"So we finally got to Kuala Lumpur having been fined at Jakarta airport for staying a day too long on the visa (I still reckon it was rent for all the hours we'd spent in their bloo ..."
"We arrived in Penang very early in the morning, and having gotten up at 4:30 to go to the airport, we were exhausted. Our taxi driver was very friendly, welcoming us to Malay ..."
"We had an enjoyable last night in KL. We were late for dinner and our friends the rats were more active than ever. Dr T was a bit shocked to also find them in the kitchen of "our" ..."
"Woke up to a beautiful morning with clear blue skies and the sun beaming down for the first time in days. Arse. Dropped off Elliot's watch he lent me to get me up (due to the alarm ..."
"I needed to move on. I already had my sights set on Thailand - Carsten had flown into Bangkok and Matt (who I met in Auckland) was leaving for England soon so I had to go and say h ..."
"I'm currently staying at Baba's Guesthouse, which by public transport, is about 1 hour out of Georgetown, Penang. The area is called 'Batu Farringhi' and has a beautiful stretch of ..."
"We made it!! About time too. We had a bit of madness on our way here. Especially when you consider that this wasn't the place we had intended to go to. All will be revealed. A mini ..."
"Well we made it in a day from Ko Lanta and got there in good time to have a nice tandoori set and lassi's before we went to bed! Job done! This was our smoothest border crossing ye ..."
"It was hard to leave the Cameron Highlands. Made that much harder by the struggle of prying Phil's fingers from the doorjamb of our room in Barrack #5 at Father's Guesthouse. Ok, h ..."
A travel blog entry from Georgetown by
sarah
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"Here we are on the lovely island of Penang, which the British named "The Pearl of the Orient", our first day in Southeast Asia where we haven't seen rain! After travelling for the ..."