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A Trip to Penang, Malaysia

Well, just a short while back I decided on the spur of the moment to pack our bags and get a short flight to somewhere…… and that somewhere was to be Penang Island in Malaysia. The wife, Su, and I went to Hong Kong over the Songkran holidays in April,... ...full story at Thai Blogs

from Thai Blogs on Sat, Aug 08 2009

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19 Jun 08 visit Penang  »  YouTube videoBetween Bangkok, Thailnd and Penang, Malaysia.
09 Jul 07 visit Penang Visa Offerings Improving  »  Jil in Pattaya In comparison with the general visa situation in Thailand, it is nice to see a bit of news that flows in the opposite direction.The Thai consulate in Penang, Malaysia is now issuing multiple-entry non-immigrant visas. (I was told on the flight back to...
09 May 07 visit Quick Update  »  Jil in Pattaya It's just after midnight past Wednesday, and I'm back from my visa run in Penang. (All went well.)I've got a weekend of photos and stories from Petchabun, and 36 hours of photos and stories from Penang, plus a Tuesday Thai Tutorial that need to be put...
30 Jul 08 visit Malaysia 'aware' Thai insurgents hiding out  »  Bangkok Post The government of Malaysia knows that extremists from southern Thailand have crossed the border to take refuge in Malaysia, media reported from that country on Wednesday.
28 Apr 07 visit Finally Bangkok  »  Thai Blogs My first visit to Thailand was in April of 2006. For that visit were missed most of Songkran due to other commitments, and also missed Bangkok. This time we were going to take in both. The Gulf Air flight arrived from Hong Kong early evening. The...
26 Dec 08 visit How to cook... Panang Curry  »  Thai Blogs Penang curry is one of my favourite Thai dishes. It is simple to make as long as you can buy the ready-prepared chilli paste. In the ingredients below, you can see coriander, sliced beef (you can also use pork or chicken), sliced spur chilli, sliced...

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