http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Penang en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:11:07 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 09:11:07 +0000 Colonial Georgetown on Penang Island in Malaysia. I caught the ferry which was very cheap and very busy a short walk away from Butterworth station. On the other side I headed straight to the bus station and asked which one of the new and airconditioned buses would take me to Georgetown. I asked several people and always got a confused look and at the most the question ldquoWhich part of Ge http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-458048.html Just thought I could share some of my insights on my recent Penang TripReached Changi Airport at around 10.00 on Sunday 29 Nov 2009 as our flight is departing at 1125. We were taking Air Asia Flight AK5802. Quite excited as we as a family have not travelled overseas for quite some time since Year 2002 so I was kind of excited to bring all of us on a trip planned by myself.Our flight was delayed http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Batu-Ferringhi/blog-457672.html Well every summit has its descent and mine from glorious Mt. Phuket was treacherous The Emperor and Retodd got in a taxi for there 30 minute ride to the airport. I boarded a crowded mini bus that was suppose to take me to a proper bus station. Nope never happened instead I switched mini buses 3 different times and somehow arrived in Penang Malaysia 12 hours later. I might have been bitter if http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-457377.html After the beuatiful underwater worlds of Ko Tao I took a boat back to the mainland and a night train to Malaysia a new country for me to visitThe border crossing went pretty smooth and around 13h I arrived in Butterworth where I would take the ferry to Georgetown Penang. Penang is an island that also has a bridge connecting it to the mainland. The ferry took about 1520 minutes and from th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-457108.html We have been in Malaysia for 3 days now and what a fun packed time we have had Anji arrived in KL on Wednesday evening and we started as we meant to continue with a couple of glasses of white wine Our hotel lobby is very grand though the rooms less so Les also arrived in KL that night and we linked up with him on Thursday morning. LK is a compact city very hot and humid and has grown from a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-449622.html Sedim na verandi pred guesthouseom cakam na Bulana in Justina da koncata nocojsnji siht.Ne samo Kitajci tudi Indijci in celo Malajci so baje mojstri v smuglanju. Pa ne da smo kdaj dvomili samo dokazov nismo imeli. No zdaj imamo vsaj enega. Indijec ki ob torkih nadomesca Veselega Starija in ob cetrtkih PRijaznega Bajsa mi je po celovecernem kramljanju radostno pokazal dzolico. Tudi Malajci http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-448787.html We left the boat and travelled to Penang by ferry. You can of course sail there yourself but horror stories circulate about Penang harbour complete with dead dogs and monkeys floating in the water so the ferry seemed a safer option and it is only a 2 12 hour journey.There are a lot of monkeys in Malaysia in general. They often congregate at the roadside looking for a passerby to feed them http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-448554.html We can confirm that Malaysians don't begin their day as late as the average Thai and they make far more noise in this train at least A gaggle of bubbly veiled women shout and laugh from 5.30am until we reluctantly rise. There's a lovely guy looking after everything including bringing us a flask of boiling water to make drinks Border formalities at 10am are easy although they take our temperat http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-447476.html Za zajtrk sem se odlocila da grem koncno spet na tosai httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiDosa. Na to me je seveda navlekel Ed. Pri Prijaznem Bajsu sem se pozanimala se kje delajo najboljsi roti chanai v mestu in menda je ena blazno dobra lokalna mamak zadevscina takoj cez Jalan Penang kar je 5 minut stran hoje. Morda jutri danes pac tosai. Za to so po besedah Prijaznega Bajsa majstri v restavr http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-447455.html Destinasi Balik Pulau vasica na JV otoka. Ime v prevodu pomeni on the other side of the island in bo kar drzalo ker je bilo voznje do tja skorajda uro in pol. Tako je ta otok ravno velikosti blejskega ampak je kar ogromen. Z busom smo se prebijali cez prelaze voznjo pa so se podaljsevala dela na cesti saj blazno gradijo neke viadukte in na splosno