Travel + tech + fintech in Southeast Asia
Notes from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
Disclaimer: views expressed here are my own and do not represent any other organisation
I recently got back from 18 days of travel in South-East Asia.
Starting with a flight from London to Singapore, I spent a few days in the Lion City, before moving on to Kuala Lumpur, then up to Penang in the north of Malaysia (via train). From Penang, I flew to Jakarta, took the high-speed Whoosh train to Bandung, and eventually made my way back to Jakarta to Singapore and then finally back to London.
During the trip, I attended a wedding, visited family in the region, and had plenty of time to wander around, eat, drink, do tourist stuff, and take in the energy of this vibrant region.
This post is some observations from my trip. It was inspired by reading Trungphan2’s recent Travelogue: Central & Eastern Europe. I did write a couple of posts on this blog some time ago from travels in Morocco and Croatia. But this post is a bit different. Ins…