Broadway Budget Hotel Georgetown

... cultural revolution, no rapacious economic development - has tarnished or destroyed it. We went around the meeting house of the Chines Khoo clan which is a beautiful example of Fujian province architecture, and is where this powerful family meets, manages and celebrates its achievements.


Aside from the colonial architecture and the traffic being on the left, the biggest memorial to British presence in ...

... uphill hiking in about +35 degree weather. Our shirts didn't have a dry patch left on them after the first 30 minutes of hiking. One of the Norwegian girls was in the front and all of the sudden broke into a dead sprint when a large snake went slithering in between her legs as she was walking. Once we finally reached the top, we ate, viewed the temples and then took a very slow and hot trolley down the 880 meter hill. For ...

yesterday i got fined by my teacher well its my sister teacher.i don't know what its called but i have to go down and up with my hand crossed on my ears in front of the entire school just because i did not sing my national anthem song but i stood straight and i watch as the flag goes up but still...i`m fat and she said that go down much lower i did get down and i cant go any lower and its sucks to know I'm fat and humiliated that bad just think about its i ...

... never been so glad in all my months to cross a border and feel the adoration of the people once more. I also felt safe in the knowledge that she wasn't going to be arrested for slapping someone who dared to ramroad my buggy out of the way- perish the thought, she may never have made it out of Singapore. So we arrive at 6am, pitch black in Georgetown and jump in a taxi to take us "to the beach". Beach? Yes ...

... and became one of the richest man in the area.

Probably the most impressive site in Georgetown is Kek Lok Si Temple. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and sits on the summit of Air Itam near Penang Hill. It was
started in 1890 and is amazing. There are still several buildings being built on the site.

We also visited the Colonial district including Fort Conrwallis, the Penang ...

... With each prayer you place your incense stick in a sandy pot before the idol. If you’ve read this add know it to be different then answers on a postcard or a 10 pound note to the usual address. I have to admit that we where totally niave to the exact rituals, there meanings and significance were slightly lost on us. However we where thoroughly respectful throughout and the locals helped us along pointinng out what we should be doing. At the end of the day the way I see it ...

... colorfull shops specialised in saris, a tradicional dress for Indian ladies, clouds of sandalwood insence, big red spots cover the streets, a leftover from the juice that comes from beetlenut chewing - ARGHHHH and there goes another big red colored load of spittle coming from an Indian throat hitting the pavement and splattering around waiting for the next shower to wash it away. Countless vegetarian banana-leaf ...

... just cannot give up on Indian food, despite the gastro problems with ghee. So dinner tonight was from a street stall across from the Malaysia Hotel of tandoori chicken, naan (bread baked in a tandoori oven) and a little lentils and pureed mint (some ghee in the lentils). Not troubled yet. No sense of the quality of the characters at the hostel. Will let you know when I find out. Gonna stay in Penang a while.

... it was hilarious! Very cute. Walked to the bottom of the hill, despite protests from the locals that the walk was a long one. Then, it's a big trip up on Swiss trains which were imported during the 70s. It was a bit cooler up there and quite forested. We ate (surprise, surprise!) when we got to the top. We rented a car one of our final days in Penang. Took a trip around the island. We were told the beaches weren't 'swimable' but they're not all that bad..if ...

... Malaysia in general, even less in Penang where ethnic Chinese actually constitute a plurality. Of course I’m one of the few people in the world who would consider that a problem; most would consider it a blessing, but I like challenges. The Malay language is actually one of the world’s best, refined and simplified for maximum efficiency- no conjugations, declensions, or tones; not bad, eh? The spot of ...