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Malaysia Slideshow
Penang
Travel Blogs from Penang, Malaysia
Lots of tours
Tour with other groupmates to various places (fruit place, butterfly place, other ...
Not in Isaan anymore
Day 8 November 8, 2554 – on a train somewhere between Bangkok and Malaysia. Beer for breakfast. Missing L. The train conductor notices Tjs Buddha necklace and talks to him about different Buddhist prayers for morning and for night time. The ...
On the road again...
... , Georgetowniin. Georgetown vaikutti oikein idylliselta ja mukavalta kaupungilta sen kaksi yota, mita me siella viivyttiin. Penang on kuuluisa nimenomaan ruokakulttuuristaan ja mekin saatiin todeta tama tosiasia, kun vedettiin mahtavia Intialais-setteja ...
Back from Penang
... and we needed to do this before we started teaching. Firstly, we jumped on a train to Butterworth which is right on the thai/malaysia border. The trip was long and a bit boring, but what can you do???. Luckly the scenery was amazing. so that kept us ...
Nyom nyom nyom!
... pot, most evident in the food. With little but this snippet of information, we boarded the ferry to the island of Penang, just off the west coast of Malaysia, unsure of what lay ahead. Once we'd found a guesthouse, we checked out the tour desk and were ...
Foodies delight
... Georgetown is a foodies paradise – we spend an entire day going to different hawker stalls following a map produced by the Penang heritage society. We gorge ourselves on curries, rotis, Sri Lankan drinks, Teh Lek, noodles and other Penang hybrid ...
First Stop Malaysia - Pinang Island
So farewell to Thailand and a 6 hour train journey to Butterworth in Malaysia. The first views of the towns from the train window were not the best - I think we saw the rundown end of the towns! Malaysia is a Muslim country and we could ...
Car for rent
Na een langere reis dan we hadden gedacht zijn we aangekomen in Georgetown op het eiland Penang: MALEISIE!!! Georgetown werd door de Lonely Planet aangeraden, en staat ook op de UNESCO wereld erfgoed lijst, maar wij snappen eigenlijk niet waarom.. Wij ...
In search of ferry tickets
So we had a nice relaxing morning today with a bit of a sleep in and some book reading. Kayla has a bit of a cold so with any luck some rest will be good for her. We eventually got up and headed off in search of some breakfast (well it was really lunch ...