Author Archives: andrew

Ipoh->Penang

It’s too late at night for me to post photos from yesterday… Today I took a reasonably nice bus from Ipoh to Butterworth and rode the ferry to Penang.  (I think if I’d stayed on the bus it would’ve driven … Continue reading

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Sam Poh Tong

Looks nice, right?  Well, it isn’t.  The idea of putting a temple in a steep valley that you can only access via a cave is a nice one, and the fact that the religion of the temple is so inclusive … Continue reading

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Dr. Teeth and the Electric Muezzin

I’m watching a nature show in my hotel room right now (it’s 50% “I survived being eaten by a hippo!” and 50% about how hippos are closely related to whales, even down to the singing).  A few minutes ago the … Continue reading

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KL->Ipoh

I loaded a dozen episodes of “Jordan, Jesse, Go!” onto my music player and had a very pleasant morning riding the train through Perak listening to nonsense and enjoying the view.  I took about a hundred photos out the train … Continue reading

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Tanjong Pagar->KL Sentral

I’m killing a bit of time in the Kuala Lumpur train station, waiting for the ticket office to open so I can pay for my seat to Ipoh.  There’s a TV in the corner running political coverage, and the Malaysian … Continue reading

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Product endorsement

I just ran through the online Ikea mattress recommender.  It offered many helpful suggestions but did not recommend that I purchase the item that I’ve been sleeping on for the last month, the Solsta sofa bed. That’s probably because the … Continue reading

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Unrelated food photos

I was excited at the prospect of assembly-line-style Peking duck for one.  It was really terrible, though. “Cereal Prawns”  As far as I can tell these are made much the same way as granola.  Lots of oats and lots of … Continue reading

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Boom Blox

Never before have I seen architecture that was so obviously designed by a 4-year-old.

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Downstairs neighbors

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Crabby

  Many posts of repetitive macro photos coming up.

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