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... appearance - he has also been arrested in London!

Yasan bought us a special treat today - he had been to Mecca and brought back 10 litres of their holy water, in the way of the prophet Muhammad, we stood and faced Mecca, and recited in Arabic (I have forgotten!) and we drank and tasted the water three times, then washed our face, and hair with the remainder in the cup. The water is very heavy, and has the highest level of pH in the world - fifteen percent. According ...

... We went into Batu Ferrengi town centre every day (bus into the centre cost 18p each!), it wasn't very big, but the night markets were good fun, some really nice little shops, great food at our first experience of a hawker market where you could get full meals such as a curry rice naan for 2 pound! We found a really nice little bar called sunset beach bar, it was right on the beach and was lit up by candles and lanterns at night it was lovely. We didn't ...

... Char Hor Fun I’ve had *Ipoh* Char Hor Fun back at home, and I thought it was a very tasty dish. However, my definition of “tasty” would be completely obliterated. I ordered a Char Hor Fun – (different than an IPOH Char Hor Fun) and the difference was clear. Ipoh is a state in Malaysia where a style of Char Hor Fun is made. The one I ...

... that resembles a mosque...so we walk round the other side of the building and before we know it we are inside in full robes sitting on the floor eating Indian nibbles and sipping chai tea. It really is just out of this world as we sit and listen to a local religious figure explaining that the reason they sip their tea is to ensure it isn't poisonous and they sit down on their knees to eat to ensure better digestion...a far cry from the ...

... s not easy to find Miss Loh’s Guesthouse. But once you do, you are just about to enter the house of nirvana ...

... are not downloaded....perhaps later! We also checked out Fort Cornwallis.... interesting... a very nice cannon or two... but once we found out the fort had never even been involved in a conflict.... therefor the cannons had never even been shot... we were slightly disappointed! We checked out Little India...it was very Indian! They like to play their music very loud so as you walk down the streets of Little India you kind of feel like you have ...

... we would spend a few nights there. We went to the Komtar bus station (which is located under the Prangin Mall) to find out that we would need to get to the Sungei Nibong Bus station in order to catch a bus to Tanah Rata. Although they offered a shuttle bus from Komtar to Sungei Nibong for 5 RM (an hour before the bus would leave), the total cost of the ticket was going to be 42 RM, and so we declined. Instead we went to the Banana ...

... belly churning meal for a second time, thankfully. Around 7pm and we arrived safely at the port of George Town Penang. A mass of taxi drivers wielding their laminated 'fixed price' sheets were there to greet us. Already knowing how much we should be paying (as I asked the hotel when I booked the room) we had offers of 25, 20 15 ringit......we just walked on.....until one guy said 12. Bingo! You gave the correct answer....so we went with him leaving the other guys huffin' and puffin ...

... t let that stop us from going on a two-hour hike through the park out to the ocean and back. It was intense, but a great walk. We were all very sweaty and rained on. Luckily, it only rained the first twenty minutes or so and the trees covered us. After our hike through the national park, we walked down the road to find the butterfly farm and orchid farm. Both, unfortunately ended up being duds, but we did ...

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*The Lowest Point of my Whole Trip(Penang{Malaysia} November 10th, 1999)
It was my first night as an independent traveller. I had made it to Penang, proud of myself for figuring out the logistics of getting there from KL…and getting there cheaply. I searched the streets of Penang for a hostel mentioned in the Lonely Planet and booked myself in. All in all a good day. Did some exploring during the day and then returned to my room to settle in for the ...