A short dive into the multicultural neighborhood of Penang
We took the endless trainride from Suratthani down to Hat Yai and from there towards Penang, Malaysia. The border crossing was the easiest I ever had. As soon as we crossed the border, Malaysian students started to enter the train, they use as transport back home from school. Soon loads of Malaysian kids were analysing us and giggling at each other when we looked at them.
I want to make this short. We took the ferry over to Georgetown, where we walked through the whole city to find a cheap hostel. The food in this city was amazing. The whole town is a meltin pot of differend religions, cultures and nationalities. We walked by chinese temples and huge mosques, crossing catholic schools and jewish kids playing football.
We took our time to dicover the island with a motorbike. I survived a monkey attack in the biotopic gardens and japanese kids in the huge shopping mals laughted at us because of our dirty and disrupted clothes. After all I loved the place and expecially the food down there, I am 100% sure I will make another trip to discover more of the malaysian culture.
Tags: Malaysia
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