I spent last week at Holiday Inn resort on Batu Feringghi Beach before looking for more urban life in this old city. There was not too much to do except to enjoy sun or shade with good beer or tropical drinks at a nice pool bar, once again.
I found nice company already during the first day, fellow country citizens Toni 32 and Johanna 30, from Turku, Finland. I started to tell them all kind of experiences and jokes from their home town, but since happily laughing along with me, I started to like them. We had several evenings together and a lot of fun and good food. I also spent with or without them all the late hours until midnight at the Holiday Inn's lounge bar , where Rosa and Ron, from Pilippinas of course, played and sung very romantic music, and during the pauses she often sat with me telling her life story.
Now here except the night life, this is my really first active day. I have been walking on a hot day +33C for hours looking all around. This is still partly very colonial city with it's very strong influence from Chinese and Indian inhabitants.
Even plenty of new modern buildings, you still can find great areas here with the atmosphere of long bygone days. I then found an Indian restaurant after a long search, where two very cold Tiger beers tasted heavenly. Then this was the first internet place I've seen here, and decided to write my recent news.
Tomorrow I shall take a ferry to Langkawi, to stay there for three or four days.
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Dear Matti! We really have been quite near each other! I was, with my husband, on Penang, Shangri-La Rasa Sayong Resort on week 4! My sister Raili is now in Indonesien, Jakarta, Bali. Take care! best regards, Riitta K
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