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Penang

A Meditation Vacation

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 03.12.2013 | Travel
Read More: Meditation, India, Wat Ram Poeng, Penang, Vipassana, SN Goenka, Malaysia, Thailand, Why We Vacation, Travel News
Carolyn O'Donnell

A Vipassana course is travel of a very personal kind, as it is above all a journey with the self, which may or may not involve conventional travel. If you love travel of all types, you can, as I did, combine both.

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Napoleon's Role in Shaping Penang as Key Player in World Trade

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 03.07.2013 | Books
Read More: Marcus Langdon, Napoleon, Somerset Maugham, Captain Francis Light, British-East-India-Company, George Town, Areca Books, Malaysia, Noel Coward, Eastern & Oriental Hotel, Sarkies Brothers, Penang, Fourth Presidency of India, Waterloo, History, Napoleonic Wars, British Raj, Books News
Carolyn O'Donnell

If the British East India Company existed today, it would be a billion-dollar mega-corporation. In 1786 the company wanted a suitable port of "refreshment and repair" along the valuable trade route to China, and the tropical island of Penang.

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A Minor Diversion: Playing House In A Vacation Rental

Diya Luke | Posted 06.16.2012 | Travel
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Diya Luke

In Penang, we stayed at an ultra-luxury two bedroom beachfront apartment with a private beach, pool, tennis court, playground and daily maid service for $110 a night.

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PHOTOS: An Earthquake And Culinary Curiosities In Penang

Monique Stringfellow | Posted 06.16.2012 | Travel
Read More: Tsunami, Night Markets, Southeast Asia, Earthquake, Southeast Asian Food, Luxury Travel, Penang, Travel News
Monique Stringfellow

Back at our hotel, the tsunami watch was on and a security team kept watch, cellphones in hand, waiting for word from the nearby island of Langkawi, which, in the event of a tsunami, would experience the tidal wave.

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