When Einstein Cruised into Penang
By Eugene Quah
November 2022 FEATURE
THE CRUISE SHIP, Spectrum of the Seas, a behemoth 18-storeys high and a third of a kilometre long, sailed into Penang’s Swettenham Pier on 2 July 2022, guided by its satellite-based GPS navigation system. It arrived on a sunny Saturday morning after a two-year hiatus.The 3,329 eager holidaymakers aboard soon thronged the streets of George Town as countless of them have done over the last 200 years.[1] These tourists have little chance of getting lost while walking around the labyrinthine...
Eugene Quah
is an independent researcher and writer who is working on a book tentatively called “Illustrated Guide to the North Coast of Penang”. He rediscovered the joys of writing after moving back to Penang from abroad.
