Pulau Penang Condos - Reviews and Rates

Crossing into Malaysia wasn't difficult although i was made to walk through the scary sounding quarantine channel, i think because the UK has had a few cases of swine flu. It wasn't the most onerous health check - a guy asked me if i had had my passport stamped, i said yes, and he waved me through. Georgetown is on island called Pulau Penang not...

We will miss the culinary diversity of Penang (and all of Malaysia): -Artery-clogging dim-sum (Chinese hors d'oeuvres chosen tableside from heated rolling carts) for breakfast two days in a row; -countless servings of char kuey teow (sort of a Malaysian fry-up of everything in the kitchen with a base of noodles and sprouts, usually served cheapl...

Ok, I made it to Georgetown (Penang), Malaysia! Hurrah for a new country. It turns out I'd been in Thailand for a bit over 3 weeks it seems, and about 2 of those at the beaches of Koh Tao, Koh Samui, Koh Phagnan, and the area of Krabi... wow. For those who know me, that's a looong time for Christian to be at the beach, but I can't complain, it w...

A13h00, nous voila arrives a Butterworth, premiere grosse ville apres la frontiere. En sortant du train, on prend un ferry pour l'ile de Penang d'ou on espere pouvoir prendre le bateau pour Sumatra. Malheureusement, pas de bateau l'apres-midi, ni le lendemain. On passera donc une journee a explorer Georgetown, grosse ville tres occidentalisee, e...