Dec 11, 2010 - On to Georgetown, Penang

The weather was magnificent yesterday at Pangkor that the crew from Nazri Camp went for a wander a further down from the Coral Bay- after some rock hopping and some jungle bashing we found a gorgeous little bay in between two great big gray boulders and se up for the day. It was like our own little beach. I hiked my camera all that way, alas, I was so engrossed in my book, I only took 1 photo. Silly me. there was banter about a having a BBQ for dinner- Lucy from France was going to go into town and pick up some fish, squid, chicken fruit...

Nov 8, 2010 - Penang

Penang, notre derniere etape dans ce pays. Depuis notre entree en Malaisie, on nous parlait de Penang comme un "must do" mais notre impression du lieu est que cet endroit est sympa masi sans plus... Penang ets une ile ratachee au reste du pays par un remarcable pont. La ville principale est Georgetown dont l'architecture reflete le temps ou l'ile etait colonie anglaise. Nous restons chez une famille malaise rencontre sur couchsurfing et avec qui nous passons des soirees entieres a discuter de nos respectives cultures. Ils sont tres sympas...

Nov 6, 2010 - Penang

I arrived in Pinang at 11 in the evening and most everything was closed. It's a good thing I booked a room ahead of time. Even the desk manager said he waited up for me to arrive. The next morning I went on a walking tour of Georgetown and Fort Cornwallis. As I was touring around, I had to think, The British are a "non violent people" but is there any where they have no occupied? I just left Hong Kong, the Brits were there, Arrived in Pinang the Brits were here. The Brits build fort Cornwallis in 1786 and used it to protect the island from...

Oct 30, 2010 - Penang

Day 1: We had along taxi drive to Kuala Lumpur airport which took around an hour, bloody to long. We arrived in Penang after a short flight and went for a wonder around the streets near our hotel, but we got very hot and bothered so decided to go back to the hotel. We went to go to a Chinese near by but the service was poor, so we ended up walking out. We then went on to Upper Penang road and had some food there. This place was a good area for bars and clubs. We went to a few bars and then found a good place to watch the Arsenal game in, we...

Jun 30, 2010 - Penang Island, snake temple, etc.

We took a 5 hour bus ride to Penang Island. We really enjoyed Penang, probably our favorite place. We stayed on the 12 floor of a hotel that looked out at the water, but was in the city of Georgetown. The architecture of the buildings here is unique and they protect the old buildings here. Mohan's friend Kah Hock took us around to different places to eat and see.

May 20, 2010 - Penang

while corinna (a german diving instructor from thailand) went back to work, robin and i made our way up to penang. the hostel we stayed in was absolutely lovely...every hostel should be like this: aircon ( on fridge temperature ;-)), very clean, quiet, but still nice communal area to meet people! as there was a free shuttle-bus going around georgetown, that's what we did! followed by a walk through chinatown and little india...where we found our dinner as well! again...little india=vegetarian heaven! the next day we got a bus out to kek lok...

Apr 24, 2010 - Georgetown

Met een minivan rijden we Thailand uit, Maleisie in... We zien gelijk dat Maleisie het meest ontwikkelde land van Zuid-Oost Azie is, dat merken we aan de vele auto's, verlichte 3-baans snelwegen, grote steden, hippe benzinestations enz. In Georgetown slapen we drie nachten, we zien daar dat Maleisie een samensmelting is van verschillende culturen. De Chinezen, Indiers en Maleizen leven vredig naast en met elkaar. We bezoeken een moskee, een tempel en een kerk, eten indisch en gaan naar de bioscoop. De mensen zijn heel vriendelijk en we...

Apr 23, 2010 - Penang and Langkawi

After escaping the riots we had a short hop to Penang. As this had now turned in to our honeymoon we treated ourselves to a couple of nights in the Hard Rock Hotel in Batu Ferringhi (perhaps this was the onset of an early mid life crisis)! We were hugely impressed with the fantastic pool - the best we've encountered so far and a great beach front location, and the biggest and best burgers ever! On the 1st night we visited the night market and ate cheap grub. The only downsides to Penang are the jellyfish in the sea and the high tax on the...

Mar 25, 2010 - Penang, Malaysia; March 25, 2010

Hotter than hot & almost 100% humidity, the "sisters" are doing a number on the length of time we can stay outdoors or in the sun, making touring or exploring uncomfortable. Millions of people live & work in these climes & seem to adapt to the extremes we find uncomfortable and unbearable.........but us "wimpy" tourist are not adjusting well to the equatorial climates. We arrived in Penang by 08:00 & was able to offload by 09:00 for the 1st tours. Ellie's day in Kuala Lumpur was enough to make her want to stay in the comfort of the air...

Feb 14, 2010 - Penang

Happy Chinese New Year and Valentines Day! Everyone wore red for Valentines Day and there was red everywhere you looked for good luck on Chinese New Year. People put red cloths outside their windows for good luck and there were very many other red decorations. There was a lot of traffic, even though it wasn’t a work day, as we made our way to two templeshttp://www.mytripjournal.com/images/text_bold.gif: the Temple of the Reclining Buddha and another temple right across the street. The first is beautifully painted with pictures depicting the...

Feb 5, 2010 - Georgetown, and civilization

We finally extracted ourselves from Pangkor, after one week, and headed north to another island, Penang and the large town (massive compared to Teluk Nipah) of Georgetown. It was too much! We figured the next town after 8 days on the beach would be tough. And Georgetown was tough. But then we met a woman from North Carolina traveling with her two kids, while her husband is in Iraq doing military things. We had lunch with them our first day, traded travel stories and then saw them walking on the street the next day. "How are things...

Jan 23, 2010 - Penang, Malaysia

Up early and off to the border..outta Thailand into Malaysia.....all good. Drove to Penang(Penang Island connected to mainland by a 13.5 km bridge), not a very nice city where we were staying at least. We are at the Mingood Hotel. Dark and dingy streets, not a very safe area. What was GAP thinking? Steven our day guide picked us up for a city tour of Penang 1. Fort Cornwalis- built when Captain Francis Light first landed on Penang, this ancient sentinel of Georgetown stands guard over the Island's cape. 2. Queen Victoria Memorial Clock...