EZ Bake Oven Part 27

Time to move again, this time Malaysia. It's fun to be in a place where Michael has spent so much time. It's interesting to hear his recollections and remembrances from his childhood here. While he has only visited a few places in the extreme north I think we'll be in more familiar territory as we head south.

First though we need another hot bus ride. I've decided these bus trips are like being trapped inside an EZ Bake Oven, just right under the lightbulb that bakes your chocolate cake. Here is Michael when we're at about 102 in the back row of a minivan where the windows don't open.



We finally reach the island of Penang at about 9pm after a good 11 hours of traveling. As Michael describes in his blog we stayed in a real crap of a room that resulted in a pretty horrible night's sleep. The next day was not much better as it's just ridiculously hot there - over 100 with no breeze in the middle of a city. These guys sort of say it all - it's just too hot to do much of anything.



That said, we left the next day taking the public bus to the bigger bus station. Notice the sign reminding you not to spit (it's on the left in the 2nd picture). Nice touch.