Ipoh

Picked up my rental car late morning. Or at least i tried to. Theres no "greenmotion" car rental kioak at the penang airport. Then noticed on expedia, they listed a location 10km away from the airport for pickup. Taxied there, and there was nothing resembling an office, etc

Contacted the phone number on expedia and got a guy who says he doesnt work for them anymore. But he gave me a number to try. Finally got ahold of someone and they said they had my car waiting at the airport valet area. Taxied back to the airport and finally found them.

After all that, got my car. Driving on left side of the road in malysia adventure had begun! So weird to sit in the right side seat, and some stuff was backwards, like my wipers were the side i am used to having my blinkers. I cant tell you how many times my wipers got activated while trying to signal a turn haha. We get so used to things in the same places

For the first half hour i had to continuously tell myself "left side, Sean!" but i eventually got better at it. Such a mind bender at times.

I had met a philippines girl Tricia that coincidentally needed a ride from penang to kuala lumpur, the same day i was departing. So after finding an interesting seafood meal off the island, i picked her up and off we went.

Because of the late start, didnt have time to accomplish as much as i had originally hoped. But did get to a phenomenal cave temple just before reaching Ipoh. Insane shrines inside a huge cave and then 450 stairs to the top of the mountain. Really gorgeous place. Such a shame the weather wasnt cooperating for the pics.

After that exhausting hike, found our hotel in Ipoh and wandered around and found a few good spots for a cold beverage, a really nice restaurant for supper and even a place for live music. Sleepy town overall but definitely some wow memories at that cave temple.Read more