Time to head to the coast after two nice days at Cameron Highlands. Few days ago looking the weather we decided to head to Penang and Langkawi rather than out choice the Perhentian islands. We 'll add some pictures of the mountain trip and the amazing Penang main bridge later on. We stayed at one of the suburbs of Georgetown, Guerney. An area with high rises. The afternoon we headed north and after bypassing the more touristic Baru Farringi we stopped to the quieter Teluk Bah

A place does not look quite the same day and nite so a more extensive visit to Little India was on the cards. In spite of being well after 10 it was quiet with a lot of the shops still shut. We wondered in verious streets as they started slowly waking up. Then we went back to the Tekka Market where fish mongers and butchers were in full swing. A lot of very fresh fish and meat but nothing out of the ordinary and more sanitised than our usual experience to either Asia or Lati

A wander to the colonial district where the work of prisoners from India created some architectural wonders under variable styles should be in the visit list . What is saved today is some times drowned by the skyscrapers around. The Raffles hotel was apparently a much more modest affair before it was bought and evolved to the grandiose building you see only to end being part of an international chain. The Singapore sling is not for us so we walk towards St Andrews a protestan

Well our travels are drawing to a close. Our last full day today. We leave Vietnam tomorrow. Also Argiris' birthday. We spent the day...

The morning was cold and drizzling so the lady from the hotel suggested we go to the Bai Dinh pagoda complex first, one of the largest at...

Well Hoi An is unashamingly touristic. Every old house has been converted to a shop or to a restaurant bar apart from the ones that are...

And after some time we are here again. Ready for new adventures entertaining old friends. Last year's trip to New Zealand was incredible...