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Bottoms Up

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Bottoms Up

Introducing guest author, Penang-based Richard Farrar, who explores the long gone days of the Orient. Here, he follows in the footsteps of travel writer 'Steve' Stephens

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Aug 20, 2022
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Harold Stephens, far right, in a bar in Tientsin (Tianjin), circa 1947 with his fellow China Marines (members of the United States Marine Corp)

“What the Marines taught me was that you can do anything. If it’s there, you can do it. You can do everything you want to. Once you get rid of this idea that you need money, you can do anything.” – Harold Stephen…

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A guest post by
RICHARD FARRAR
Another self-proclaimed 'Old China Hand', living in Penang and trying to make up for time lost during the pandemic.
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