Back to Oz via Asia

September - November 2024

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- Sep 11, 2024, 5:18 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Malaysia Penang George Town 5.419056, 100.3396755°25’9” N 100°20’23” E
Day 2
Georgetown, Penang
September 11, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Our time in Europe is done (for now) and we've started the journey back to Australia. But not too quickly. After several months of hectic sightseeing, we opted for some chill time in Malaysia before continuing the adventure.

Our first stop is Georgetown in Penang. Not heaps to see and do, but that was the point. But what Georgetown does have is food and art... so I will cover those two topics in separate posts.

But for now, here are a few pics of Georgetown itself. We have arrived towards the end of their Monsoon season, so we had a bit of rain. But that was a welcome respite from the high heat and humidity.Read more
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- Sep 12, 2024, 6:09 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Malaysia Penang George Town 5.417714, 100.3360315°25’4” N 100°20’10” E
Day 3
Foodies Paradise
September 12, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Georgetown in Penang has a brilliant food reputation. The food is so good in fact, that Michelin created a special recognition for street food stalls. We went to a few restaurants, but the majority of meals were street food. We did not have one bad meal the entire time.

The majority of food is Malaysian, Indian and Chinese... and it is delicious. And cheap! Average street meal cost us less than AUD$5.Read more
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- Sep 13, 2024, 2:31 PM
- ☁️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Malaysia Penang George Town 5.419253, 100.3382835°25’9” N 100°20’18” E
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Day 4
Street Art
September 13, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
There's a bit of an art culture in Georgetown wth lots of street art hidden around town. In partcular, I like the wire sculptures that tell a story in a cartoon-like format. So bloody clever!
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- Sep 18, 2024, 5:54 PM
- 🌬 28 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Malaysia Kedah Kampung Sungai Kedak Sungai Melaka 6.350822, 99.7187616°21’3” N 99°43’8” E
Day 9
Langkawi
September 18, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C
After the hustle and bustle of Georgetown, we sought further relaxation on the island of Langkawi. A laid back place with lots of great food and beautiful scenery. We scored a great unit with a view of the ocean!Read more
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- Sep 25, 2024, 11:45 AM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Malaysia Kedah Kampung Sungai Kedak Sungai Melaka 6.350886, 99.7187036°21’3” N 99°43’7” E
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More Langkawi
September 25, 2024 in Malaysia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Some more photos of our visit to Langkawi. Very relaxing, despite the occassional rain shower.
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- Sep 29, 2024, 10:46 AM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- Singapore Singapore Coleman Bridge 1.290075, 103.8486861°17’24” N 103°50’55” E
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Day 20
Singapore
September 29, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The next stop on the Asian leg of our journey back to Oz is Singapore. While we have been to Changi Airport a number of times with connecting flights, we never actually left the building to see what's here.Read more
Traveler Same, always at the airport, will visit one day.
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- Sep 30, 2024, 3:30 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- Singapore Central Singapore Community Development Council Tyersall Park Singapore Botanic Gardens 1.311628, 103.8150061°18’42” N 103°48’54” E
Day 21
National Orchid Garden
September 30, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The botancal gardens in Singapore have a massive orchid garden with the most beautiful flowers I've ever seen.
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- Sep 30, 2024, 3:45 PM
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Singapore Central Singapore Community Development Council Tanglin Symphony Lake 1.313458, 103.8144391°18’48” N 103°48’52” E
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Day 21
More Orchids
September 30, 2024 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A few more orchid photos for your enjoyment
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- Oct 2, 2024, 12:22 PM
- ☁️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Japan Tokyo Chiyoda Marunouchi Oedo Antique Market Tokyo International Forum venue 35.677156, 139.76509435°40’38” N 139°45’54” E
Day 23–25
Tokyo
October 2, 2024 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
To finish our year-long trip, we decided to pay another visit to Japan. Durig our last visit 7 years ago, we explored the southern part of the island, This time, we are travelling through the regions north of Tokyo. It's the start of Autumn, so we're hopng to see some colour in the beautiful mountain areas.

Our first stop was just a day in Tokyo to organise trains and accommodation. Here's a few photos before we jump on the Shengkensen...Read more
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- Oct 4, 2024, 7:57 PM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
- Japan Akita Senshū-kubotamachi Akita Eki 39.716714, 140.12901739°43’0” N 140°7’44” E
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Day 25
Akita
October 4, 2024 in Japan ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Apologies for the delay in postings, but my laptop has decided to sh*t itself and it's a bit more tedious processing all these photos and text. Anyway...

After a brief relax in Tokyo, we jumped on the Shinkansen for the coastal city of Akita. I love the Shinkansen trains. All those years travelling Queensland Rail to Brisbane pushing the technology to 90 km/h and here we are, rocketing through Japan at over 300 km/h. And these things arrive and depart within seconds of schedule... I am in awe of these people.

A lot of the things we wanted to see and do turned out to not be so easily accessible by public transport in the north. So our cunning plan is to rent a car from Akita and drive north around the Tohoku region to see as much as we can.

Akita is where the famous dog breed comes from and we saw a lot of them. Owners love to show off their dogs and you can even go to the doggy cafe and have a latte with them.

One of the things we really want to see on this trip are the autumn colours. We're a month early, but the leaves are starting to turn, so fingers crossed we'll see some great displays when we get to the mountains.Read more
It looks like they would eat you for dinner🤣 [Linda]
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Ahh😍 thats a big dog😀 [Linda]
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What are you doing ?🤣 [Linda]
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