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back to civilisation
Nov 15, 2007
"Here in Penang i met Leona, a German girl who had recently been to India, was planning to go to Sumatra soon. Leona was a very nice girl and and we went for Indian breakfast a ..."
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benabroad
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Two Years on the Road to Nowhere
Feb 26, 2008
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"I will try to fill in the last 3 months the best I can, but I wanted to mark this date with an entry. Sorry, but I've been missing and having a really good time. As you can see I'm ..."
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rcys
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bamboo needles and Malaysian breakfasts
Oct 6, 2006
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"Having just enjoyed both excellent dim sum and the sweltering heat and drenching humidity this morning for breakfast I have decided to retreat to a cool air conditioned internet ca ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
pshemek
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Food Heaven
Mar 4, 2007
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"He Said: From Kuala Lumpur we took another overnight train (in a delightfully snore-free and spotlessly-clean private compartment) north to the town of Butterworth, where we caught ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
globedecker
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Malaysia - Penang
Mar 2, 2007
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"Arriving into Penang after a long day of two flights, from Kota Bharu via Kuala Lumpur, we hopped in a taxi and drove to our accommodation just north of Georgetown, the islands cap ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
gonetilwhenever
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And so on to Penang
Apr 21, 2006
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"So on we go We got a bus from KL to Penang (5hrs) and across the bridge to the island. We decided against staying in Georgetown which is the capital, so we got a taxi up to a place ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
paulandciara
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Good food, safe and scenic
Mar 17, 2006
"17/03 Have checked into the continental Penang after a bit of a fruitless search for a good hostel. We arrived in Penang and caught a local bus to the center, which I thought was f ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
benandtrudie
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The Road to Hell
Jun 10, 2004
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"The trip to Penang was the most eventful we had to endure for the whole journey. We booked a trip over land including a ferry and a bus ride which would take us from Koh Samui to P ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
fiandrob
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Cultural (con)fusion
Jul 2, 2005
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"The most amazing thing happened on the way to Penang... an easy border crossing! Wait- stop. Think about it. Appreciate it, as I did. This was bloody amazing. Innumerable minibus, ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
zee
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Penang
Nov 30, 2004
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"Penang for a budget traveller is not quite like the tourist brochures. With the rickshaw drivers passed out in their carts, trash all over the beaches and dodgy food, it was not as ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
mightylongway
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Penang Part 1-11sep 2004
Sep 13, 2004
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"I arrived in Penang or "the pearl of the Orient" on the 10th September 2004. Penang lies off of the northwest cost of Peninsual Malaysia and it is beautiful. I arrived in the after ..."
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penguinmad
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Malaysia - Part 1
Aug 27, 2004
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"So here we are on our 1st of 4 stops in Malaysia. We arrived yesterday afternoon and leave tomorrow afternoon so it really is a flying visit. We have been to see the Kek Lok Si tem ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
shonandgraham
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city by city
Apr 14, 2005
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"Going to keep this short as we are both really now tired of city life and to be honest Penang dosn't really do it for us either. Down in the guidebooks as a ' must-see stop', we fo ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
anelegantchaos
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Another Time Another Place
Sep 7, 2004
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" Tuesday 7th September 2004 What a journey! 6.15 am - Sawngethaw to Port 7.30 - Bus to Ferry 8.00 - Ferry to Mainland 9.30 - Bus to Surat Thani 12.00 - Board minivan to Hat Yai 4.0 ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
shaunduvall
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Penang
Jul 22, 2003
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"Penang was a fascinating blend of cultures and one big history lesson, with periods of British and Japanese occupation, and large Indian, Chinese and other SE Asian populations cre ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
lizandsteve
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Cameron Highlands - Penang
May 11, 2003
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"Day 107 - Cameron Highlands - Penang It's difficult getting up in the early hours when you're travelling. It's even more difficult getting up when you know you're subjecting yourse ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
kandg
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Penang... Happy massage?
Oct 12, 2006
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"Crossing to Penany (Malaysia) I thought it might be less sleazy. It wasn't. Even the monkeys were shagging. In the true spirit of it i decided to "mount" a famous canon. Nearly got ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
naine
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Penang
Jun 2, 2005
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"My very good friends Pete and Barb came over for a visit from Oz - so its off on holidays again. This time to beautiful Penang. Unfortunately it was really hazy due to fires in Sum ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
wayno
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Penang
Aug 2, 2007
"We woke up this morning and wanted to get started on our day so that we could leave Penang for Phuket tonight. We had a couple of ideas in mind for things we wanted to see, b ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
callis
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Steve in the sewer
Dec 24, 2006
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"Well, complete change of plan for christmas! Found out last night from some Germans we were chatting to in a bar after the football that the side of the coast that ko samui is on i ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
greesq
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Penang
Dec 12, 2005
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"Arrived late on Saterday from Krabi. Crossed border no problems, and the countries are getting noticaly wealthier as I go further south towards Sing. Penang is an island for those ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
holmesbe
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Stop Over
Jun 29, 2005
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"After a 22 hour train journey from Bangkok (it wasn't as bad as it sounds), we arrived safely (only just) in Butterworth, Malaysia. There was a brief incident at the border though, ..."
