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12. Feb, 2011

The Orient Express, in Haikus!

The Orient Express, in Haikus!

Dedicated to my cousin Eleanor Wilcox, for getting me re-interested in Haikus The green and gold train Rolls into the hot station On clean oiled wheels Our passports get stamped We board the train in car D I’m so excited Our glasses wobble But not a single drop falls On the white table The train […]

11. Feb, 2011

Mini-Tour — Malaysian Peninsula

Mini-Tour — Malaysian Peninsula

Where can you find Hindu Indians, Buddhist Chinese, and Muslim and Christian Malays living side by side in an island leased from a Sultan and developed by the British?  The answer is George Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the capital city of Penang, one of the states of Malaysia.  On its first morning out of Singapore, […]