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Pala parasta Malesiaa
16.5. - 22.5.2012 - Penang, Malesia
by Pöpö
Saavuimme Penangiin keskiviikkona 16.5. noin seiskan aikoihin. Kulkuvälineenä toimi minibussi, joka heittäisi kaikki matkalaiset hotelleihinsa. Muiden matkalaisten poistuttua bussista, kuski alkoi kiertämään ympyrää oletetun hotellimme lähimaastossa. Vajaan tunnin kuluttua kuski stoppasi …
Pulau Penang
After a wonderful week in Langkawi the bar had been set pretty high for the rest of my Malaysian tour, the next stop being Penang.
I'd read up on Penang and Georgetown seemed like an interesting place to visit so I decided to stay there for a few days.
Something I have been learning along the way is that unfortunately for me, the …
Exploration of George Town and beyond.
23rd and 24th November 2009
On our first day of arrival in Georgetown, Penang we decided to have a 'nap', this was at twelve noon, I woke up and at some time during the 'night' and went downstairs to check the time, It was 7.30 - at night we assumed, until the hotel manager pulled up on his scooter with two loaves of bread! we found it …
Food Glorious Food!!
... an hour) but we were quite delayed taking off as there had been a fault detected so were much later leaving than anticipated! Eventually we were up in the air and happily reading our magazines! We had preordered food: a chicken panini for me and chicken satay & fried rice for Matt, without going in to detail, we won't be ordering Air Asia's inflight food again!!!
Once off the flight we followed the crowds through customs, on to baggage reclaim and finally into an airport taxi ...
Passing the time in Penang
We had found a cheaper place to stay a few doors up, so had decided to move on, but the excitement of yesterday clearly got the better of Jorge and he didn't get up til 11. We went and got a room, but he fancied staying in and chilling, so I went out looking around the market stalls. Or at least had intended to look around the market stalls but got enticed into a shopping centre by the air con, and then found it ...