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Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi March 23rd 2007

Sun Tan City! Asia » Malaysia » Penang Island » Batu Ferringhi By Lara AndresMarch 23rd 2007Andres Ortiz Hi Again, We finally made it to the beach. Here we are in the wonderful Penang Island in Northern Malaysia. We have been dreaming about the beach all week and now we are here. We are staying at a guest home in Batu Ferringhi which is basically a house where the owner rents out apartment like rooms. Works out well for us because it is about 20 bucks a night and we are right on the beach. We can hear the ocean, the birds chirping and the rain storms. Lots of rain storms folks, it... read more
Beer tyme!
Tea tyme for Lara
Penang Sunset (beach)

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi March 23rd 2007

Food costs here are really cheap. You can find a great meal in KL Malaysia for about 1.00 u.s. really nice. Some of our favorite dishes are dumpling soup which sells for about 4 rm (app. 1.5 us) fish ball soup 3 rm (1.00 us) and chicken sautee's skewers 5 rm for six (app.1.75 us) all really yummy and cheap. Our friend Khim from Bellingham who we came to visit said that it is cheaper to eat out than buy the food and cook it yourself! In many places this is true, the cost of food is very inexpensive and very good to eat. We generally go to the small markets and vendors that are in open shops. These are called "restauran" and they are open room restaurants that either have buffet style food or ... read more
Great Roti Canai!
Lobster (18Rm per 100g)

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi February 28th 2007

Had a similar relaxing day by the pool. Watched a film on the slightly fuzzy Englaish film channel. Later on in the evening I saw a rat crawl from under a cupboard and squeeze under the gap under the door. I opened my door to see it run into another room. Decided to leave a towel covering the gap just incase he decided to return. It was quite a big one and I was surprised he was there as I was on the 12th floor.... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi February 27th 2007

Same as yesterday really... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi February 26th 2007

Got the free hotel minbus down to the beach today. Spent a good few hours reading, sweating, swimming etc. Realised that my book binding glue was melting and falling apart but managed not to lose any pages. These are the dilemas you go through when travelling.... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi February 25th 2007

Had a very nice buffet breakfast in the hotel and decided to spend the day by the pool in the hotel. I had to wait for over an hour before a sunbed became available but was happy enough listening to my iPod and reading, then cooling down in the pool if needed. I could do this every day!!! Spent the late afternoon working out when to go to Thailand, how and where to stay up till then... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi February 24th 2007

Got taxi to Batu Ferringhi. I was staying in the Hydro Majestic hotel which was actually about 3km from the main beach. The hotel, was nice and clean however and had a big pool. I walked to the main town, which was another death-defying trek, and sat on the beach for a few hours. There was hardly anyone there so it was really quiet and peaceful. There was no breeze though and with it being in the high 30's I got hot very quickly. The water was just about cool enough to cool down. Later on, I had some Korean food and watched the Man Utd v Fulham game in the hotel bar.... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi December 26th 2006

Just to say MERRY CHRISTMAS to everyone and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! lots of love to you all and hope you all had a brilliant Christmas day with lots of prezzies! x x x And also that we have added more photos to the Langkawi entry and the More Beaches, Thailand entry. . .... read more
CHEERS!
OUR Christmas Tree
Father Christmas came!

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi November 9th 2006

Well we were going to try and head to the tropical fruit farm. We manged to get the bus as far as Batu Ferringi but from there it was a half hour taxi ride it was too expensive so didnt go. We went on the beach at Batu Ferringi which was ok but it was a very built up resorty type place abit like spain! Stayed for a bit then headed back. Went to a shopping mall and i ordered some glasses as they are a lot cheaper here and manged to find a nice pair. Finally i have manged to put some photos on the computer as we had the afternoon to sort it out and had free internet! I think i have sent most of you the link to see them. If not email ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Batu Ferringhi November 9th 2006

We were kept up most of the night with noisy neighbours- so Thursday (today) will definately be a lazy day, both of us feel very lethargic as the temperature is now heading above 30 degrees. We have litterally done nothing today, its 3pm here and we have nothing planned. We can only describe Penang as a bit like Turkey- still developing. Where we are staying is off the beaten track of all the 'nice' hotels, but after a short walk we feel more like home with the Tavel Inns and Sheraton's of the world! We even had breakfast in one, opting out of the local curry options that are available elsewhere. We havent been taken by the place we must admit... we should have been staying for 3 nights, checking out on Saturday, but we have ... read more
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