Kuala Lumpur During Covid 疫情马来西亚吉隆玻 2020/2021
2020/2021. We were going about our daily chores, just like any other day, and the days before them. About 12 months ago, we were still partying in the streets to usher in the New Year....
Ipoh Perak Malaysia 马来西亚霹雳州怡保 9/2020 (1)
9-11/9/2020. When the virus came calling, we all took cover at home. Going overseas was still off-limits, but domestic travel was free to go. I started from Kuala Lumpur, heading northward first, to try to...
Kangsar, Taiping Perak, Malaysia 马来西亚江沙，太平 9/2020 (2)
12-13/9/2020. After two days in Ipoh, I drove on to Kuala Kangsar. Kangsar is the royal town of Perak. The Sultan of Perak state lives here. There is, of course, a thick royal air in...
Kelantan, Kota Bharu Malaysia 马来西亚吉兰丹哥打巴鲁 9/2020 (3)
14-15/9/2020. The outbreak of Covid cases stopped me from going farther north to the next state, Kedah. So, I instead went eastward to Kota Bharu, the capital of the Kelantan state. I literally drove into...
Pulau Perhentian, Kuala Terengganu and other, Malaysia 马来西亚登嘉楼 9/2020 (4)
16-22/9/2020. From Kelantan, I proceeded southward into Terengganu state, blessed with beaches and beautiful islands. I stayed overnight at Besut. The next morning, I took a speedboat to Perhentian Island. My luxurious accommodation was a...
Kuantan Pahang, Malaysia 马来西亚关丹 9/2020 (5)
23-24/9/2020. I spent some brief time in Kuantan when small. This is the town where many of my relatives still live. But the city has morphed into something unrecognizable. The Kuantan River still flows through...
Penang Malaysia 马来西亚槟城 1/2020
19-21/1/2020. Penang is special. I had been there in my early teens. This recent visit was simultaneously nostalgic and refreshing. I fell in love with it, kind of head to toes. It did not charm...