Since the climate in Malaysia is tropical, many of the endemic plants here are what I am used to as house plants in California. And since...

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" I remember learning from my first-grade teacher, Jeanette Wei. The lunar new year (known as Chinese New Year here)...

The animals in the wild in Malaysia include elephants, sun bears, tigers, weasels, leopards, gibbons, tarsiers, bearded pigs, orangutans,...

The heritage crafts of Georgetown in Penang have been preserved by UNESCO which declared it a World Heritage Site in 2008. The artisans...

There are nice little desserts in Malaysia that are not too sweet. The colorful glutinous rice cakes are often called "nyonya kuih" (or...

For those of you that are fans of the movie Crazy Rich Asians, you'll be happy to know that much of it was actually filmed in Malaysia...

Ipoh is a charming little town about a two-hour drive from Penang on the peninsular mainland. It was once the tin mining capital of the...

Malaysia is such a melting pot of cultures and religions as depicted in this sweet mural: The main religions are Islam (63.5%), Buddhism...

In the neighborhood of Georgetown street art is everywhere. Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic started making murals here in 2012. It...

The food here is amazing! It's a mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian, and other South East Asian cuisines like Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai....

There are so many cool fruits here that I have never seen before. Here are just a few and they are delicious: This is a custard apple...

The infamous fruit for it's pungent smell named durian is in season in Malaysia from May through July and again in December. So we had to...

In the first week I got connected with musicians and joined the Penang Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO). I borrowed a viola from the...

We’ve been in Penang a couple of weeks now and are really enjoying it! One of my first impressions is how colorful it is here. In the...