South East Asia Trip
24th April 2011
We have been back from our 3 month trip to South East Asia for a couple of weeks at the time of writing, but I have only just been able to find the time to sort through all my Photographs and upload some of them to Simon M Turner Photography.
We had a fantastic time, taking in Kuala Lumpur, The Cameroon Highlands, Melaka, Penang, Kuala Terranganu and Cape Rachado in Malaysia along with Phuket in Thailand.
The highlight of the trip for the both of us was Penang. We both fell in love with the old Colonial trading port, so much so, that we ended up staying in the Unesco World Heritage site of Georgetown for 6 weeks. It's an eclectic blend of old, ultra modern buildings and several ethnic groups that somehow all seem to fit together perfectly. The people of Penang are very friendly, the food is amazing, probably the best in Malaysia with major influences from of course Malaysian cuisine but also Chinese, Indian and Nonya. During our stay in Penang we were privledged to witness the amazing Hindu Thaipusam festival and take part in the Chinese New Year celebrations. There is so much to see and do on Penang Island, we would highly recommend a visit.
Of course we also enjoyed visiting other parts of Malaysia and briefly Thailand, with the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur, the old Colonial trading port of Melaka which is also a Unesco World Heritage site, the cool highlands and tea plantations that are the Cameroon Highlands, the beautiful beaches and islands on the East Coast of Malaysia, Old Phuket town and finally witnessing the tail end of annual Raptor Migration at Cape Rachado.
Photographs from the trip can be found across the Galleries here on Simon M Turner Photography and the full edited batch of Photographs can be found on my Flickr Photostream
We had a fantastic time, taking in Kuala Lumpur, The Cameroon Highlands, Melaka, Penang, Kuala Terranganu and Cape Rachado in Malaysia along with Phuket in Thailand.
The highlight of the trip for the both of us was Penang. We both fell in love with the old Colonial trading port, so much so, that we ended up staying in the Unesco World Heritage site of Georgetown for 6 weeks. It's an eclectic blend of old, ultra modern buildings and several ethnic groups that somehow all seem to fit together perfectly. The people of Penang are very friendly, the food is amazing, probably the best in Malaysia with major influences from of course Malaysian cuisine but also Chinese, Indian and Nonya. During our stay in Penang we were privledged to witness the amazing Hindu Thaipusam festival and take part in the Chinese New Year celebrations. There is so much to see and do on Penang Island, we would highly recommend a visit.
Of course we also enjoyed visiting other parts of Malaysia and briefly Thailand, with the hustle and bustle of Kuala Lumpur, the old Colonial trading port of Melaka which is also a Unesco World Heritage site, the cool highlands and tea plantations that are the Cameroon Highlands, the beautiful beaches and islands on the East Coast of Malaysia, Old Phuket town and finally witnessing the tail end of annual Raptor Migration at Cape Rachado.
Photographs from the trip can be found across the Galleries here on Simon M Turner Photography and the full edited batch of Photographs can be found on my Flickr Photostream
