Shangri-La Golden Sands Resort Pulau Penang

... a mall, had some lunch, and eventually made it back to my hotel a few hours later. There I met some other travellers who I sat down with and had some beers. After a few beers, a group of us headed out for some dinner in Little India. It was chaos. The holiday of Deepavali was in full swing, and this is what I imagined India might be like. The streets were packed with people and cars ...

... than his hand) and we've generally driven the island and done lots of oohing and ahhing and photo taking. From a less touristy perspective there are moments here that are truly beautiful. The people are wonderfully kind and helpful. I also had a very peaceful few minutes to myself after a cool shower on the guesthouse balcony where the sun was setting across the rooves and the call to prayer from the mosque ...

... matkan aikana emme muuten ole nahneet yhtaan 25 metrin mittaista uima-allasta. (Uintiharkat Permata Swimming Complexissa tassa valissa.) No, juuri kun oli ehditty innostua lyhyiden (25m) uima-altaiden vahyytta, totuus alkoi valjeta. Vietimme nimittain koko aamun aukiolojakson (9-11) uintikeskuksen 50-metrisella altaalla, jonka viime kerralla loysimme varikkaiden bussiseikkailujen jalkeen Penangin saaren keskiosista. Mutta muu n. 15 hengen porukka, joka oli ...

... on the roof terrace. We can see all the roof tops for miles around. We make enquiries down at reception about how we go about getting our 60 day visa for Thailand. They advise us that for an extra 20 Ringit (£4) on top of the normal visa fee, the hotel could have our passports back to us this afternoon at 3pm complete with visa. DEAL. It would have cost us more for a taxi there and back plus we would have had to collect our passports the next day! All we had to give them was 2 ...

... day as the main chariot is paraded from Little India to Waterfall Temple - a good 8km across the town. This takes approx 12 hours as the ...

... to the beaches as it was a national holiday for four of the fifteen days. I was in a slight state of ...

... so yhat he could play 'knock off' games.We watched the film it had some interesting (censorship) cutting but was an 8/10 loads of fast action, as you would expect, the audience were sadly well behaved.Back to the hotel.I hennered my hair to get some shine back, putting off getting under the horrid blanket, luckily I travel with my own pillow case.Watched two episodes of Boston Legal then sleep.Georgetown, Penang is not a place we will be rushing back too.

... laundry service to by us some time. We actually were waiting for laundry, which came within the next 15 minutes, so we got ready and packed in record time! We took a taxi down to the Gurney Drive to experience the market and do some much needed Malaysia souvenir shopping. All the tourist books and Michelle's coworkers recommend Gurney Drive for local shopping. But when we reached the area, and went into the ...