Seriously, we got directions here from a street vendor who made my necklace. He gave us everything from landmarks to bus ticket prices to ferry times... and it was all correct. Forget you, expensive (yet somehow outdated) travel book! It was incredible.
Downtown Chinatown (hey, that rhymes!)
So after a long journey full of rude, pushy people and third world smells, we finally arrived to Penang. We ventured down to Chinatown- the backpackers' area and found residence at a family run hostel. It was awesome there, except for the fact that the power was out our last 24 hours there. Definitely got good use out of my 100 yen flashlight.
First dinner: cold {gross} Malay food from a hawker stand
Caught the local bus with school kids and the monks
"Liberation Pond" Pretty sure this is the exact opposite of liberation
Adorable stone benches
Emma placed a prayer ribbon for health and safety of her family
Another installment of the video series!! Our second lift on the trip, this one was much more to my liking ;)
We had many misunderstandings of American English to British English translations (Me asking Emma if she saw that girl "eat it, like five times" and Emma responding "No, what was she eating? But I saw her fall a bunch of times"), my favorite was when Emma turned to me and said "Oh, that guy is cute!" Me being the ninja photographer that I am, smiled and very sneakily took a picture of Emma and her "cute guy"
Turned out... what she ACTUALLY said was "Oh, there's a guy in the queue". Right.
Stopped to refuel at a Hawker Stand. Actually legit and AMAZZZINGGG food. Top #3 favorite meal of the trip
Hawker food with freshly squeezed sugar cane juice
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