Novotel Pulau Penang

... was at a fairly low speed so no one was hurt, but it made quite a mess. I said to Anna "don't tell me that's our driver that just caused that accident"; 5 seconds later he stepped out of the car and it was indeed our driver. This put us in a bit of an awkward situation, even though the accident had nothing to do with us the driver was on his way to pick us up. Needless to say we ended up walking to Penang Hill :|<br><br>Penang Hill was one of the highlights ...

... need somewhere to pitch your tent, Ramlah's your woman. So, having cycled the extra 16 kms to Baling we found ourselves at the Sari Baling Inn, up a hill as you enter the town. It was 100 RM which is the most money we have paid in the whole of Asia, but it was 5pm, we were very hot and very tired. We had no idea there was a little budget inn in the centre of town, otherwise we would have gone there :) We found a little Chinese restaurant and ate noodle soup. There is a ...

... of roti, thosai, curries, sweets and amazing drinks made by pouring back and forth from jugs till they're frothy, sweet and amazing. In China Town the specialties are soup from street hawkers, freshly made wok dishes and a number of beer cafes which happily invite you and your food to join them for a drink. Yep, Penang is definitelky worth a look, even if only as a launching point to Langkawi, it doesn't disappoint!

... yhta aikaa uimassa, ui altaan poikki. Siinahan se siis oli kuin olikin se lyhyempi allas: Mita sita nyt turhaan hienoa olympiamittaista allasta uimaan paasta paahan pituussuunnassa, kun lyhyempikin reitti altaan reunalta toiselle on olemassa? No, Kasperi pystyi kylla vetamaan melkein kaksituntiset pitkan radan harkat, kunhan vain muisti valilla vilkuilla sivuille, ettei sielta tule ketaan eteen. Niin, ne ratakoydethan olivat tietysti siisteina kerina ...

... chatting to a motorcycle taximan who was an absolute encyclopedia of Malay politics and history, he was fascinating! Chatted to him for ages while sitting on his bike (while stationary outside his shop) and properly put the world to rights - covered foreign policy, economics, drugs and religion - felt exhausted afterwards! I loved Penang and would really like to spend more time there, although it's very hard not to feel extremely English!

... his family, plus extended family arrived and we hung out with them for a bit before the men, included Liz - females are honouree males in Asia ...

... to work our way slowly to an island further south and return at the end of the celebrations which ...

... I've always loved her perspective and ability to get shots. As we were reviewing pics a few days ago, we noticed that somehow my head or some other part of my body shows up in many of them. It's now turned into a much cuter version of Where's Waldo. A sort of "Where's Aga" kinda game. See if you spot me in the pics. Otherwise, we've continued lounging on the beach. Jenn's been taking daily jogs &amp; swims in the ocean, I ...

... there would be air conditioning.The very first thing we did was find a travel agent to get us out of Georgetown ASAP.So 8:30am the following morning we would be booked on a coach to Bangkok.So we wandered around the mall and found a cinema. Showing Transporter 3, which we all wanted to see, then went to find some food while we waited, it was rather dismal but we were fairly cheerful about it.Basty was still on a high from finding a chap to upgrade his ...

... coast of Malaysia. We are in a town called Georgetown and its quite big with shopping malls and things you would expect in an avergae city. The cool thing about here is that it is well known for its many varieties of cuisines incl chinese, malay, indian and japanese. Its great for us seeing as a major attraction of coming to all the countries we are is the food. So Brad and I have been eating...lots! Another thing we have discovered is ...