Hotel Continental Pulau Penang

Travelled to Penang on nicest buses ever, like armchairs!<br><br>Penang ok, not much to say. Saw a few old colonial buidlings. Went to a snake temple which was really interesting. Loads of live snakes. The guy kept dangling a king Cobra in front of us. I ...

... to prayer at one of the many mosques five times a day. Put your immortal soul in the hnads of the Almighty, the holy entity called Allah and Mohammad is his profet, and you`ll leave behind the notorious Thai superstition. No more Thai spirit houses or ghouls that rule the minds and fears of the local population...the Malay people even look different...the only thing I had to do was crossing the border and nada mas!!!

... felt as though he was giving us a look that said 'on your way'. We both felt extremely privileged to have had the experience. The road from Jeli is up and lucky for us the weather wasn't scorching hot. We knew that accommodation at Banding would be limited and that the Belum Resort was 5 star and rooms started at 350 RM. The lake at Banding is a nature reserve and by all accounts you can arrange trekking, and all the usual jungle activities from either the resort or from the ...

... AAMUNA: Hyvin nukutun yon jalkeen, mutta varsin aikaisin eli klo 6 olleen heratyksen jalkeen maksoimme hotelliyon (RM 46 eli vajaan 10 euroa); talla kertaa meita palveli englantia puhuva intialaismies. Sitten ulos, jossa viela pimeassa rikshakuskit nukkuivat kadulla. Suosikki-roti-canai-paikkaamme vasta availtiin, emmeka viitsineet jaada odottamaan kokonaista tuntia eli klo 7.30:een asti. Heratimme autossaan nukkumassa olleen taksikuskin ja hurautimme ...

Despite my day in bed, the boat ride between Langkawi and Penang was pretty bad - 3 1/2 hours in really choppy water. I arrived in Penang with nowhere to stay at 10pm feeling decidedly under the weather! After a fight with a taxi driver and quite a few 'no room at the inn' stories I was getting quite close to despair until I found Old Penang. It had only been open for 4 months, was in a beautiful old colonial building with wooden ...

... main festivities. We were expecting to see lots of piercing but did not expect to actually see the piercings occurring. As soon as we arrived a ...

... the incense in there. Some of the incense sticks where huge and bigger than me! There was a really ...

We arrived at our hotel and promptly sat our butts on beach chairs &amp; sipped on fruity cocktails. I started the book my dear friend TK gave me as a Bon Voyage gift: eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I'm very much enjoying it, and it has dawned on me as to why I'm not as avid of a reader as I could/should be. It's because I have so many stories that are constantly playing in my head that I have non stop entertainment. In ...

... siihen kamojen vahdiks lipittamaan capuccinoa kun neiti painu vetamaan salleilta suolet korvien kautta ulos. Tyytyvainen tytto tuli poytaani puolen tunnin paasta. Eihan ne ollu meinannu suostua sita vaihtamaan, mutta ilmeisesti aidiltaan peritty, mulle ei vittuilla-asenne teki tehtavansa. Siella oli ollu johtajat ja kaikki paikalla kuulemassa kunniaansa ja uus reppu jalleen kerran hanskassa ...

... name, do yourself a favour give it a miss, unless you really do have no other choice. We set out to go to the Pranklin mall just to get out of the depressing streets - the mall offered us a travel agents and with it a fast way out of this place and into Thailand - flights were however very expensive, so we explored the coach idea - only takes around 24 hours :-( - Ho hum. Anyway it was a third of the price of the plane, so we choose the coach with the ...