Pinang

... As you can see on the groovy map, Pinang is an island off the western coast of peninsular Malaysia. Steve and I thought that Pinang would be similar to Phuket. Nothing could be further from the truth. Pinang is a huge city, whereas Phuket is a smaller ...

... to ironically enough the most strenuous day fo our trip so far. Shady did her own thing all day while Dom and I went to Pinang Hill and some temples which you'll read about next. We took a public bus which was filled with tourists (first hint that we r ...

I got up early and set off with my map to walk around the heritage town of Pinang, what a shithole. There is hardly anything worth seeing here, a couple of monuments and clock towers etc. zzzzzzzzz. I ditched the trekking around in the soaring heat and ...