enang, my sweet chaotic place =)
Well caught the bus, but forgot to go
to the bank before. So I was standing in Penang at the Bus Stop and
could not even take a bus(My last ringits went for the one beer I had
yesterday, I even had to borrow 1 xD )
So I tried to figure out where the exit
of the busstation was, because it had a huge fence all around. Why in
the world are people doing that?
Well so I asked this Indian woman with
her daughter and they told me somebody would pick them up and they
could drop me off. Yeah I know something bad could have happened,
well but nothing did, they looked really nice and were very warm
people. So I got asked tons of questions when the rest of their
family came and they were quite surprised about me travelling alone
and everything. Guess not something what normal girls do here. So I
got dropped of at a huge mall and got first money and than went to
the free shuttle bus they are having here.
I just had one problem, I didn´t know
were to go to xD
So I just decided to ask someother
foreigners, well and got lucky, the American new a really cheap place
and fair enough I am paying 25 for a dorm room, am in the middle of
the Little India and it is really nice and clean.
But ohh well the bed is horrible
hart...that´s going to be a interesting night.
I than just had a stroll around and
this guy followed me around for half an hour, he even went to the
same park, like he was crossing my way again and again and always
saying hi, and everytime I made a turn to another direction he did
too, but I guess after I ignored him for half an hour he either went
or lost me in the crowd-.- thank god xD
I than walked into the Chinese part and
got myself a noddle soup for incredible 3.5 and a tea. And now it
really tasted very good. Can´t complain so far.
Than I went into little India, and yeah
I know that was just typical touristy, but since Bollywood I always
wanted to have a Sari. So I strolled and I was successful. I got a
redone, which is really nice, with the blouse and the skirt+ some
bangles for just 20 Euro all together. I am quite happy with this
deal, I know probably not best quality, but still it´s a little
dream come true.
So now I have a kilt, a sari, cowboy
boats and head, belly dancing scarf, and some other traditional
clothes....soon I get the Kung Fu outfit, now I just have to figure
out how I get my kimono :P
I love traditional clothing, like you
maybe noticed ;)
So what else is there to tell, Penang
is really run down, you don´t have sidewalks, so prepare to jump out
of the way and it´s not the cleanest and kinda very dirty air, at
least I got the feeling, but maybe it´s just because there is a big
fire supposedly in Indonesia.
But all this chaos and dust and dirt
makes it very interesting, so I can´t wait to see more tomorrow and
everybody who thinks 1 day is enough...no way, not if you really want
to see the highland, no you´ll need some more time, trust me.
But let´s see how much I can fit in
tomorrow...
Ok second day Penang, and this is were
I calculated wrong, I should have taken the nightbus and left at
night from there, but no I forgot about it and had booked two nights
in the hostel.
So because there was no other option I
went out. I saw a Chinese Mansion, everybody who has the lonely
planet book, knows which one I am talking about. The nice blue one on
the cover for Malaysia.
The tour was quite funny and I learned
a lot about traditions and architecture. I really enjoyed this.
Than I strolled down the street, got
myself some food, chickenrice, what else could it be :P Well and what
I thought was quite interesting, I got a soup with it. But not just a
watery one, no it had liver, stomach and heart and also some veggies.
It tasted kind of like the stuff my mother makes at home, a bit sour,
I really enjoyed it.
After this I headed down to the bus
station to get to a temple. If you are looking for temples Penang is
the place to be, you have tons of them, Buddhist, Hindu, Mosques,
Churches. Around every corner you will find one. I skipped the lying
Buddha and went instead to the Kek Lok Si Temple, a huge, big thing
on a hill.
No the funny thing was that on the way
the bus had a tiny accident, a wheel just exploded. I thought that
was pretty funny and I couldn´t think about one time this happened
to me in Germany.
The way to the temple was lined with
shops, no matter what you look for you´ll find it, but too much is
too much.
I stayed some time at the temple and
relaxed. You know it´s like nice and peaceful you just have to find
the right corners.
I kinda felt a bit awkward because
there were not as many tourists as usually, so I felt weird when
people were starring at me.
But it was not to bad, really shocked
they just were when I got a wish band and hung it up the well I just
call it wishing tree.
I got the one that wishes for the
family to be safe and healthy.
When I headed back I bought a T-Shirt
and some pencils for my mother, because she asked for souvenirs.
I went back to the Hostel and than just
looked about what to do because of the buses. I should have just
taken the night bus and went to Taman Negara, but noooo I had to go
to the Perenthians, more later...
After a pretty long search I got
something to eat and decided to leave in the morning. BIG MISTAKE.
If you ever go to the Perenthians,
leave in the evening so that you arrive in the morning, otherwise you
have real trouble finding a place to stay.