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lucy_and_matt
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Beautiful Penang, evil food!
Nov 6, 2006
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"We arrived in Penang at around 8.30pm after a stopover in KL and took the hour long taxi ride to our hotel in Batu Ferringhi. It was about 10.30 when we arrived at The Holiday Inn ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
nat_dave
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Pulau Pinang
May 31, 2006
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"Our overnight ferry was shared with many old aged western men making their monthly visa run to the border. There were no defined beds, just thin mattresses lined up side by side al ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
escapefromuk
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Cameron Highlands tour then on to Penang
Nov 28, 2007
"Got up 8.20am. We were collected by minibus and started our tour by visiting the cactus gardens. The cacti are a lot more interesting than they sound. There was such a variety I wa ..."
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maeverohan
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Extroadinary and Suprising!
Dec 11, 2005
"Friday 9th December 2005 Cameron Highlands to Penang The alarm was sounding at 7am as we had to be up and walking into town to catch the bus at 7.30am. We quickly got ready and mad ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
vicksanddan
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Malaysia
Dec 18, 2006
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"Ellie fulfilled a lifetime ambition when we landed in Singapore-the Lion City. She has heard tales about this place all her life as her Grandma, Papa and her Mum, as a child, ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
pinkfizz
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Avoiding the floods
Jun 11, 2007
"I just arrived back in penang last night, after a night in kuala lumpur. Apparently KL got hit by some flash floods last night, right in the area where I'd stayed... I figure ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
akre
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Whoops!
Oct 20, 2005
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"Have just spent the last couple of days in Penang, an island city just off the West coast of Malaysia. Despite what we had heard about the West coast being out of monsoon season by ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
bexyb
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Penang
Aug 4, 2006
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"After a long drive with the moodiest thai person I have ever met (not a great lastig memory of Thailand) we managed to cross the Malaysia border without any problems. Though we wer ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
gemmatthews
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Penang, Malaysia
Dec 27, 2005
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"The first stop as we crossed the border into the new country of Malaysia, what would we think of this new place? so close to thialand can it really be that different? hell yes! ..."
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em_sez
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Pulau Penang, Malaysia
Jan 31, 2008
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"Heikun keikun, Pulau Penangiin eksyttiin seuraavaks mika oli noin parin tunnin lauttamatkan paassa Langkawilta. Penangilla Raffil oli varannu meille mun synttarilahjaks hienomman h ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
norsu
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Peng Peng Penang
Apr 12, 2006
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"War schon skeptisch wie ich wohl mit Kopftuch aussehe. Aber nix da in Penang laufen die Maedels nur noch mit breitem Guertel bekleidet rum und es wird gefeiert bis der Arzt kommt. ..."
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es_rossi
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Election Fever
Mar 8, 2008
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"Feels like we've come full circle since leaving and being back in Malaysia which was our stopover on the way to Aussie last year. Chinatown is the place to stay for cheap lodgings ..."
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sidom
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Night on Penang
Sep 13, 2006
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"12-13th Sept '06 (Summary) Left Cameroon Highlands on the 12th Sept just after lunch. Bus journey around six hours to Butterworth on the mainland from where I would catch the ferry ..."
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Quick curry stop
Apr 9, 2008
"After another ferry journey we arrived at Penang. We were only staying one night and we knew exactly what we wanted from our stay here. Curry and cinema. So we watched a couple of ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
elliotandcarla
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Penang
May 6, 2008
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" Samantha - We arrived late afternoon at the bus station in Penang then had an hour's taxi journey to our hostel in Batu Feringhi. For the rest of the day we explored the area whic ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
samandalex
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Penang
Feb 12, 2007
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"A small island off the coast of mainland Malaysia, Penang boasts a complex melding of English colonialism, Chinese and Malay cultures. Early Chinese settlers embraced both tr ..."
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itsgotime
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Penang
Jun 15, 2007
"Hello! Just arrived in Georgetown, Penang. Going to spend a couple of nights here then head up into Thailand. George town is a nice city with lots of old british ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
sanjohnno
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Heading Over To Malaysia
Jun 9, 2006
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"Woken up at 6am by woman banging on hotel door,mini bus was waiting outside and had only 4hours sleep.Had to dash out,chucking stuff into pack,no wash,shave even clean teeth and th ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
scrapiron
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Temple formerly known as Snake
Jul 25, 2006
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"Ann, Eng Cheng, Frances and John drove across the long bridge to Penang Island. First stop if the Snake Temple, which Eng Cheng had last visited many years ago when the place was l ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
thesunroseclear
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Keracut Beach Hike
Apr 25, 2004
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"We are in Penang this weekend so we ventured to the south end of the island to try out a new hike; the Kerachut Beach hike. There are two ways to get to Kerachut from the fishing v ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
alexapril604
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Penang
Apr 2, 2007
"Penang, Malaysia. We arrived in Malaysia today. I don't know what I expect from each port, but I suppose I'm still like a little kid in that I think that when I look ou ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
hayesbk
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Penang
Nov 19, 2005
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"Didn't have too much time in Penang to be honest! Had a nice easy border crossing from thailand, and gained a couple more stamps for the passport then headed down to Penang. Just s ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
gem_and_sprack
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time to go eat some good food!