izboljsujejo vijugasto pot.Vasica je bila n http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-447193.html Za zajtrk spet pogovor s Prijaznim Bajsem. Ko sem mu omenila da grem zvecer gledat tempelj v Butterworthu za Nine Emperor God Festival httpen.wikipedia.orgwikiNineEmperorGodsFestival mi je ves vesel hitel pojasnjevati kako je tudi on dvakrat ze prisostvoval pri tem ceprav ni hardcore budist. Stos festivala je da se dogaja 9 dni vsa hrana v tem casu je vegetarijanska na Tajskem pa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Penang-National-Park/blog-446956.html Pomudimo se se malo pri sinocnjih dogodkih ker enostavno padejo v kategorijo pozitivne bizarnosti. Ko sem tako kot ponavadi bingljala za pica sankom sem mimogrede spoznavala tega in onega managerja medtem ko sta Justin Bulan vsa zareca izjavljala This is my friend Iva Potem mi je pod stisk roke prisel sam lastnik po imenu Sam. Ko sem povedala od kod sem je izjavil Oh yeah I've been ther http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-446617.html Ceprav mi bivanje tukaj presneto dobro uspeva sem se danes odlocila da jo vseeno mahnem na celino. In sicer v Taiping Iz Butterwortha sem sedla na bus za 770r in cez uro sem bila na glavni postaji. Tam spet ista scena kot ponavadi torej nov bus za v center mesta tokrat st. 8 za 120r. Peljali smo se mimo ogromnega krscanskega pokopalisca in ne bom spet zacela z mi smo bedni oni so ful kul http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-446350.html Dan je bil ze zjutraj bolj oblacen in sem si rekla kdaj ce ne danes pojdem na Penang hill Pri Prijaznem Bajsu sem se vse pozanimala saj sem hotela gor splezati peske dol grede pa s tirno vzpenjaco ki so jo leta 1907 se mi zdi postavili ze Britanci. Najprej sem sla za vogal natankati svojo flaso vode na vodomat pol litra za 10senov cestitka potem pa do postaje Komtar pocakat bus 10 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-446010.html Sploh se mi ne da s tega otoka. Vsak dan se dogajajo nove nore stvari da se clovek vprasa ali jim je sploh kdaj konec.Po malce daljsem spancu smo se opoldne dobili z Angom in Stephanom v templju. Na poti do parkiranega Stephanovega avta naju je Ang peljal v en navidez povsem same same tempelj a v ozadju po osrednji dvorani so se odvijale strastne partije mahjonga te kitajske igre podobne do http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-445698.html Phuket proved to be the loation for my first piece of proper bad luck on my travels. Upon arrival I had noticed that the padlock on my suitcase had quite a few scratch marks on it. Assuming that it was simply something that had happened during transit I thought nothing more of it. However when I next checked on my secret stash of backup money that I had been keeping in my suitcase to my horror it http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-445512.html Indijci se niso odprli zato sem sla ob pol osmih zjutraj na zajtrk malo dlje na pol poti do bus postaje. Tam sem se pocila na nek lokalni hwaker centre in narocila hockkien mee hockkien nudlne ki so tu zelo znani saj Penang oblvadujejo Kitajci iz Hockkiena. Snedla sem torej te nudlne v obliki juhice za 3r in seveda teh tarik za 1r in vedno znova me navdusi kako lahko Azijci iz ene same za http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-445424.html Ah obicno penangsko ludilo.Zjutraj sem hotela na zajtrk k hare krisna a glej no glej baje so nehali zastonj talat outsiderjem. Jebiga desi se. Tudi Ang je bil presenecen saj se je to ocitno zgodilo cez noc.Ker je on moral na neko zadevo ob 9h je odpadel tudi tai chi a ni panike. Najprej sem sla za sosednji vogal na chapatije in teh tarik 220r oboje skupaj potem pa sem za naslednjim voga http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-445198.html Oh Penang Penang. It has been too long.Zajtrk je bil ze kar standarden torej sadje galore in roti chanai in kopi cez cesto. Ko sva se spakirali naju je gazda Alah bless him zategnil do bus postaje Langarr zal ne Langa in nama za vse skupaj torej sobo in taksi usluge racunal samo 20r. Clovek bi ga kar posvojil.A zal sva ob 9h ze sedeli na busu za v Penang. Po izjemno zrihtani regionalni http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-444918.html Mum Dad and I got dropped off at our hotel in Batu Ferringhi Penang. Having unpacked well Mum and Dad did I made a token gesture at unpacking we went and had some lunch before briefly exploring the local area. After awhile we decided to return to the hostel whereby I went to investigate the swimming pool...Thursday morning and I had already decided that I was going to do nothing for the day. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/Batu-Ferringhi/blog-443154.html