Cititel Georgetown

... pero con la ayuda del hielo, el dolor empezo a retroceder. <br><br>(Dos dias mas tarde ya esta bien, solamente tengo un morado en la palma de la mano)<br><br>Llegamos a Georgetown, se puso a diluviar (el autobus goteaba por la ventana!), cambiamos de autobus y conseguimos llegar al hostal, varias horas mas tarde.

... He was a nice enough bloke, very friendly, but he had a knack of saying "Oh really?" in response to everything he was told, as if people generally make stuff up all the time (e.g. "I went to Holland last week." - "Oh REALLY? You went to HOLLAND?"). When I first saw him I thought he was German, and could vividly picture him slicing an enemies throat, teeth-gritted and pale eyes burning. Very short hair, intense eyes, quite beefy...you know that look ...

... Eastern Oriental Hotel. Had a walk round China town, all the antiques shops we wanted to look at were closed and the free tourist bus didnt seem to be working. So we decided to give up and take a taxi to the big shopping centre for some supplies before we hit the beaches of Thailand. <br>The taxi driver we got had lived in England for 8 years so spoke really good English and pointed out lots of sights on the way and then offered to take us to a Buddist ...

... Hindu temples, Mosques, the odd Catholic church and so on, and there is a really good feeling of people from all sorts of backgrounds actually living quite harmoniously. Hindi music and Bollywood sound tracks merge with the Imam calling the faithful to prayer and the Chinese opera from the temple round the corner. Although there are now only 12 registered rickshaws (pulled by a man) there are still lots of tricycle rickshaws sharing the streets ...

... unfriendly German girls and a South African dude who was possibly the only person on earth to out scowl me that morning. I was both impressed and intimidated by this scowl. It wasn&#8217;t a very friendly atmosphere it has to be said, although at least with just four of us we could stretch out a bit. It was also rather sweaty (why do they use that faux leather rubbish for seats in hot and humid climates?). As we sped along the South African started ...

... nodded several times during this speech to pretend I understood). Pretty soon the woman who had given the earlier presentation began randomly translating everything into English even though I was the only non-Chinese there! It was one of the funniest experiences I've ever had. I honestly didn't know what to do. I'd been invited into the meeting but it was obvious I wasn't supposed to be there but as people's attention was now directed more towards the area in which I was ...

... a few palms. So I was asked to pay another million RP. and what do you do? They have your bike, you need it so you have to pay. Simple as that. Boy was I fuming, but by now I'd become used to being ripped off. Maybe I've got one of those faces. That or I'm just a gullible fool.  Anyway, that was yesterday and today my leg's back astride Dot and we're ready to make the short journey to Thailand. So far we've covered 11,000kms in six weeks and ridden ...

... preserved colonial buildings, two-story Chinese shophouses and clan houses, restored merchants' mansions, temples, hordes of hawkers selling incredibly delicious Indian, Chinese and Malay food (the latter actually being the hardest to find), and lots of tricycle-rickshaws (trishaws). I really loved Georgetown and wish I could've spent more time seeing other parts of the island, as ...