Georgetown, Pinang, Malaysia
April 23, 2016
So we are back in Georgetown, Penang again, the town of great food and great art. We have spent a few days relaxing after our week working in the Jungle. By relaxing I mean generally drinking more than we should. We met Marcus a German lad also traveling at the place we have stayed at and spent many a late night sharing a few beers, bottles of Vodka and good old Thai rum again. All from a great little Chinese alcoholics shop 20 yards round the corner from our digs. The day times have been spent out around the old town in search of new street art and as always it didn’t disappoint with some great new pieces on display as well as some of the old favourites still perfectly intact.
We also took a trip to the local clinic as well as we were a tad worried that we had some unfiltered water at the eco resort. The lad there had shown us how to work the filtration system but Dani got it wrong on the first day and the machine was left on rinse as opposed to filter. I only realised after we had around a litre each what had happened and then after reading up when we got back into the land of WiFi we were concerned about the possibility of parasites. Not a nice thought really so best to have got it checked out. Thankfully all is good and that’s the last time Dani will go near a water filter!
It seems like we will be staying in Penang a bit longer now as well. Alison who runs China House for Narelle, the lady who founded Lassie the animal shelter in Langkawi got back to us around the possibility of work whilst in GeorgeTown. We popped along to meet her one night and sat for hours having a really good chat. She was very kind and bought our drinks all night for us and also arranged some accommodation for us at one of Narelle’s other properties within the old town as well as free staff meals at China House which is great
In return I am helping out with the dogs that Narelle has here as well as tidying up the property we are staying at. Another great opportunity for us to help ease the cash burden of our travels as well as doing some worthwhile work so we are parked up again now for a wee while. Great generosity again from Narelle and Alsion, which we will repay as much as we can.
Not much else has happened really. Just good food, good art and good company and hospitality. I’ll start getting some photos of the dogs as I get to know them better for my next entry as well as decide when we will move on.
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