Melaka VS. Georgetown Welcome to the final Malaysia based instalment of our blog. Our last stop was Melaka, hailed as the other culinary contender, we just had to put them up against each other. Of course the competition doesn't just end at food. These two areas are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Both have a heavy Peranakan influence and you can't move for pimped out trishaws in the city centres. So which one gets our vote? The Babas and Nyonyas: The Straits Chi...

Hello once more from Malaysia. Since we last checked in, we have kayaked in a mangrove forest, seen the world's largest flower, and bathed with an elephant. With a healthy side serving of lounging around, drinking cocktails and eating even more good food. We like to be thorough. Our next stop after Georgetown was the beautiful island of Langkawi, off the north west coast of Penang. Our hotel was brand new, only open two months, and was called Tubotel - we d...

Home to Penang, Hello once again from the warm and wet climes of Malaysia. This instalment is about our fortnight in Penang (where Nanny Wortley was born in 1917). We were lucky enough to get here at the height of festival season. Ramadan was just finishing and the Chinese Ghost festival was just beginning. Little alters made from paint tins and what not were filled with incense and surrounded by cakes to feed all the demons. Stages and puppet thwarted were er...