A NOBEL IN MALACCA IN 1923
Dr. Albert Einstein, freshly awarded the 1921 Physic Nobel Prize “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect” was invited to give a series of lectures in Japan.
Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa set sail for a six months trip to the Far East, on 8 October 1922 from Marseille.
After a successful tour in Japan, where Albert and Elsa Einstein met with the emperor and the empress, they board the Haruna Maru, a brand-new ship built in 1922 (she was wrecked and sank in 1942) and depart Japan.
They stop in Singapore, Malacca and Penang.
In his Travel Diary, Albert Einstein wrote:
12th January: Departure from Singapore at 5 pm between glaringly green velveteen islets.
13th January: Arrival near Malacca in the early morning,where the ship held his position in the open sea until 3 pm.
We visited Malacca in the morning. Portuguese church and other buildings.
Vibrant mix of Indians, Malays, Chinese.
Two-wheeled carts with straw roofs, drawn by long-horned oxen.
Blazing tropical sun but less humid than in Singapore.
Discovered large fly in my electricity ointment in the afternoon. A pity.
True tropical heat.
14th January: Noon. Arrival in Penang
A month later, they arrive in the British Mandate of Palestine where they stay for twelve days, and finally visited Spain for two weeks before returning home.
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