Pulau Penang

Blogging from Penang in an internet cafe at the moment. Don't know how long I should stay here. Eight minutes to blog. Okay, so I haven't had any really good food here yet. Maybe the agar jelly with lemon was good. But nothing out of this world to hit my tastebuds. Going to Penang National Park today but I have to buy a towel before I head out. Don't know how that's going to work. It could be interesting.

Don't have a lot to say. Penang is what you would imagine a southeast asian city to be. Small, dirty, small roads, and lots of hawker food stalls. Still super nice people. I just need to get to the beach.

EDIT: Okay just had some awesome Penang Asam Laksa, Satay, apple and orange juice, and icy cendol. To top it off I had some really good street dim sum. They had fried taro dumplings that don't taste like ammonia! Penang night markets are where it is at. The morning keow kak was not very good at all. Can't wait to try the food courts tomorrow. More Cendol and maybe some radioactive colored ABC.

So today I went to Penang National Park. It was extremely irritating because I thought I would be able to walk along the beach to get to Monkey Beach so I brought sandals. Ended up that I had to trek through the jungle to get to the beach and there were no monkeys in sight. Bad breaks. The water felt nice on my feet though. For a moment there, I thought I was getting heatstroke. My whole upper body felt really, really hot.

I have this weird roommate in my dorm room. He is half Malay, half Chinese. Stays out all night and sleeps all day. I am guessing he is a bouncer of sorts in a nightclub and is saving money sleeping in a dorm. Who knows.

All right. I have no plans for tomorrow in my last day in Penang but maybe the botanical gardens and Penang Hill. Then, the late 'mini-bus' to Kuala Besut and on to the Perhentian islands. Woohoo. Tropical paradise here I come.