

  • Travelogue #1: Arrival in Malaysia

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    I know next to nothing about Malaysia. I know I visited as a child – and that Kuala Lumpur is a major plot point in Zoolander – but otherwise my knowledge is very sparse. My previous trips have all been to countries where I already have a relatively firm grounding in the culture, language, and…