Penang: A Natural Stop on The Hippie Trail

“THERE ARE WESTERN papayas in Batu Ferringhi!” whispered some of the older boys in school. I was rather innocent then, and didn’t understand the fuss about the “fruit hunts” and was in any case not “hip” enough to be invited. It was much later that it dawned on me that there were topless sunbathers right here in Penang, and digging slightly deeper unveiled Penang’s colourful past as part of the fabled Hippie Trail!