Pulau Penang: George Town

Me and George Town are not going to be friends. And I was so looking forward to this place.
Maybe it's because my hostel is a disaster.
The food, the life is super cheap here. The nights are extremely expensive. The hostel is cheap with CHF 11.- for 2 nights. The photos on the internet looked great, fresh, young and even a pool there. But those were photos and probably before Covid.
The room is a dark, stinking of mold. The pool green and also smelly. Everything is falling apart and damp and moldy.
I fell into bed after the long trip and got right back up. The bed is also moldy. Disgusting
Around the corner I bought a banh mi from Vietnamese and immediately messed up my stomach again. In the end I decided to "hang in there" and look further today.
Back to Thailand? Further to Bali? Another hotel?
To pay 100.- for a hotel is hard for me. I am in Asia and in a country where a menu in the restaurant does not cost 2.-, 100.- seem to me simply too much.
I don't dare to take the bus today because of the diarrhea....
My bus ticket to Kuala Lumpur for tomorrow I already have, once again hold out?
I walk through the neighborhood, think about whether fries from Burger King and a cafe from Starbucks would be a good choice? Because the first coffee I drank today was undrinkable. Hmmmm....
The people, the culture have changed drastically. You will look in vain for the friendliness of the Vietnamese, the Cambodians and especially the Thais.
It is a male dominated society. I don't feel comfortable walking through the streets and even less in a restaurant.
Ok... I hang in there. Buy water, coffee and food at 7/11 and get on the bus tomorrow. Look for a GOOD hotel for 1-2 nights in Kuala Lumpur and go from there….Baca lagi