Georgetown is a lovely food filled city on the beautiful island of Penang. Loved it back in January, but this time was even better I think. First of all, my room had a window - amazing for cheap Malaysian accomodation. You have no idea how much you miss sleeping in a room with a window until that luxury is yanked out of reach.

I think this was a hair-dressing salon, not sure why the Australian flag is flying

Secondly it was cooler this time. It started to drizzle on my first day there around breakfast-time (Steamed Kaya Bread at Toh Soon Cafe) which made walking around until lunchtime pleasant and cool. There were bursts of drizzle throughout my entire stay, I think I even may have gotten cold at one point and no, I wasn’t on a freezing air-conditioned bus at the time.

The new majestic seems to be falling down.

Thirdly, I did more exploring. The temperature drop made wandering pleasant and was much more conducive to eating.

Mosque at dusk

And eat I did. I flew to Penang late at night, and almost as soon as I entered the airport in Kuching I got hungry. I woke up ravenous, and had multiple breakfasts, each one more delicious than the last.

My hostel may not have wireless in the rooms, but there is a guy here who used to be a science teacher in Byron. He is walking around with a fundamental foods bag. Furthermore, he can’t remember my name or who I am from one day to the next. Hilarious. I’m in Hanoi now, but were I in Penang it would be time for a stand-up cendol break - more on that later.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 12:39 am and is filed under Malaysia.