As I mentioned in my monkey blog, I fell in love with Langkawi when I arrived travelling with a camera.  I extended my stay it was that good.  It is also known as Langkawi the Jewel of…

Captain Sir Francis Light from Suffolk wasn’t travelling with a camera when he acquired Pulau Penang from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786. A statue of Sir Francis stands in Fort Cornwallis, George Town, where he stepped ashore for the first time and…