Vistana Hotel And Residences Penang Pinang

... utter lack of seatbelts.

Approaching Penang is rather surreal; knew it was an island but as you drive across the causeway from Butterworth you see around a hundred skyscrapers which I just didn't expect. The trip across took around ten minutes, and soon I was dropped off at the agency's hostel, which I was pleased about as it was recommended in my RG. I got a cheap single room the size of a shoe box, and after sorting my ...

... never been so glad in all my months to cross a border and feel the adoration of the people once more. I also felt safe in the knowledge that she wasn't going to be arrested for slapping someone who dared to ramroad my buggy out of the way- perish the thought, she may never have made it out of Singapore. So we arrive at 6am, pitch black in Georgetown and jump in a taxi to take us "to the beach". Beach? Yes ...

... 8211; to assure the person that their worries will be put to rest if sold at that price 7. Question the authenticity of the item. 8. When asked whether or not you yourself can verify the authenticity – ask again. 9. Admit defeat and pay the vendor the original price. Yes yes…I’m a pitiful excuse for a haggler…I hang my head in shame.

I awake this morning feeling like I am in a sauna!! A cold shower and breakfast follows and I still do't feel too great. I must admit the soft and slightly chewy foccacia bread makes me feel a little better as it's delicious though.

We stroll around the streets of Penang and arrive at the Komptar shopping centre where an extremely helpful guy sorts me out with a fab new camera and then we head back to our hotel to book our trip to the ...

... go and do the job but he insists it is his weekend and that as he is with us he doesn't want to...this makes us even more surprised when he asks for 300,000 rupiahs after much deliberating at the airport. 300,000?? Is he serious?! Thats the same as we paid for a 5 hour journey to Medan the other day with him and we could have booked a room for a night for a third of the cost!! Carolyn and I head over to the cashpoint at the garage and discuss what we are ...

... to to regimented with military precision, with one man seemingly in charge of operations – telling the prospective customers the cost of their trip, then calling up the next taxi in line and issuing the orders of destination and applicable charge.

To say that we were ill-prepared for the reception at our hotel, the Eastern & Oriental, would be the biggest understatement of this blog. As the taxi drew up at the entrance to the ...

... laughed, “Haha! Just JOKING!! You can go! We do it to all you Canadians here.” “Oh…..”I said grabbing my luggage quickly that just popped out of the x-ray machine, “not funny” I mumbled from under my breath.

I got back on the train and off we went. We continued our way down to Butterworth. It was a pleasant journey! Although hundreds of school kids briefly got on the ...

... all looked too fancy for us and we were too broke to get drunk off of overpriced Tiger beer.

Early the next day, we followed a walking tour recommended in our trusty Lonely Planet book, and we saw some beautiful and quaint sites in the older quarters of Penang. We started off by eating a wonderfully large lunch-brunch at an Indian restaurant, where they serve you a set vegetarian thali meal on a banana leaf and come by and scoop mysterious-looking curries and sauces onto your ...

... die noch schlafende Fledermaus aber ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken wieder auf die Strasse :-) Georgetown ist die zweitgrösste Stadt von Malaysia und liegt auf der Insel Penang. Es ist sehr nett hier, aber leider gibt es für uns Meeressäuger keine Möglichkeit für einen kurzen Dip ins Wasser...Dann verbringen wir unsere Zeit eben mit Essen und Trinken... Auf der Fähre zurück zum Festland konnten uns die Malaysier von ihrer Gastfreundschaft überzeugen. Alex wollte eine Cola kaufen und ...

... ihmeissaan, etta mita me oikein ko. lahiossa teimme. Samoin se uintipaikka tuntui hanestakin ihan vieraalta. Mutta lopulta tieto laheisesta paloasemasta pelasti tilanteen ja taksikyyti vei meidat lopulta perille. Tosin uintiaikaa oli jaljella enaa 20 minuuttia, mutta Kasperi kaytti sen tehokkaasti lahtoharjoitusten tekemiseen. Hienossa hengenpelastajien kansoittamassa Macaon olympia-altaassahan moinen altaaseen hyppiminen oli ollut ehdottomasti kiellettya!!! Lyhyeksi jaaneen ...