Penang and Langkawi, Malaysia                             March 9, 2016 We’ve now spent two day in northern Malaysia, after our fun day in Kuala Lumpur, and we find this country to be even more diverse and interesting than we thought 2 days ago.   The substantial Chinese influence in Penang was evident – red and gold everywhere, pagodas, dragons, […]

Here are some photos taken at Penang and Langkawi, both part of Malaysia. They include a shot of Kek Lok Si Temple, cable cars that Mary Anne and I took for a ride up the side of a mountain, a farmer’s roadside market in Penang, a scarecrow in a rice paddy, a woman working in […]

Here are photos from Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia. They include pictures of the National Mosque, Mary Anne visiting the Mosque, Butterflies from a Malaysian butterfly farm, the Petronas Twin Towers, Melaka (Independence) Square, and Mary Anne with friends from the cruise.  Also includes footage taken at the Aquarium. Joe Orange and White Butterfly Mary […]

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia                                          Monday, March 7, 2016 We have sailed through the Strait of Malacca and docked at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One quarter of the world’s sea cargo goes through the Strait – it is the shortest sea route (621 miles) between 3 of the world’s most populous countries (India, China and Indonesia). Half of […]

Some photos of life on the Island of Java including Borobudur Temple, the largest in Indonesia; traditional Javanese dancers; a Javanese coffee shop, and Mary Anne posing with a friend from the ship by a statue of a young Buddha on a cow. Joe

Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia                   Friday,            March 4, 2016 Yesterday we visited the Temple of Borobudur in Java, Indonesia. On the long (2+ hour) trip to the temple, we learned a ton of geographic and historic facts about Indonesia and the islands and neighboring countries, but I can’t remember much of it. Suffice […]

Java, Indonesia                                                          Wed. March 2, 2016 Tomorrow we land on the island of Java, the most populous island on earth (140 million people), and the place that was heart of the English and Dutch trading posts in earlier times. In fact, the Dutch East India Company (or so we have been told) was the first […]