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Published: March 12th 2012
Hello!
We have made it to Malaysia! We had a great time in Thailand but got itchy feet and so spent 11 days there and we are going to spend 11 days here too. (unless we decide we want more than 1 night in Singapore, we might head there earlier than planned).
We woke up at 6 on Sunday morning and caught a taxi to the bus station, where we got the bus to the pier, onto the boat to Surat Thani on the mainland, then 2 minibuses down through the border and into Malaysia. We arrived in Georgetown at 9 pm, so spent 14 hours on the move (Malaysia is 1 hour ahead of Thailand so we are now 8 hours ahead!). Gerogetown is in Penang and is off the mainland so to get to it we had to go over the 4 mile long bridge, which at night gave us a great view of the city lit up at night.
We are staying in the Red Inn, Heritage, which is very nice, have a room to ourselves, free breakfast (chicken nuggets and melon) and is only five pounds a night. Smashing.
So today, our first
day in Georgetown started with said chicken nuggets, then we followed out map in the sweltering heat to Fort Cornwallis, built by the Englishman Francis Light who was the first person to set foot on the island in 1786. Couldn't resist the 40p entry. Then we walked down Pengkalan Weld and stopped at a standard pier, or so we thought, for a sit down and some Dooberry buiscuits which are lush. Then as we walked off, I spotted something swimming in the water. I looked closer and it was a lizard that was at least 1 meter long. It looked like a Komodo Dragon to me, have a look for yourself in the pictures.
After the excitement of Dooberries and dragons, we walked further down to the Venice of Malaysia, where 2000 fisherman live in houses on stilts over the sea. Took some nice black and white snaps and moved on.
Then we walked through a Hawker centre where loads of stalls sell food, you know, skinned frogs, fish heads, standard stuff really.
After a spot of lunch there, we started heading back to the hostel, via 'Little India', where all Indian population of Georgetown hang out.
I saw lots of old topless men that I took photos of...
After the excitement of a power cut to the whole block, we had a rest in our room and headed out again for dinner. We went straght for Little India as we all fancied a curry, and we weren't dissapointed. Me and Steph had Chicken Tikka Masala, Matt had the Chicken Briyani Claypot and two huge 'world class' naan breads all for 9 pounds. Never been so full.
We wondered back to the hostel which was now lit up by candles and played poker until I won through complete luck!
We have decided to book one extra night here as its cheap and nice and we want another curry tomorrow! Hope you enjoy the pictures.
Oh and if theres any Komodo Dragon experts out there, get in touch, we want to know what we saw!
Charlie
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kelvin
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Monitor
looks like a Monitor lizard to me. If you see one making early morning deliveries around the neighbourhood - it's probably a milk monitor.. (sorry). Charlie's Dad.