Bayview Georgetown

When we woke up this morning, Superman's leg was a mess. From the knee right down to his toes, it was incredibly swollen. I could see we weren't going very far today, so I walked slowly beside him as he limped around the corner to the dinner place we ...

... bus station for the airport bus, then a short Air Asia flight, followed by a taxi ride and here we are at the Bayview in Georgetown. Had to chose Bayview since it is the namesake of our work place. An orientation walk proved that most people ...

Having had serious reservations about coming to Georgetown, capital of Penang, all I can say is “wish you were here!” It’s a fascinating mix of the kooky and the magnificent, which creates the most amazing little city. On its outskirts ...

... (by Asia standards) and it has a pool so at least I can sit there and read. We walk around to get a feel for the area -- Georgetown is the old colonial section of Penang and is supposed to be the center of the food mecca.    We find one of ...

... island!), we decided to find one of the tourist attractions.   The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a sight to see in Georgetown, Penang!  www.cheongfatttzemansion.com  It is a gorgeous, blue painted, Chinese-style house, built by a Chinese ...

... and museum. It was a really interesting tour about a fascinating man. We wanted to go up Penang Hill, which looms behind Georgetown, but the furnicular railway up the hill is under repair and we aren't that energetic, so we settled for the ...

... to get on together pretty well, a model of multi-culturalism perhaps. However there are certainly distinct ethnic areas, Georgetown being no exception has its Chinatown and Little India districts which we spent the day wandering through. The Chinese ...

... in Butterworth at 3:30PM. Somehow we dragged ourselves and luggage to the port complex and were on the 20 minute ferry service to Georgetown, Penang. From ‘Pengkalan Weld’ pier in G’town we jumped in the first taxi we saw and were at ...

... 10:30AM bus from KL to Butterworth on Christmas morning, and then took the ferry across the strait to the city of Georgetown on the island of Pelau Penang. After walking around this little colonial town, through little India and just about ...

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We caught the 8pm train out of Kuala Lumpur on a Saturday night (80RM each to do first class - this is approx $30 Australian.)  Regardless, sleeping was tough.  I have a very clear memory of sometime in the middle of the night, brakes coming ...

The overnight train last night sucked. It really is not the most comfortable place to sleep. I think it's just a little too short of a bed for me. Which means it must be way too small for most people. At some point in the morning, SH figures around ...

After leaving KL feeling repulsive, we made things far worst by sitting on a train (53 ringet for both of us) for 8 hours to Penang, an island to the north west of KL. I was dreadful company for mum and at one stage while stumbling to the toilet to be ...

The morning of the 8th I joined a handful of fellow masochistic Scrabblers in flying to Penang for another 18 games over the next three days. Why relax on the beautiful beaches of Penang when you could be playing more Scrabble? I joined Sam for ...

Our last day in the tourist attraction of the world....ahhh...Penang!  We had the breakfast buffet, which was an interesting spread to say the least.  Once again, we cannot figure out why Penang is famous for their food.  We then relaxed ...

Much better sleeper train experience from Bangkok to Butterworth - wider berths, quieter and the train did not make many stops. However it was 22 hours! - but the scenery during day light was good and you get to meet some very interesting people. The ...