The good (rice paddies, deserted beaches, waterfalls, historic buildings, Pizza hut) and the not so good (food poisoning, home-sickness, rain, NZ beggars) in north-west Malaysia

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June 14th 2008

Published: June 15th 2008

Penang through to Langkawi (leaving Malaysia) Another bus trip later and we arrived in Penang (or Georgetown), which is an island in the north-west of Malaysia (attached by SE Asia’s longest bridge). Georgetown is known for its historical buildings and English settlements, apparent in the many old churches. Unfortunately Penang is probably going to be remembered in a less than enthusiastic way�... Read Full Entry

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15th June 2008

margaret
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Hi
More fascinating reading. A hint: avoid chicken - it is decidely dodgy in Asia. Plain rice and bananas work better when the stomach is churning. I can't believe how cheap the accommodation is - will give you more money to spend in Europe. Great photos again - poor Matt looks miserable. Trust you are both back to normal now. Just think of it as collecting a few more antibodies. When you know when you are arriving in Canada let us know. Dad will be there at the beginning of October. (Meetings at a stunning spot called Cedar Springs? just over the border in the US.) He will fly in and out of VAncouver. As always - heaps of love to you both.

16th June 2008

Alisha
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Gutted about the food poisoning! I was reading in the paper the other day that they have formulated this 'Delhi Belly' vaccine. Apparently its a little patch you put under your arm that delivers a small amount of E-Coli into your system, so that your body can learn to fight it off. It's meant to reduce the probability of food poisoning by about 75%. A few weeks too late aye!!! ;) Hope you're having a great time in Thailand! :)

18th June 2008

jeroen & jeanine
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Hi!!!
Hi you two, we've just been reading your blog, great photos and sounds like you are doing a lot of stuff and having a good time (apart from stomach bugs and homesickness, hopefully both will pass!). We are in Port vila now and are off to the outer islands tomorrow, if we make it back to civilisation aolraet we'll surely read more on your blog, hopefully more great stories and keep up the good work with the pics.... Enjoy!

22nd June 2008

heather and john c
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our first google travel blog experience
hi guys mum gave us your site contact for info on cairns .we are off there for 3 weeks in july/august.very usefull info thanks. carried on with your blog and feel like we have travelled malaysia with you, lots of love, enjoy it all. heather

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