to Pulau Penang. It has more tourists than Indonesia, but still doesn't give an impression of being overrun. I settled in China Town. In Malaysia the economy is run by Chinese people and the government by Malay people. Indians, Korean, Westerners add to the diverse culture that makes up Malaysia. If you expect social unrest or cultural clashes you wont find any. It's one of these countries that live among each other. The tiger economy probably helps to keep it that way. Dutch and British influence remains arcitectually which is well restored. Little India was my favoured place with all the Bollywood music blasting out of small loudspeaker and food everywhere. I now look forward to India more than ever before.As a day trip I went to Penang National Park which offered a nice hike over a hill to the other side of the island to come out to the beach. A soon as I was on the furthest point from the entrance it started to rain heavily - a thunderstorm. So I hiked back through the RAIN forest and got completely soaked. But it was fun to yell "is that all you can throw at me. really that's it?" and similar stuff to the nature.
The next day I was of to Kuala Lumpur.
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