Today we have reached the halfway point of our trip – five weeks gone, and another five to go. \u00a0It seems more than five weeks since we left home but I suspect the second half of the trip will feel much shorter.<\/p>\n
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We have been busy since we last updated the blog. \u00a0Everyone was well enough to thoroughly enjoy our last day in KL at the Sunway Lagoon water park. \u00a0We went down all the water slides, and most of the fair rides as well. \u00a0There was some random height measuring going on. \u00a0The official height restriction was 1.1m for all the rides, but at some rides Susie stood well over the marker and at others a good 10cm under. \u00a0In the end, after some debate, there was only one she was not allowed on. \u00a0We arrived as the park opened, and left as it closed. \u00a0We all slept well that night. \u00a0Phil has taken some footage with the waterproof camera but video is proving difficult to edit and upload so it may not be seen until we are home!<\/p>\n
The following day we caught our bus for Penang. \u00a0Ramadan caught us out again – the six hour bus was broken only by a toilet stop and not the expected lunch one! \u00a0The kids thought all their Christmas’s had come as they ate bisuits and crisps for lunch :-). We made it to our hotel on Bayu Ferenggi by about five pm. \u00a0A quick dip in the pool and off to look for tea. \u00a0It turns out there is an excellent hawker centre ( well Penang is famous for it’s food) nearby which we have frequented every night. \u00a0The sweet rotis with cndensed milk have been a hit, as was Emma’s oxtail soup!<\/p>\n
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While we have been here we have visited Georgetown where we took the opportunity to buy our 20 hour overnight train tickets to Bangkok for later on. \u00a0The lovely lady behind the counter informed us all days after ours are already booked solid due to the end of Ramadan but also told us that one or two days a week the train is cancelled on the day! \u00a0Fingers crossed it is not ours….. \u00a0We enjoyed walking around the city, looked at Fort Cornwallis and the museum as well as taking in the architecture and soaking up the culture. \u00a0At lunchtime we stopped in Little India at a small restaurant where we liked the man cooking rotis at the front. \u00a0We sat down and when asked for our order mentioned rotis. \u00a0“only lunch menu now” we were told. \u00a0We looked hopefully for a menu but none was forthcoming so we asked “what’s on the lunch menu?”. “banana leaf set”. \u00a0So that’s whar we had, and very tasty it was too!<\/p>\n
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We have also visited Kek Soo Li temple, been up Penang hill and played in the Youth Park. All good fun. \u00a0Now we have to pack up again, we are off to our third country – Indonesia – with a flight to Sumatra tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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Today we have reached the halfway point of our trip – five weeks gone, and another five to go. \u00a0It seems more than five weeks since we left home but I suspect the second half of the trip will feel much shorter. We have been busy since we last updated the blog. \u00a0Everyone was … <\/p>\n