Equatorial Hotel Penang Pulau Penang

... were restaurants everywhere, Indian pop music blaring, and even some live music. I'm not the biggest fan of Indian food, but we all sat down at an Indian restaurant on the road to give it a try. I ended up getting some sort of pancake filled with spicy chicken and vegetables. Surprisingly it was very good, but very hot! After dinner, we had another couple beers and eventually ...

... to Khota Bahru on the other side of the Malaysian Peninsula we would have to go to the "new" bus station on the island.... so we took a bus to the bus station! Our next stop is the Perhentian Island which is supposed to be great for snorkeling, diving and sun worshiping.... right up our alley... and from what I understood to get there you take a bus to Khota Bahru, and get off early at Jerteh... and then take a taxi to the town (Khota Besut) that ...

... for the Cameron Highlands. It was nearly 6:30 by the time and it was still dark out ten minutes later when we crossed the Penang Bridge back to the mainland. The Penang Bridge is around 13.5 kilometres long and is reported to be the longest in all of Southeast Asia, but is nothing remarkable to see when it is still dark outside. Shortly after crossing this bridge, I fell asleep and didn't wake up again until we were approaching the city of Ipoh.

... foods, clothes and goods, all the signs are in Indian and English. Accorss the street is China Town, which has Chinese shops selling all chinese goods, again the signs are in Chinese and English. This city is charming! I've moved accomindation again, now to the Banana Guest house, its very clean and simple, but also a lot cheaper than last nights hotel!

... is besieged with offerings to be blessed all the way along the route. To cleanse the path for the chariot thousand of coconuts are smashed in its ...

... as Mr Tan, my favourite Chinese veggie food stall, would be closed for the duration of the ...

... Singaporeen etta niinku seuraavana aamuna olisin siella. En oo ikina ollu niin hienossa bussissa. Bussissa oli jokasella rivilla vaan 3 istumapaikkaa. paikat missa istuttiin muistutti tv tuolia tai jotain kaikkine jalkatukine sun muine. nii ja penkit oli nahkaa... Ja nain sita mentiin Sigaporeen asti sain jopa vahan nukuttua bussimatkan aikana... Tony

Aamulla puoli kymmenen tarahti minibussi guest houseni eteen. Silla oli maara huristella Malesiaan. En yhtaan tiennyt minka pituinen matka on. Tiesin vain etta olin menossa saarelle nimelta Pulau Penang ja kaupunkiin nimelta Georgetown. Kai toi kuski vie mut oikeeseen paikkaan tai jotain. Matka alkoi silla etta sain matkaseurakseni muslimi perheen. perheessa taisi olla 4 lasta tai jotain... Ajattelin etta no niin tassahan taa sit olikin saa kuunnella koko matkan jotain ...

... at Bangkok bus station at 7:30am - We still needed to get to Pattaya. We were fairly lucky, I asked a few people where I needed to go and was pointed in the general direction of the place where the buses would be, on my way there an enterprising guy asked where we were going and quoted us 130 baht each - I knew from my research this was a good price - headed to the mini bus and they loaded the luggage - the price had mysteriously risen to 650 thai baht, but I still knew that to be ...

... chance striking up a conversation with anyone in fear that they would find what I had to say&#8230;uninteresting! My confidence was bottoming out. I did stuff on my own, seeing the sites and tasting the food of Penang the so called "Pearl of the Orient". All in all I didn&#8217;t find it such an impressive place or an impressive time which of course was jaded by my isolation and loneliness. <br><br>The lowest point of my whole trip came my first night in Penang, setting a tone ...