Blogs from George Town, Penang, Malaysia, Asia - page 13

I can't wait to get to KL just to upload all of my recent photos off my camera... So, today, me and Tyler had a pretty uneventful day. First we both went in search of flip flops (thongs to him) which we found..then we walked the hawker stalls of Penang street, where we tried cendol. Its a popular malay sweet dish, made of coconut milk, a worm-like jelly, rice flour with green food colouring, shaved ice and grass jelly. After that we walked through little India and had various samosas and Indian food. It's was nice but we were stuffed! Tonight we went to the hawker food court for tea. I tried Curry mee, which is a dish that is unique to malaysia made up of thin yellow egg noodles and thin rice vermicelli with spicy ... read more

After a 3hr ferry ride from Langkawi i arrived in georgetown. I checked into Ryokan hostel which is great but due to the marathon being held at the old bridge for the last time everywhere is fully booked. So tomorrow morning i leave here and check into Guest inn, muntri street for 1nt (£11) the ONLY place i could get a room for the nt and then i have 2 more nights back at Ryokan. Georgetown is located on the north-east tip of the island is the capital of Penang & is the oldest town/city in the country. Since its listing as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, apparantly the city has experienced a revival, as renewed interests in its historical sites brought heritage conservation, breathing new life into old buildings and the city streets. ... read more

Remembering to take with me an abundance of warm clothes I had a successful sleep on the night bus from Kota Bahru to Penang. Like many of the busses in Malaysia it operated a team of staff that was three fold; 1st the driver, 2nd the person to sell you a ticket and 3rdthe person to rip your ticket. The system works well if maybe a little over staffed but then I’ve heard on the grapevine that unemployment in Malaysia is a mere 3% The great this about night buses is that they provide you with a place to sleep, the bad thing is that often this place to sleep will get to your stop at 4:30 in the morning. But this was fine as it meant the temperature was still cool and I could ... read more

Onsdag: Idag besökte vi den fjärde och senaste siten Plexus byggt på Penang, Islandview. Som vi nu börjar bli bortskämda med så höll platschefen med ledningsgrupp i presentationen. Inte så lite James Bond känsla i lokalerna. Mycket imponerande! Vi avrundade med lite Kinamat och tackade för oss. Det var nästan lite vemodigt efter dessa intensiva dagar... Efter lite ombyte så åkte vi till det moderna high end shoppingcentret Gurney, bredvid G-hotel. Otroligt stort och med ett sanslöst utbud av kläder och teknikprylar som vi inte ens har hemma i Sverige. Dagens spaning är de inte beskattar lyxklockor. En Omega DeVille kostar således endast en tredjedel av vad den gör hemma. På det skulle jag dessutom kunna få 8% rabatt ;) Vi besökte även stranden vid Long Pine och bestämde att morgondagen ska tillbringas där i väntan ... read more

Torsdag 13/9 2012 Tillbaka till ENC, fortsatta benchmarkövningar hela dagen med olika funktioner. På kvällen bordade vi snabbtåget till Shanghai. Det var ruskigt likt det Japanska Shinkansen-tåget. Sträckan Nanjing-Shanghai på ca: 30 mil avverkades på 1h 7min! Av någon anledning hade resebyrån bokat rum för rökare så ändring till icke-rökare medförde att vi fick varsin lägenhet med tvättmaskin. Det var bra tajmat eftersom underkläderna började ta slut. På kvällen tog Anders och jag en promenad ner till floden och avslutade med lite kvällsmat på McDonalds. Fredag 14/9 2012: Förväntningarna var stora vid frukosten. Nu skulle vi äntligen få besöka ett företag som kvalificerat sig för Shingo-priset, Autoliv Shanghai. Företagets Vice President, Fabien, tog emot oss. Han visade sig vara en riktig inspirationskälla. Han pratade mycket om vikten av att sätta människan i centrum, inte... read more