Pulau Penang Hostels - Reviews and Rates

Abbiamo attraversato solamente un confine, fatto solo qualche centinaio di chilometri, ma qui sembra un altro pianeta. No, a prima vista la Malesia non e' proprio come il resto del sud-est asiatico; il clima e' lo stesso, il paesaggio anche, ma la gente e' senza dubbio differente. Ed e' anche difficile da definire essendo una popolazione quantom...

Georgetown - Will fill in details later. For reference .... Night Market - satay, sushi, corn and yam ice cream Bar - buckets of Tiger, rats, Dave and Anna screaming and running away Morning - Malay museum, rain, Chinese stilt houses, Fort Cornwallis (closed), Chinese Temple - massive statue, great view of the city Lunch - tried Chee Cheung Fun ...

Today, after running some errands (post office and sorting out our busses to Thailand for tomorrow) we explored Georgetown. Georgetown is a colonial town and described by the guide books as 'facinating'. I thought we may have missed the fascinating parts but looking at the guide book we seemed to see most of them! Not a hugely exciting place but...

I think last night was the official end of my month-long affair with Chang beer. It's been a bittersweet mix of love and hate with this Thai beer of varying alcohol contents and consistant morning-after headaches. After the first couple of times getting acquainted with Chang I knew it was going to be a rocky relationship. But it was always the c...

Our visit to the island of Penang, specifically its capital, Georgetown, was brief as the Captain was determined to make sure everything went right for our next port of call, Myanmar. We decided not to take an official tour, but opted to venture out on our own. The ship had a shuttle bus from the pier to the very old and British E&O Hotel, w...

The hostel we stayed at last night was incredibly strange. For a start there was a pet turtle in the shower room which was very weird. Worse still were the people in the dorm. I know I haven't slept in a dorm for a while but 2 of the guys there were staring at us all night! I swear every time I turned over their eyes were wide open looking at us...

Having decided to stay in Malaysia for more than my original month long tour, I am now going to make the jump from Peninsular Malaysia to Borneo Malaysia this Sunday. This is possibly going to be the most memorable part of the Malaysian leg of this trip as so many people have told me how wonderful the nature is on Borneo. I am looking forward to...