Penang - good and BAD!!!!!

Well, here we are again only 2 weeks after the last blog. Things are not going well.

1) We had been assured that if we needed to extend our stay beyond 4 weeks that we could do so. When we actually tried to extend, the Chinese landlord refused. This was extremely concerning because we quickly realized that, although rents here are by NZ standards very cheap, they are almost invariably for a term of 12 months or more. However, the owner of the boatyard came to our rescue and we are now ensconsed in a 26 story tower on the 22nd floor with a delightful Malaysian girl and her boyfriend. However, we must hide any visible signs of the demon drink and we cannot cook any pork products - so no bacon and eggs!! She doesn't even own the apartment - just rents herself from the Chinese owned boatyard. We find it very hard to accept and are living in a constant state of extreme irritation - not only because of that, but a myriad of things in this increasingly Islamist society.

TRUMP IS RIGHT - DEPORT THEM ALL!!!!!!!

Only today we were in a supermarket and had bought 4 bottles of wine and two packets of ham. Quelle horreure!!!!!!! At the checkout the girl handling the till called for a supervisor beause she could not actually touch these evil items. OK to ring them through and take the money though.

A few years ago we had considered living in Malaysia full time under the "Malaysia my 2nd home" scheme, but thank goodness we have opted for Colombia instead. The Ma