Waldorf Hotel Georgetown

... moved to Banana GH..

On the obligatory first night town-wandering we stumbled upon 'Upper Penang Road' - a walking road lined with incredibly expensive bars and clubs, complete with the classiest of the classy teenage patrons - felt like any expensive bar strip in Europe. I don't think we quite fit in wearing out 'travel day' clothes but ordered a bucket (of bottles of beers... no more sangsom!) regardless.

The first full day in ...

... coach, in a seat which is more like a reclining armchair than the stiff uncomfortable coach seats I'm used to, listening to a tune called “Journey Into The Unknown”, gazing through the raindrops trickling down the window at the rocky cliff face landscape clothed in a jungle cloak, cruising my way to Penang island on an indefinitely long journey in hope of island hopping my way to paradise.

The coach ride turned out to be about 4 ...

... to make my head hurt the following day. Despite my sleeping in til 5.30pm the previous day, and my good nights sleep after the beer, i still managed to fit in another 8 hours until 6.30pm. Just as I was thinking about writing something or other yesterday eve I had an offer of more beverage with an Aussie girl called Nelly and didn't get back in til the very early hours (fortunately beer prices in Georgetown are not in the same league as KL). We also met a few other ...

... quite amusing actually. The night market was really cool; it was 9pm but the air was still nice and warm, there was a huge variety of eateries of various nationalities all round the sides of the building, and in the centre were lots of tables. Waiters come round and take drinks orders. I got some Japanese food: breaded chicken with chicken curry and some sushi, and it was really cheap and very tasty. At the front of the market was a ...

... and blindsided it with BBQ squid, grilled okra and fried chicken. Mmm…



Fried chicken and curry…now THAT’s a winning combination.

I opted for rotai canai, a much simpler dish: curry sauce served on a piece of soft roti bread. I’d had plenty of roti canai of varying quality back home, but the whiffs I’d caught from the bubbling pots of curry at ...

... for what is inevitable. Now, I am not a trained hair technician but I knew I was in trouble when this Asian lad's hand begin to shake when he commenced the cut. I'm like, Oh No, Oh No, Just tell him to stop, Tell him to stop now quickly before... and with one stroke of his shaky buzzing machine it was all over red rover. I was going to have to get the whole lot whacked off, I just knew it there and then, but just out of some sick interest I continued to ...

... to catch-up with the lads and ladies that went back to PMC a few years back, but what i also got was amazing hospitality from (in no particular order) angie, vidhya, krish and gauri. and the only item of food that i ate while there that i had previously eaten before was... water. impressive. thanks a bil! was great to see everyone and sad to leave, also b/c it means *drum roll* end of holiday. boooo.

... tea, and jam---but I need my mangoes, and at 15 Ringgit, who could expect more?? One other nice aspect--the dorms have 8 beds and they are wood. The other dorms I stayed at had aluminum beds, and every time someone would turn over in bed it would make a creaking sound. Not so with wood-- a very quiet night's sleep. Avoid the Internet place next to the Apache Bar near the corner of Love and Chulia-- that guy is an a**hole and a yaba head. I saw him chase a ...

... hyvin :)
Tanah Ratassa sitten meinasi jo epatoivo iskea, kun oltiin kierretty kylan jokaikinen hotelli ja majatalo, eika huonetta meinannut loytya. Malesiassa sattui olemaan juuri tulevan viikon maanantaina vapaapaiva ja siis monet malesialaisetkin olivat suunnanneet vuoriston viileyteen pitkan viikonlopun viettoon ja hotellit olivat taynna. Parista majatalosta tarjottiin jo meille tv-huonetta tai patjaa lattialla hatamajoitukseksi, mutta onneksi viimeisesta ...

We arrived in Penang late afternoon on Thursday after a pretty uneventful (thank goodness) bus journey and ferry ride. We went out for dinner with Andrea who had come from the Cameron Highlands with us. We tried some Malaysia style noodles in a vegetarian restaurant in Georgetown where our hostel is. Then we walked around checking out the area. We saw the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion and were quite taken aback by the shocking blue colour! We weren't allowed to go inside as you ...