I believe there is a 10 percent success rate in anything you do in mass number. You send 10 couchsurfing requests, usually one accepts! The percentage goes higher if you are a blond hot girl. Goes down if you are an Arab guy!
Alex accepted to host me in Georgetown, a city in Penang island. But since he is running a hostel there, he offered to host me in exchange for some help in their hostel website! He read on my profile that this is something I can help with. I accepted. And will go there tonight!
I woke up relatively late today (Sunday)! Around 10:30. My body recovered all the sleep it missed in the passed few days. I packed my stuff and left the room towards the station. On the way, I stopped for a quick traditional "Roti" which I ordered twice since it was delicious and cheap. Along with pineapple juice. Plus coffee as well. This whole meal costed 6RM. Around a euro and a half. But it was a very non-touristic place under the bridge!
Immediately beside the shop, I found a traditional shoe "clinic" as he calls himself! Since my left shoe was hungry (sole was starting to separate at the front of the shoe, he fixed it for me for 3RM.
I headed to the station and booked the train to Georgetown. Then went for some lunch. They serve you these interesting drinks with jelly pieces inside! So you get the drink with a spoon to pick them up. Some pieces of fruits as well.
The rest of the day was on the train. Between sleeping, reading and eating.
In Georgetown, I went directly to the hostel "cousi-couji" a cozy place where I met a few travelers. One of them was "Aladdin" from Algeria! Which was funny enough after visiting Putrajaya. I chatted a lot with Aladdin. He told me about his experience in the island. He camped here for 3 nights and shared with me all the details on how to do this. Monkey beach, turtles beach, the Forrest, and other adventures. I already started thinking about trying out! Maybe I stay here for longer than the intended two days!
He disappointed me by the fact that I can’t swim in this island because of the jellyfish! Same is in Langkawi my next destination! Now I am really thinking about going to Cambodia for a couple of days. Let’s see.
Aladdin leaves the next day. I have absorbed everything he said about the camping. He left me a bag of noodles that are easy to prepare for camping! Now I have one item for the task!
The hostel where I am staying is a party hostel. They say "sleeping is a bit above average!" But we are a party place! It is number 13 in world’s party hostels! LOL. I also received a message from some local couchsurfer that welcomed me and invited me to join a couchsurfers dinner tomorrow!
Penang is paradise of food! And this is why I came here! To eat, eat and eat! I will be probably posting more photos of food in the next couple of days!
Bon apetit!