Penang, Malaysia
The flight was delayed and got to Kuala Lumpur at around 1.20am. It’s around 4 hours flight in the air.
Saw Reeses chocolate at the duty free shop. It’s selling for 27 Ringgit~USD$8 (USD$1~3.4 Ringgit). In US it only cost around USD$1.5. All the duty free stuffs in airports are not really duty free, except cigarettes.
Airasia is a low cost airline so it landed at LCCT (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) which is some distance away KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport).
Since I have another flight to Penang at 6.55am, I just waited at the airport until then.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Penang (108 Ringgit~USD$30).
It’s around 350km, an hour flight Kuala Lumpur to Penang.
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Flight was delayed again and got to Penang at 9am.
Penang has a big Chinese population and is the second biggest city in Malaysia with a population of around 1.5 million. Georgetown is a UNESCO heritage area and the city has the best food in Malaysia.
The Island looks just like a turtle.
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This will be my first Chinese new year celebration at home after more than 7 years. After traveling around China for 1.5 months, it’s like I spent more time in China than Malaysia for the past 7 years.
In 2009, Penang was ranked number 2 in New York times under the readers’ popular vote category as one of the top places to visit.
Unpacked all my stuffs. I have lotsa maps, especially maps from China.
can i have the central asia book? 😀
happy cny! =))
Yea, when are you going there?
one day… one day 😀
i heard getting the visas is a hassle though!