Kuala Kangsar and George Town, Penang, Malaysia
We left Ipoh early, hoping to beat the worst of the midday heat. For the first half-hour, we drove through wooded hills that could have been in New York State. That was replaced by palm plantations and rubber trees. We were heading to Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia’s royal town. Kuala Kangsar is home to the Sultan of Perak, a constitutional monarch whose life straddles continents.
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Since leaving home for Europe alone at age seventeen, Karen Gershowitz has traveled to more than ninety countries.
In pursuit of her passion for travel, she lost and gained friends and lovers and made a radical career change. She learned courage and risk taking and succeeded at things she didn’t think she could do: She climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She visited remote areas of Indonesia on her own and became a translator, though only fluent in English.
Karen is the author of Travel Mania: Stories of Wanderlust. Her example will inspire armchair travelers to become explorers and embolden everyone to be more courageous.
Karen lives in New York City.
