Today has been the free day of the tour. After what seemed like an extremely long journey from kuala Khangsar to Geaogetown, Penang yesterday i was very tired. The couldn't have gone any worse! My bags weighed a tonne, it was raining throughout the coach trip and some plonker from the back of the coach decided to leave the bottle water open and so, my entire rucksack was wet! Absolute nightmare of a day and Penang was raining... After the rain stopped later in th...

This city is a shocker once you enter the area! I thought, well had impressions of a clean. modern city. The opposite in all ways! If you have been to India you will understand what am saying...! The place is full and heeving of people and a total mess from Singapore. We were staying at the Swizz Inn Hotel in central Chinatown. This is a nice hotel and a relief away from the busy human traffice just steps away from the entrance doors. There's some really good pl...