Travel Log 3

 

After Cameron Highlands it was back to KL, where this time I couchsurfed at Milda’s couchsurfing house. I was the only one couchsurfing when I arrived but by the end of the three nights I stayed there Milda hosted me, a South African/Irish couple, an Estonian girl, a Portuguese Malay friend,  a polish guy, a English/French couple (who have spent the last four years cycling across the globe) and four Russian guys.  I also met about 20 other couchsurfers going out with the KL couchsurfing community.

The first night back in KL was quite relaxed sitting in and eating cheese naan, drinking and chatting. The next night was out to meet some CSers to go to a night market where we tried all sort of crazy dishes, one of which was stinky tofu which smelt like sewage and tasted like sewage – and yet there was a queue at the stall selling it.  Then the next night we met up with Nanie a CSer I met last time I was in KL and we went for some food and drinks and met more CSers. Unfortunately compared with food and other drink alcohol is quite expensive out here as a lot of the population are Muslim and don’t drink so the drink is usuakky tea or fruit juice.

After Milda’s house I moved onto Agnes’s house as she was going to give me a lift to Melaka. The first night I was there we stayed in KL and went out with Agnes’s CSing friends for a burger excursion where we ate several burgers at several roadside burger joints. One of which actually had really nice steamed burgers. This place steamed the burgers and then barbequed them. Here I had a double burger mutton and beef with cheese and egg and pepper sauce. It was huge but tasted real good. I reckon it’s probably the best burger joint in town.

On Saturday Agnes drove us down to Melaka where she often goes to visit her family. Here we saw the sights which range from old chinese temples and restaurants to old Portuguese churches and British colonial buildings, unfortunately as it was Saturday the town was packed with school kids out on day trips. In the evening we had Satay dipped in a special Melakan sauce.

         My host Agnes at a Portuguese church

 

After Melaka it was back up to KL for the night to catch a bus in the morning to Penang Island where I am now sitting in the forecourt of an old Colonial building using Penang’s free wifi service which although free is very slow. Here I am going to hire a bike and bike around town, then hopefully go to the beach and also get my Thai visa.

So for now

Toodle loo

Leon