We jumped on a tour in Singapore and are getting off this fast moving mega tourism train tomorrow in Penang at 9 AM. We anticipated tourism shock coming from the Maldives and it has happened. The newly built Asian cities with futuristic skyscrapers, transportation systems and with people stylishly dressed all contributed to a type Read more

We depart an easy-going inexpensive, wholly Muslim, island culture via a speedboat and an overnight air flight into an energized, multicultural, modern Asian urban situation. Leaving what maybe a very rare or at least hard to find environment, where tourists are scarce and locals are welcoming. Where there are no flatscreen TVs in rental rooms Read more

We have not heard one horn honking nor any loud noises from motorbikes. There is an evening ride about the island when adults and children enjoy a cooling ride about 4 to 5 PM in their open air transports. People speak softly. We have been in countries when normal conversation sounds as if there is Read more