Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La Batu Ferringhi

Travel Blogs from Batu Ferringhi

On the Island

A travel blog entry by ashandjez

Our day began with a buffet breakfast and a swim in the pool. As we were are a day ahead of schedule, we decided to relax. A short walk along Batu Ferringhi and the beach, and a lot of poolside chillin. We got hassled on the beach by the local people, trying to sell us watersports. We had been advised that the locals do not have any public …

The beginning

A travel blog entry by gypsylea

didnt get much sleep on the plane due to turbulance lol!!! hotel is nice, but cannot beat the pool access rooms and the thai welcome which u just dont get here... alot has changed along batu ferringhi, the night markets have at least tripled in size and theres a cool hawker food area only small but yummo - u wud love the food Dickus! can get a …

Shangri La Resort - Turan

A travel blog entry by jlbarlow

Left the hotel in Kota on Monday morning and was transported to our next hotel for the next 2 nights at the Shangri La Resort and OMG!!!! It's like heaven. I feel like a bit of a charlatan because so far I have even seen one single orang utan - just sunbathed and lounged by the pool and eaten tons! But it is just to get us acclimatised and settled …

Penang - rediscovering it after 25 years!

A travel blog entry by joyce.kwong

I don't remember much from my first visit to Penang some 25 years ago - all I recall is the lovely resort pools at where we stayed: the Shangri-la Rasa Sayang Resort. Of course, as a kid, what else do you care?

I went back to Penang for a conference last week, and stayed at other Shangri-la hotel: the Golden Sands Resort, it was on the …

Grandparents and Malaysia

A travel blog entry by levinson5

What could we do after the elephants? We had entered China in October and now we were in December. The kids had seen enough temples and pagodas. They had had it. Kara and I were in between, "this is school and if we decide to see 1,000 temples, that is what we will do," and "we get where you are coming from and we are over-templed too." We had had …