Sorry we have been a little quiet recently but we have been doing
nothing at all to update you all on. Just hanging around at Zackry’s,
maybe having a bit of a walk and then drinking too much with everyone
else staying there in the evening. In fact we had a real gang going
and we were just about the last to leave. It seemed quieter everyday
someone left and replaced by people who just didn’t join in as much.

We will miss Niamh, who was the best hostess ever – we’ve never seen
someone work so hard (& probably never met anyone so Irish and said
“jeysus” quite so brilliantly!). She’s an absolute star and looked
after us so well. It was sad to say goodbye today. But hey, we must
all move on.

We caught the ferry to Penang today, just after a game of bowling at
the jetty. We’re now in Georgetown. As the name suggests it’s an old
British colony but now it’s main areas are Chinese and Indian. So far
it’s a great town, especially the curry we had tonight after we were
invited into the kitchen to try some before chosing. Yummy!

We also randomly met Sara & Paul from Swizerland again (3rd time in
our last 3 places! Wierd) and so had a drink with them before bed.
Exciting day of exploring tomorrow.

It may be difficult to see, although you can probably tell from the
slightly terrified look on Jen’s face, there is a snake right next to
her (honest!). It is in fact our first wild snake sighting. Only small
and very still but only a foot away from the pavement. Maybe this will
go some way to curing Jen’s phobia!?

It’s 2 months since we left home today so we celebrated by doing
nothing apart from going for a walk. Maybe a few beers tonight with
the City game if we can convice Zackry to put it on. We did enjoy
watching Liverpool stuff Man U last night after our curry. Tee hee!

Here is a photo of the current gang at Zackry’s. Amazingly that
includes a couple who were next door to us in Koh Lipe and who just
turned up here today. Wierd! This is the most sociable place we have
been and we’re loving it.

Done nothing really at all today apart from research our next move.
It’s been lovely!

Happy Birthday Richard. Hope you have a lovely day & are enjoying West
Didsbury (& looking after Grandma of course!).

We gave in today and hired a scooter again as Langkawi can only be
explored properly when you have some wheels.

Our first stop was at the cable car which was probably the steepest
we’d ever seen but had some incredible views of the island from the
710m peak (see photo). C&A – you would not have liked the cable car –
remember Cairngorm?!

Then it was off for some riding up very winding but thankfully quiet
mountain roads before paying a visit to the slightly dissapointing
duty-free malls.

Now were back at Zackry’s to join in the nightly get together and
meal. It’s a really sociable place with some great people.