The first day in Malaysia I signed up to do an SAS trip to see 5 different temples and mosques in Penang, which is the city where the ship disembarked, actually Penang is an island. The Buddhist Temple was my favorite. It was huge consisting of different rooms and many Buddhas everywhere. There was also a huge reclining Buddha that was larger than a semi truck. We also went to a Hindu temple and we were visiting right in the middle of a ritual. The men were wearing toga looking outfits, had paint on their face, and were making strange noises. I felt a little uncomfortable. We also went to a snake temple where I thought there would be snakes everywhere, but there were only a few. Behind this temple there was a snake farm where we could pay to feed a snake. One of the girls in the group bought a hamster and I got to view the snake devour the hamster. It was intense, especially when the head of the hamster was sticking out of the snake’s mouth for about two minutes. Later that night, a few of us had a scrumptious Malaysian meal and experienced the nightlife.
We didn’t get back to the ship until 4am and my roommate, who I am now calling Lulu, woke me up at 6am so we could catch our flight to Kuala Lumpur (KL) at 8. I was so tired I could not get out of bed and when Lulu attempted to wake me up I said, “Im going to catch a later flight.” Haha, but of course my friends did not let me do that. The flight from Penang to KL was about 40 minutes and my round trip ticket was only $50. In KL, we stayed at the Mandarin Oriental, which I will describe as a 6 star hotel because it was so luxurious, but since we crammed a bunch of people in the room, it was pretty cheap per person. Our room had two double beds, we requested a pool out bed, there was a huge shower with glass doors, a mini hot tub in the bathroom, and we also had a great view of the Petronas Towers. These towers, aka the twin towers is the main highlight of this city and up until 2003 they used to be the tallest in the world. These are the towers that were in the movie Entrapment with Catherine Zeta Jones. Since we were all exhausted, we decided to relax by the pool and this place was so nice that the pool boys layed out towels for us, gave us free water, and also cold scented towels for our face. After having lunch and napping by the pool, we then went shopping in the market. Just like in India, Shelly and Angela went wild with their shopping and Lulu and I couldn’t keep up. I didn’t buy much except a few dresses and tops. There was a lot of knock off purses, watches, etc, but everyone insisted on waiting til Vietnam since the shopping is really cheap there. After about four hours of shopping, the girls and I had dinner at an Italian restaurant and then hung out with other sassers. This was the night my video camera was stolen from my purse! Naturally, I am very upset and depressed about the entire situation, but I am pretty sure I know who stole it. There was a local guy who kept on harassing me the entire night and I think it was this ASS who stole it. But I keep on telling myself that there could have been far worse things that could have happened to me, although, losing 30 GB of my semester at sea footage is devastating.
We didn’t get back to the ship until 4am and my roommate, who I am now calling Lulu, woke me up at 6am so we could catch our flight to Kuala Lumpur (KL) at 8. I was so tired I could not get out of bed and when Lulu attempted to wake me up I said, “Im going to catch a later flight.” Haha, but of course my friends did not let me do that. The flight from Penang to KL was about 40 minutes and my round trip ticket was only $50. In KL, we stayed at the Mandarin Oriental, which I will describe as a 6 star hotel because it was so luxurious, but since we crammed a bunch of people in the room, it was pretty cheap per person. Our room had two double beds, we requested a pool out bed, there was a huge shower with glass doors, a mini hot tub in the bathroom, and we also had a great view of the Petronas Towers. These towers, aka the twin towers is the main highlight of this city and up until 2003 they used to be the tallest in the world. These are the towers that were in the movie Entrapment with Catherine Zeta Jones. Since we were all exhausted, we decided to relax by the pool and this place was so nice that the pool boys layed out towels for us, gave us free water, and also cold scented towels for our face. After having lunch and napping by the pool, we then went shopping in the market. Just like in India, Shelly and Angela went wild with their shopping and Lulu and I couldn’t keep up. I didn’t buy much except a few dresses and tops. There was a lot of knock off purses, watches, etc, but everyone insisted on waiting til Vietnam since the shopping is really cheap there. After about four hours of shopping, the girls and I had dinner at an Italian restaurant and then hung out with other sassers. This was the night my video camera was stolen from my purse! Naturally, I am very upset and depressed about the entire situation, but I am pretty sure I know who stole it. There was a local guy who kept on harassing me the entire night and I think it was this ASS who stole it. But I keep on telling myself that there could have been far worse things that could have happened to me, although, losing 30 GB of my semester at sea footage is devastating.
Besides the horrible fact that my camcorder got stolen, I still had an enjoying time in KL. This was the most modern city yet and I was really surprised. The last day in KL, Shelly and Angela flew to Langkawi which is a small island while Lauren and I flew back to Penang. On the last day in Penang, I signed up to hike the Penang Hill and it needs to be renamed Penang Mountain! It took us 3 hours and it was 5 km long, but the first half of it was a 60 degree incline of uphill. It was so hard and by the time I finished I could squeeze my shirt and sweat would drip from it. A few other girls who climbed the hill the first day said it was the hardest thing they have ever done and half of them hitch hiked the rest because they couldn’t finish it, so I was a little intimidated before climbing, but Im very proud I didn’t give up! During the hike there were a few long tailed Macau’s and we fed them cereal. They were so cute and not shy at all.
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