Day 15
The good food route to Malaysia
The good food route to Malaysia
Hat Yai is famous for Thai fried chicken and yellow rice. Its crispy roasted chicken with a special Thai spicy flavours over the most amazing yellow rice. We got recommended this place in the lonely planet and knew we had to go. So after booking our bus to Malaysia (Pulau Penang) we went for a massive lunch of Thai Fried Chicken in a restaurant brimming with people! Also, in Had Yai there was a big celebration going on so the whole city was decorated and randomly big floats would go past with monks on the back banging drums. It was very colourful and we wish we had longer to see more of the city.
However, the bus we had booked was a bit of a good luck as we ended up with the nicest bus driver and met a really funny American guy who was telling us all these stories about his travels. The border crossing into Malaysia was also uber easy. So arriving into Penang we were taken straight to our hostel and had time to explore.
Pulau Penang is a massive island that feels more like a city squished full of multi-cultures with a coastline. We stayed in Banana hostel near Chinatown (the cheaper area to stay) which was only walking distance to little India and had the most FANTASTIC food.
The Banana hostel was really busy and had a really massive bar area, however I would not recommend this as a place to stay. The air conditioned rooms (much more money) seemed to be in a building across the road and looked really pleasant, meanwhile the fan rooms (the ones we went for, about £2.50 a night) are up a tiny staircase and the heat is UNBEARABLE. There is no fan in the corridors and the lights are kept on all night which means you feel like you are sleeping directly under the sun (even with the fan in the room on all night).
We went out for food (obviously) to a little market place and just randomly selected treats to eat. We ended up getting fish balls although it wasn't their actual balls, deep fried pork, spring rolls, rice fish package thing, chicken satay sticks and freshly squeezed watermelon juice. The chicken satay man thought we were drunk because we were so eager to try the chicken! Later on we found a bar that was randomly showing Manchester United vs. Liverpool and so grabbed a few beers to watch. (It was odd seeing football back in England in the afternoon when it was dark in Penang). This escalated to me ordering Long Island cocktails in a bottle and being so excited by this that I ordered a fair few and then quite drunk I had to order garlic bread!!
This resulted in .... bad bad sleep. I first blamed my excitable mood and the fact I was pretty drunk off cocktails... but then the room's heat and the stupid light in the corridor that shone directly at me all night meant I barely slept at all! Josh had to get up through the night to make some sort of towel curtain to cover the light coming in and the fan was turned up to maximum (even though we thought it might fall off the wall).
However, I do like the name bananananananassss!
However, the bus we had booked was a bit of a good luck as we ended up with the nicest bus driver and met a really funny American guy who was telling us all these stories about his travels. The border crossing into Malaysia was also uber easy. So arriving into Penang we were taken straight to our hostel and had time to explore.
Pulau Penang is a massive island that feels more like a city squished full of multi-cultures with a coastline. We stayed in Banana hostel near Chinatown (the cheaper area to stay) which was only walking distance to little India and had the most FANTASTIC food.
The Banana hostel was really busy and had a really massive bar area, however I would not recommend this as a place to stay. The air conditioned rooms (much more money) seemed to be in a building across the road and looked really pleasant, meanwhile the fan rooms (the ones we went for, about £2.50 a night) are up a tiny staircase and the heat is UNBEARABLE. There is no fan in the corridors and the lights are kept on all night which means you feel like you are sleeping directly under the sun (even with the fan in the room on all night).
We went out for food (obviously) to a little market place and just randomly selected treats to eat. We ended up getting fish balls although it wasn't their actual balls, deep fried pork, spring rolls, rice fish package thing, chicken satay sticks and freshly squeezed watermelon juice. The chicken satay man thought we were drunk because we were so eager to try the chicken! Later on we found a bar that was randomly showing Manchester United vs. Liverpool and so grabbed a few beers to watch. (It was odd seeing football back in England in the afternoon when it was dark in Penang). This escalated to me ordering Long Island cocktails in a bottle and being so excited by this that I ordered a fair few and then quite drunk I had to order garlic bread!!
This resulted in .... bad bad sleep. I first blamed my excitable mood and the fact I was pretty drunk off cocktails... but then the room's heat and the stupid light in the corridor that shone directly at me all night meant I barely slept at all! Josh had to get up through the night to make some sort of towel curtain to cover the light coming in and the fan was turned up to maximum (even though we thought it might fall off the wall).
However, I do like the name bananananananassss!
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