Day 84 – 87 : Penang – “Hang on, I’m on an island?!”
Penang is a small Malaysian island province hanging off the western coast of the country about an hour and a half north of KL. More accurately, Penang is the island of Penang and a strip of land on the mainland to its east; a long spine of narrow bridgework preventing the islet from drifting off toward India.
I mention Penang’s geographical make-up as, for some unknown reason, I never actually look up the place before I get there – leading to a bemused look on Sheila’s face as we sit in the eager taxi-man’s vehicle and I ask if I’m on an island. Or not. You never can tell these days.