Dec 5, 2006
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" mam rad malaysian food! what the hell is he saying? i just remembered some of the czech i learned a few years back thats all. it means, i like malaysian food a lot! start ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
douglaschien
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Georges III
Nov 28, 2007
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"Penang, anciennement Georgetown en l'honneur de Georges III devint part de la colonie des Comptoirs des détroits. La ville connut une croissance continue, avec son activité de négo ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
pvdyck
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Day 62 - Penang - Bye Bye Paradise
May 17, 2008
"Our last day on the Perhentians. (Please excuse the writing - on a bus in Thailand heading to Krabi.) Got up early for a walk and a swim and then Tim went for another good surf. We ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
dru_tim
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Malaysia
Mar 25, 2008
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"I've literally sat here for several minutes trying to collect my thoughts on Malaysia. So many crazy things happened in this port, as in all of them. When the M/V arrived in Penang ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
akwonton
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catching up
Apr 18, 2004
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"Cant believe I left this so long, I know its only been a week in 'real time', but that's a looong time over here, so a lot has happened. This probably wont be too detailed, so for ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
travelingurl
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Whirlwind Penang
Mar 12, 2006
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"I'm still on my backpacking tour & the itinerary for Malaysia is packed - only a week to cover the whole country & quite a few bus journeys to do. We have only 1 full day in Penang ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
nlbrtw
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Penang, Malaysia
Jul 22, 2007
"Being the first to cross the border into Malaysia, I was the first to notice that, well, there's really little noticable different between the two countries, except for the roman a ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
julia2222
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malaysia bound
Nov 7, 2005
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"Yet another great journey in South East Asia A mini van came to pick us up to take us to Phuket Town to get the VIP bus to Malaysia, the guy was late & mau, drunk as a skunk. He th ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
wyattmoy
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The Scintilating tastes of Penang
Nov 12, 2006
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"Time to leave the beautiful and peaceful surrounds of the Cameron highlands and onto the famous tastes of Penang. We had heard mixed reports of Penang in the preceding days (it sou ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
erinandluke
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10th February 2006
Feb 11, 2006
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"We came here from the Cameron Highlands with Mark and Bridget in order to experience the Thaipusam Festival. The place we stayed in last night was called the 'Blue Diamond Hostel' ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
dantheman
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Malaysia and the miracle of Germolene
Dec 3, 2004
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"Number 27 (3rd December 2004 - 6th December 2004): Malaysia and the miracle of Germolene Picking up the non-stop express to Butterworth we sped down south. The first sign we were a ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
williebobs
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Don't go to Penang
Sep 15, 2006
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"Following the full moon party we headed back to Samui for a day or two of recovery. We bid farewell to Al, Ashley, Martin, Sarah and Mairi and set off to Malaysia. We took the nigh ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
cockles
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A wedding in S.P
Nov 21, 2006
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"So anyway, geting up that early near killed me but we all made it to the airport and got our flight at 7am on Air Asia to Penang. An hour time differnce so landed there at about 10 ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
marcmsm
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the end of thailand
Mar 17, 2006
"hey!! since i last wrote i think the highlight has been swimming with sharks!! i know i cant believe i did it either! i went snorkling with Si, we knew they were supposed to be the ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
izzyanderson
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There is just no escape from the rain
Apr 29, 2007
"Arrived last night in Penang - more rain! Staying in a pretty gd budget hotel in Georgetown (Min Good Hotel). Spent today on a taxi tour of the island although the weather put a sp ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
lotterae
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Bye bye Thailand.. Whassup Malaysiaaa!!
Jul 28, 2006
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"We've been in Malaysia now for jus over 12 hours, surprisingly its different.. we reached the border around 5pm Thailand time and had to pay a 10 baht fee, for those who overstayed ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
chlara23
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Easy Travelling
Jun 5, 2004
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"After leaving Indonesia, we head toward Malaysia and the island of Penang. We take this super choopy express ferry from Sumatra to Penang, just finishing the journey before I know ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
trent
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On the SuperStar Aquarius
Jun 2, 2008
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"Arived in Penang about 2pm on monday and caught a ferry to shore as the jetty was being updated. ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
bclapp
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A bad nights sleep
Jan 27, 2007
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"Penang is an island off the coast of Butterworth before the Thai border. It is Malaysia's 2nd largest city and is busy with foreign tourists coming from Thailand in order to renew ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
hudsondino
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Pearl of the Orient - Penang...
Jan 12, 2008
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"10th Jan 2008: Flying into Pearl of the Orient We took the 11.10am flight from KL to Penang by Airasia and the fare was so unbelievably cheap - it costs only about RM80 per ..."
A travel blog entry from Penang by
xuanargi
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Two down, four to go......
Oct 29, 2006
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" Two months in already So much has happened in the last two months including a couple of near death experiences (ish!) lots of hours in various modes of transport and so far only ..."
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pc_out_there
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