Penang!

The journey to Penang was long and uneventful until we missed our stop on the coach. We had to go about 60km further north to the final destination, Alor Setar, and get a bus back. Eventually we arrived at our hostel at about midnight.

The next morning we got up and went downstairs. A funny old man called Charlie was there to tell us what to do in Penang. It was quite hard to understand what he was saying but he was one of those guys who everything they say is hilarious. On the first day we decided to wander around the town and see what we could find. Obviously we stumbled across the shopping mall where our Starbucks radar must have taken us. We had a coffee and continued into Chinatown. We stopped off at an Indian restaurant and had some amazing food... something involving chicken as we didn't understand the menu it was chef's suggestion, very tasty. On our wanderings we also stumbled across a fort, called Fort Cornwallis. It was 2 ringgit to get in so we went to have a look. It was quite interesting! Just outside the fort there was also a monument marking Queen Victoria's diamond Jubilee.

Fort Cornwallis

Eating some delicious Indian food!

A Buddhist temple opposite our hostel. There was a Chinese one next to it where Charlie went to get my fortune. Apparently I have people who will help me in North, South, East AND West. Good to know.

This is a nice litlle snap of all our friends we made at the hostel, including Lanee, a girl from the Philippines who works there. She is amazing, along with Jazz from Burma and Charlie, who has lived in Penang all his life. Top notch! They deffo made it worth staying at Reggae Hostel!