Today we are hopping on a bus to go to a small Thai village called Haatyai. We don't really know what is at Haatyai, but feel it is time to keep moving on from Penang. We are absolutely loving Penang, but want to get into Thailand. We will cross the thai border today at some stage. Last night we ate like royalty in Penang for about $5 AU. While sitting on the street having a beer last night, i was approached by a hawker who seemed a bit "not with it", ...

Greetings! We left Hong Kong last night and are now in Penang, staying in the middle of Georgetown. I like Malaysia so far - even thought taxi drivers don't seem to believe in indicators, or indeed even in lanes of traffic at all! Heath and i came close to our first disagreement on Saturday - we went to lantau island and caught the cable car up to the top of a mountain where there's a big buddah (it's actually called the big buddah) and a monastary. Very very bea...