Blogs from George Town, Penang, Malaysia, Asia - page 15

Bonjour tout le monde!!!!! Nous voilà rendu dans un autre pays: la Malaisie! Plus précisément, nous nous sommes rendus dans l'état de Penang: Georgetown. À Penang, on y retrouve des Malais, des Chinois, des Indiens ainsi que des Nyonya (métisse entre un père chinois et d'une mère malaise). À notre arrivée, nous avons réservé une chambre (relativement grande) à l'hôtel "New Asia Heritage". Grâce à cette grande diversité ethnique, Penang est reconnue comme un des meilleurs endroits au monde pour sa nourriture de qualité et diversifiée. Pour les amateurs affamés de cuisines différentes, vous serez bien servis!! À Penang, les restaurants ferment relativement tôt, sinon, vous pouvez compter sur le fameux "Red Garden Food Paradise" qui ferme un peu plus tard. Un genre de foire alimentaire où plus d'une douzaine de comptoirs, tous regroupés à un ... read more

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 ... read more

It was a short five minute walk from Butterworth train station to the ferry and a quick ride across to the island of Penang where I jumped off and made my way to "Love Lane" - the hub of budget backpacker accommodation in Georgetown. Lonely Planet advocates taking the bus but this is surely for the only truly lazy traveller... ten minutes walking and I was there and checking into Reggae Guest House which had been recommended to me by a fella in KL. It was a nice sociable place with free internet and breakfast and a pool table downstairs and I stayed there 5 nights. Georgetown was a very comfortable place to stay for a while. It was easily navigable on foot and it was hard not to find something to like. Above all, the ... read more

The island of Penang is just off the west coast of Malaysia, although it’s an island it can be reached by the one of the longest bridges in Asia. At 13.5 kilometres it spans the Straits of Melaka. We arrived here after a 4-hour bus journey; a lot of the time was taken up by queuing up at immigration on the border between Thailand and Malaysia. Our mini bus, for once, was not overloaded. We, well Stan mostly, spent most of the 4 hours chatting to a Canadian fellow traveller; he was a frequent visitor to Penang and knew of a clean cheap safe guesthouse. He’d reserved a room but luckily for us they had another vacant room so we were sorted without having to tramp around. It’s always good to follow someone’s recommendation. Looking ... read more

after a few bottles of Tiger, i bade goodbye to M.Y. girls jm and bel.. and bob marley who had been plastered smiling at us through out our drinking session in Reggae bar in chinatown that night. it was still an hour before my trip when i arrived in the terminal. i must say its really neat for a bus terminal complete with mirrored walls and comfy couches. Plus liner; 30 RM( Malaysian Ringgit; 13Rm=1US$),Penang bound, 11:59pm. a quick 3-hour-plus ride since freeway is pretty much free during this dead hours of the night. hopped into the bus. intently eager to leave Kuala Lumpur and all that unfortune done deal with the hindu. now, a couple of bucks less on my budg... read more