PENANG ISLAND which is located on the Northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca where the capital city George Town is located. It is connected to the mainland by the Penang Bridge which is 13,5 Kilometres long. While modern it does retaining its tradition of old world charm with its well preserved heritage buildings which led to George Town being accorded a listing as a Unesco World Cultural Heritage Site recently.The easy going lifestyle on Penang is a result of many different cultures, religion and food. The street food stalls are a popular place to eat.The fascinating culture is complemented by golden beaches. One would have to search far and wide to find an island with so many natural attractions. A paradise that offers something for everyone Penang is a thriving tourist destination.
This is the 13.5 bridge we crossed over yesterday which joins the Island of Penang to the main land. There is a second crossing o the south a little but in view of the fog today, it is out of sight.
The Wembley--A St Giles Hotel, George Town Penang. The cleanest hotel we have stayed in.
Enjoyed our one night at Gorge Town nice comfortable hotel especially been in a premium room makes all the difference with all the extra benefits.
We had a late check out at 1.00pm so spent some time in the morning walking around Little India. The cleanest Little India we have seen.
Above and below are the sites as we walked around Little India.
These are some little daycare/kindy kids out with their carers. I wanted to take the photo looking at the front of them but thought that the teachers might not approve so I had to look back and take it quickly.
We were passing this six story shopping centre mall and started looking at suitcases. Ours were really past their used by date. Having trouble with the zips and handles. We left the old ones in the hotel with their permission. I was sad to leave the old bags behind as we have had them a long time and had done us well on many trips.
Finally arrived at our next stop at Batu Feringgi Beach still on the Island of Penang. It was supposed to take us about twenty mins from were we were but with all the traffic it was an hour and fifteen.
Front entrance to the golden sands Resort.
Really nice hotel we are on the 6th out of 7 floors. Really nice position room looking straight out to sea. The roll away bed was in the room so I asked for it to be taken away as it took up too much room. Don't know why they put it there. The room was much better without it made it feel big. It is a good size room and very comfortable.
Good size bathroom. The two basins came in handy as soon as we arrived filled them both and did the washing. Made it much faster with two basins.
View from our balcony. The complex is a half circle shape which gives all the rooms a sea view. We are lucky that we look straight out and not from the side.
The beach looking both ways.
PT having a chat to one of the men in charge of the parachute rides.
Lots of action on the beach parachutes rides being pulled by boats, jet skies huge swimming pool with lots of kids play area in the pool slides, water pistol fights etc etc
This was a great one for the kids . They are having water fights with the pistols although you can't really see this. To the left under the arches are continuous water spray to run through. At the top of the picture you can see a big bucket with water going into it which slowly fills up and when full tips the water out over the kids that are playing underneath when they least expect it. Lots of screams and laughter.
There is another fun pool for the kids with slides going into it but my photo was too dark so will re take it tomorrow.
Ron this one is for you...
When the sun went down there was some relief from the heat and humidity but when we went for a walk to check out the street stalls that come alive once the sun goes down. All sorts of stalls but we were especially interested in the street food stalls which are very popular and so cheap. PT and I had one of these Murtabaks each. Then went to another stall and had an pancake. PT pineapple me banana all up cost RM 24 NZ$8.00 that's $4.00 each for a meal. The place was called Long Bay Cafe where they have one big open area to sit at tables with all the food stalls around. There are so many different stall so a lot of variety for our six nights. Why would you eat in the Hotel at RM75 NZ$25 each for a buffet. Very cheap eating at these road stalls. Most food is made fresh to order not all made earlier and kept warm.
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