Georgetown Small Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Hey guys, Onwards to Malaysia (the 'friendly and professional' nation!), specifically Penang - an island in the northwest of the country. The flight was fine - very basic but quite efficient. Phuket airport was adequate although strangely the flight gates were numbered 1-10 then the sequence abruptly jumped to 66 (the gate we flew out of) skippi...

I just thought I'd focus an entry on the fabulous Malaysian food we've been eating. It's so good that Anna has declared Malaysia her new favourite country! Which just goes to prove what I've always said, the way to Anna's heart is through her stomach :) Here is a flavour of our extremely excessive eating. On the 6th of Feb (Waitangi Day, which i...

Whether you want to spell it Penang or Pinang, spending some time here is at your own risk. Especially if you consider taking a bus to the island. Here is how the story goes: Our excitement leaving Kuala Lumpur is at its highest since there we had foumd a comfortable place to stay owned by two gay guys who were nice, friendly, clean and helpful....

The bus we wanted to get to Kota Bharu leaves early in the morning, so we decided to get the ferry over to Georgetown and spend the night there as we had enjoyed it so much the other two times!

Another delightfully peaceful journey sat in the darkened hollowed out pit of a large boat, this time with the insufferable sounds of Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holi-Holiday and Rasputin by the lyrical genius that is Boney M, skipping repeatedly for three hours. Good times. Arrived in Penang and Rob soon managed to sniff out a sports bar, while I am...

I continued by train northwards, getting off at Butterworth for the ferry to Pulau Pinang, a large island off of Malaysia's northwest coast. It's main city is Georgetown named by (guess who) the British for (guess again) King George ?, when the East India Company used this island to establish a trading post in the area. Having been traveling in...

We arose early once again on Wednesday morning and caught our mini-bus for Hat Yai. Our plan was to stay for one night before crossing the border into Malaysia the following day and since we hadn't done it yet we would stay at a relatively posh hotel for a treat so we stayed at the Lee Gardens Plaza. The room itself was nice but not a great deal...

Often, it was necessary to escape here just to renew my visa.

Wow! At this point, the city of Georgetown (also known as Penang City) is definitely the most culturally diverse place I've ever been to. My hotel is in a very substantial Chinatown, but you only have to walk a few blocks to find quite substantial Muslim neighborhoods and Indian neighborhoods. I spent the day walking around checking out the city...