Hello there, We have now left Penang, but still have a few bits to fill you all in on from the last couple of days.... WOW! The spice farm was amazing, not quite what we were expecting, it was actually part of the rainforest.. and not so much a farm. Wandered around it for about 3-4 hours and saw literally every herb and spice you could think of! Loads of massive palms, and beautiful flowers, even saw some white faced monkeys in the tree tops (very cute, with...

G'day all, Ah, quite a lot has happened since we last blogged! Starting from where we left off last time... we went and ate some great food on Monday night... Had some duck with rice/noodles, and chicken satay! Tuesday was very chilled, had a wander around town. Went to the Penang musuem which was quite intresting from the historical and cultural side of things, but quite small. We then walked the streets, looking at old colonial buildings and temples as we went...

Hello to all, We have now arrived in Penang, having left a day late from Langkawi due to a rather large storm (tried getting a photo of it, but the rain was moving to quickly to capture). Had quite a long journey, which was fun. Saved ourselves RM60, and saw lots more countryside.. rice paddies for miles and miles, with the occasional palm plantation dotted in between... all very beautiful! Started by getting a taxi from the beach (Pantai Cenang) to the Ferry, ...

Just have to tell everyone about our first cockroach experience! Were sitting watching Sherlock Holmes at about midnight when a huge cockroach crawled out from under the tv!!! I (nina) tried to catch it in a glass while ben ran next door shouting 'ahh its my worst animal ahh!'. He came to help me in the end, and whilst trying to catch it we discovered they fly, directly at you. Eventually ben got a broom and hit it, I then scraped it up and put it outside. The n...

Selemat Datang (Welcome) once more... Have had quite a mixed few days since we last wrote. Spent our last couple of days in Pangkor chilling out on the beach, lazing in the sun and swimming in the sea! Such a beautiful place, would definately recommend it to anyone. Since we last blogged we have seen quite a few wild monkeys on Pulau Pangkor... just before we were about to leave, we were walking back from the beach, we saw a whole tribe of about 20 including qui...