Whilst we await Alcazares, perhaps we could compare notes on the "places" most favoured. I would kick off by suggesting Penang in Malaysia as my favourite place for a couple of days. The Shangri La hotel, with the option of a transfer to the sister Golden Sands if you had enough time on the ground, was always a joy. The food from the street vendors was always good, and the people, I always found to be friendly and helpful. I know a few of our posters are old enough
to have done a tour on an overseas based Albert Squadron, and what a treat the likes of 48 must have been, but, from the point of view of someone who never had that chance, my time as an AGE gave me the only opportunity to see what was left of that world. I'm looking for favourite haunts of Ascoteers I suppose, on routes from Lyneham, not as Far East tourists. I bet some prefer west to east.
Smudge
