The Sunny Paradise Island State - Penang

Posted On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at at 8:29 PM by Alvin  

Chasing away the Winter blues, we landed on this lovely island on an evening flight and was whisked away to our apartment in the area of Tanjong Bungah - ah, a balmy 25 C ! Over the next ten days, we would just sit back and relax and just get out and about for half a day before the sun became too strong. Well, our routines certainly kept us busy though, there were beaches, national parks, botanical gardens, UNESCO-famed Georgetown, cool ritzy shopping malls, pottery shops, and loads of Chinese, Thai and Myanmese temples, including the hair-raising snake temple (!), waiting for our exploration; not to mention the delicious Malaysian food such as Nasi Ayam (chicken rice) and Char Kwai Teow (stir and fry noodles) ! One note of interest about this peaceful island was that the number of tourists was never going to out-number the locals because after-all, Penang was a work-a-day island state and not your typical holiday island like Hai Nan, Koh Samui or Phuket.

We were here last time in 2008 and only spent a short stay and we hardly knew this place well at all, we were to change all that this time around and we thoroughly had a great time. The sunshine was mild until about 1 p.m. and each day we made the most of the shades and cool climate and enjoyed our time on this island state by taking the convenient local buses. We were made to feel welcome by the friendly people and enjoyed a local white coffee in the Kedai Kopi (coffee shop), sitting amongst them and listening to their interesting Malay, Chinese and Hindu conversations. Just pure bliss and relaxation - not sure if we wanted to leave !

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