Hi there,
My last evening in Georgetown or Penang in Malaysia....so time to write a bit.
Some like this island, some don't. Me, I like it! I like Chinatowns, I like Little (or big) India's, I like temples, I like the jungle, I like the beach, I like great views, I like travellers....and you know what...it's all here ;-)
What happened here...Penang Hill is not that high, but is quite heavy to walk for a beginner like me. I really want to do some bigger hikings in the future so I really have to get myself fit someway. This was the beginning. A climbing of 5,5 KM with rises of about 30%. The 3 of us started together, but after 0.7 KM my sister decided to stop a car and she and Jesse drove in the back of a car to the top of the hill. About one hour later I arrived completely wet but it was all worth it. I saw the first free monkeys...saw some snakes...beautiful butterflies...and it was nice being whole by myself for a moment...let's say just a nice experience.
We've been to the KOK LOK SI Temple as well....go there if you'll ever visit Penang!
and what else happened here...
- I got over my jetlag
- a rat ran over my foot
- I met an extreme intrusive german guy
- we' ve been freezing in a bus
- we had our first rain
- I spend hours on the internet trying to put some pictures on my blog for you, the result is a slideshow....so you better like it :-)
- we are already a part of easy life
We are staying in a really nice Hotel here, the Hang Chow Hotel...the people are so friendly and they love Jesse because he's so extremely blond. He knows some more english words now, which is really cute.
We've been staying here a little bit longer than we first thought we would, but the weather conditions 'around' us were so bad, that we needed a bit time to think things over and change our plans again. It's so great that my sister is as flexible and relaxed as I am, so it's easy for us to adapt our plans over and over again ;-)
First we wanted to take the bus to Hat Yai and from there a plane to Chiang Mai...but Hat Yai, same as a huge region in Thailand was floaded, so now we fly to Bangkok and then go further on to Chiang Mai. We hope to stay here for 6 or 7 days, so I can do a hiking trip and then go slowly down back to Bangkok where we probably will take a plane to Surabaya on Java.... and from there to...Bali...but you'll never know maybe we've to change it again ;-)
Looking forward...and see you soon on the net!
hug,
Carry
