Today I woke up at Caths and had absolutely no idea of what was going on, apparently her Aunty was supposed to be here to show me around, tell me what's what but unfortunately she wasn't around. At about 1pm she came home and her and I went to take Caths little brother lunch at school. It was absolute chaos at the school cars, kids and parents everywhere! I met Caths little brother Vevang and we sat and had a chat whilst he ate his dinner. Next we headed back t...

Today was once again very hot in Penang but I decided to make the most of it. In the morning I walked into the old town and stumbled across these amazing markets called Campbell Mall Markets; basically most of the market was finishing up as it was approaching midday but there were a bunch of stalls still open selling preserved pickled fruits. I was given a run down of the technique for preserving the various fruits which involved ailing the fruit in salt, then ...

After a fairly rough nights sleep I was up at 7am ready to go today. First up I got my washing out the way, sent a few emails and then went out for a walk. I went for a nice walk along the promenade here and although the water is quiet muddy and unswimmable it is still quiet majestic to look at with various sea birds and critters scouring the coastline. By around 1pm it was too hot and I could already feel that I was sunburned so I headed back to the house. In...

After a much needed rest and a belly full of food I was up early today ready to check out the city of Penang. First up myself and Sam went to the food market to buy some local produce as I would be cooking for the family tonight. The food market was a very interesting mix of Malay, Chinese and Indian foods - what I found very interesting is the Indian presence here, considering only about 10% of the population are Indian there seems to be a lot of Indian goods a...