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Georgetown, Penang: Trade Winds and Empire

Posted on 3 October, 2013 by Julie Marsh

Below our window at Hutton Lodge grows a hibiscus bush as tall as a tree, its red flowers orbited by little nectar seeking birds. Beyond, the other guests are eating breakfast under the porch roof. Shade would became a compulsion … Continue reading →

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By train along peninsular Malaysia, or…

Posted on 26 September, 2013 by Julie Marsh

… let’s get this jungle ship-shape! We are leaving for Penang. The bare arcades of the train station in Singapore have the feel of a Soviet institution, not that I have ever seen one, except in Polish films and my … Continue reading →

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