Waiting for the bus from KL to Penang was confusing and disorganised. No one explained why we had been herded out of the bus station and into the busy streets where we waited for another hour for the bus. Every time I asked the fat man who seemed like he was in charge when the bus would be here he just murmured and gestured with his hands.

We arrived in Penang in the early evening and settled into our hostel a 25ringgit taxi ride away from the bus terminal. A sister of KL Reggae Mansions, Reggae Guesthouse Penang was on Love Lane in Georgetown. We were welcomed by the cutest little Asian man, the manager Charlie and he made us feel at home throughout our stay. Each bed in the 8 bed dorm had a curtain, mirror that opened up with little shelves and a table, light and plug, it was like a little pod, it was great to have your own little space.

Penang is known for its food so being a food lover I was excited to get started on sampling "the best food in Malaysia". Our hostel sat in between Chinatown and Little India so there was a great choice of Indian, Chinese and Malaysian restaurants, hawker stalls and food courts. At first we were quite overwhelmed by the choice and to know where is good and what is safe but there is so much competition that if the food was bad or unsafe it wouldn't last. Georgetown is a heritage town and many of the facades of the houses and shops have been untouched so it's like stepping back into a different era. I loved walking around Georgetown and taking in the history of the place. While there we tried some traditional dishes Char Koay Teow yummy prawn and egg noodles. I tried Hokkien Prawn Mee (thick rice noodles with a seafood broth) which had a lot of flavour but the broth was a bit too rich for me. We had satay from a hawker stall, which was very good and a home favourite. We ate in a couple of food courts sharing 2 dishes, including wonton soup noodles and bbq duck rice and drank tiger beer while watching the Malaysian singers. We had lunch in little India another home comfort. The tastiest tandoori and tikka chicken, flavour all the way through with naan and Biriyani rice. So good in fact we skipped breakfast and went there for lunch 3 times.

As well as great food there was some very cool street art! We spent an afternoon hunting down the pieces of a Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic who had painted murals on the walls of Georgetown. The murals captured a moment in everyday Penang life.

Faith and religion is a big part of every Malaysians life and that is represented by the countless temples, mosques, churches that our scattered around Penang. When walking around Georgetown we came across dozens and on our tour we visited 3 huge buddhist temples. We saw the standing Buddha, the reclining Buddha and Kek Si Lok Temple which has a big tower and above it a huge Taoist statue. Each temple no matter how small or large was beautifully decorated with stories and colourful imagery and characters from their beliefs.

Part of the tour was also the botanical gardens, which had dozens of monkeys running around. The bee, chocolate and batik museum which had beautiful hand made dresses, trousers and scarfs.

I had a great time in Penang, 3 full days was a perfect amount of time there. We saw the sights and ate like kings! The only thing I wish is that I could of tried the dish Char Cheong Fun but it was sold out every time I went to get it lol!