After spending a night in KL we were ready to move on - didn't have any probs with the place - we stayed in Chinatown for one night and explored a little. No way did we do KL justice... it's massive and loads to see - but Deepster has been before and she knows i'm more excited about the non big city parts of our tour - like penang. Heard a few things about the island of penang - good things. Also there is a Sufi centre there... got a coach for 35 RM which is 7 poonds, real luxurious, same size as a UK coach but only 3 seats in a row, so very wide and reclining. Coached to Butterworth (which mandeep accidentally referred to as Battersby (from coronation st... ooh double brackets (woah triple brackets!)))
Lost my train of thought after them triple brackets.
I'll take this opportunity to mention some general impressions of Malaysia so far.
- Its clean in KL and penang, although they do gather piles of rubbish at night on the streets which can attract rats.
- get holla'd at in the markets but nothing aggressive. If you say you're not interested you are instantly left alone, often with a smile
- guides approach you to try and discern where you are going but they are pleasant enough, no one has tried to ad hoc ask for money which really annoyed me in morocco. No one is hostile.
Where was I.... yeah so penang. No butterworth. Arrived fairly late due to rush hour and THUNDERSTORM 4hr journey took 6hrs. Had to get the ferry across to reach penang. By this time it was about 20:30, chucking it down, hungry/tired/need a shower. So maybe it wasn't the most sensible choice to walk a mile to the hostel with 15 kilos on each of our backs..! No regrets, it gave us a feel for the business end of the island (Georgetown) and a little training for jungle trekking in Borneo.
After a wrong turn or 2 we got to our hostel.... and boy is it fly..! Spacious lobby, chilled out communal areas, really clean, powerful showers and super reasonable price wise. Kimberly House will definitely be getting good reviews from us! After a freshen up we decided to hit some street food. Found a vegi noodle stand and for 5 RM me n Deepster ate to our bellies content. Thats 1 POUND... AS IN 50p EACH!!! Simple tasty food just the way we likes it. Now it's time to relax for the first night since we left the UK.. pictures to follow
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