Embassy Hotel Georgetown

... he hates beggars, and how I should marry their daughter. Time to bail...

The rest of the time on Penang was mostly spent on the interent uploading and backing up photos - the first cheap place for several weeks... fun fun fun. On first impressions, I liked Malaysia... everyone spoke English, you
could choose between authentic Chinese, Indian or Malay food, people
seemed friendly enough, and the transport seemed efficient and quick.

... common sight, overlooked by most, yet walking anywhere poses quite a few intriguing problems without them. The roads were getting bigger and busier, with mentalist scooters whizzing right by me. Then in an act of sheer kindness a car stopped up ahead and as I walked by the driver offered me a lift. I was extremely grateful especially as I probably still had about an hour’s walk ahead of me. He insisted on not taking any money, gave me a ...

... my curry preparation techniques. I’m always eating curry at restaurants, be they Thai, Indian or Malay, either looking for inspirations for new ways to cook the stuff at home, or just to partake in the sheer bliss that is a perfectly balanced blend of spices rolling across the tongue.

Red, yellow, green, doesn’t matter: I love curry, full stop.



So, when I ...

... the 'corporate' umbrellas and head along the harbour front to eat..........we sat for 2 hours.....at least.........it was raining so hard we were undercover on the boardwalk.........10 metres from the waters edge and couldn't see it..............managed to find our way back to the hotel...thank heaven for the large umbrellas!!.........went into hibernation until around 6 o'clock and then braved the elements to travel by bus to ...

... right????............wrong! !!!!

Now i have a reputation as being a bit of a snorer.......which i believe is totally unfounded........regardless i would not even have been amongst the medals on this occasion........as the two guys in the bunks above us well and truly had the orchestra pumping and were indeed gold medal contenders.......even the lurching and rattling of the train .....nor my foot thumping from the bunk below had any impact.......they were unstoppable!!

We ...

... page documenting the wheres and the hows about Penang was totally blank! The bible was incorrect What the F#*k! how can this be…..

We found a guesthouse on Jalan Chulia, Chinatown in the heart of the backpackers domain. The Blue Diamond hotel would be our bed for the nights and a to only 10 MYR per bed in the dorm. At 05:00 am we never took much attention to our immediate surroundings we only required sleep. Only when we awoke form our slumber compus mentis, did we ...

I leave Little India alone - it might be better named Little Tamil Nadu since nearly all the Indians living in Penang seem to originate from the southern Indian State of Tamil Nadu - and walk the short distance to the Kuan Yin Teng temple dedicated to the Chinese Goddess of mercy, good fortune and most importantly....FERTILITY, always a hot topic in the history of mankind. You wanna found a new religion, you should dedicate ...

... 1812 metrin korkeudessa olevalle Gunung Berembun-vuorelle. Reitit oli merkitty kartassa "Very Steep:eiksi" ja sita ne tosiaan olivat, varsinki kun vartti ennen huipulle paasya alkoi jokapaivainen monsuunisade ja loppumatkalle polku muuttui joeksi ja melko liukkaaksi sellaiseksi. Matka meni kumminkin hyvin, kun onneksi oli hokattu ottaa kertis-sadetakit hatavaraksi ja lukuunottamatta tosimarkia ja -likaisia kenkia ja meikalaisen yhta pyllahdysta selvittiin reissusta ...

... houses blast out hit Indian tunes whilst Chinese stalls cook up every type of rice and noodle combo imaginable in this town with few pavements and where whole families seemingly ride on the same motorbike. Penang is renowned for its food. And with our bellies on the mend we decided to take a gamble and go for a curry - to make the most of possibly our last chance to ...

... of water so we bought some bottles and tipped some of them over our heads and drank some of them. Who said a shower couldn't be public!! We then sat and watched about 20 of the races between teams from all over the world. It was really good fun. Then we went back to wait for the bus to take us to Batu Ferringhi Beach. We were really looking forward to going in the sea and cooling off. At first the sea was quite refreshing but soon it was too hot even in the water. Also we ...