Pulau Penang Resort

... Kong) where we have a 10 day organised tour, followed by a 3 day tour of Hong Kong. Finally we spend 5 days in Penang, visiting Felicia, Sue's close university friend and our last 3 nights in a luxury resort hotel to 'chill' before our homeward flight.

... Georgetown, Penang (25 RM) Very warm but cloudy Jeli - Pulau Banding (95kms) Pulau Banding - Baling (120 kms) Baling - Pulau Penang (80 kms) From Jeli we headed into the real jungle of Malaysia. There's not much along this stretch ...

... the coach to take us to Butterworth, the port town on the northwest coast of Malaysia from where we could cross to Pulau Penang (Penang Island).  Whilst looking for our seats, we happened to notice the familiar faces of Ralf & Tanya, the Swiss ...

    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?  ...

... Resort. Firefly Sanctuary. We took a car ride all the way, for 2.5 hours out of Georgetown, out of Penang to proceed to Bukit Merah. Laketown Resort was a family and kids paradise. All artificial fun with an Orang Utan Sanctuary built into it, and not ...

... After the trek, I was quite hungry and being in Teluk Bahang, the closest place was Batu Feringghi which is a beach resort area. Therefore, I did not have much choice but to dine at a Western Chain restaurant called 'The Ship' which I ...

... Thai beaches - we're used to the best by now! On our first day here we walked along the beach and into a swanky 'Shangri-La' resort, had a dip in their pool and had a happy hour cocktail or two. We tried this again the next day but were rumbled and told ...

... , horrid smelling shrimp paste..ugh…) the Penang Asam Laksa sure earned its title as Penang’s signature dish. Chowing down on Penang Asam Laksa. BUT… It isn’t better than Pho. It’s a bit unfair comparing the two, since they ...

... dawn to catch the first morning flight to Penang. The flight was quick n’ easy, and we met with our friend Azhar, a Penang native who’d volunteered to guide us around his home state. Penang was the place we’d spent the most time reading ...

... two drivers about competing fares we caught the bus. This proved to be much cheaper and alot less hassle. Checked into Bay View Beach Resort in Batu Ferringhi, very nice room and huge bed. Caught up on some sleep and then went for a swim with Eli. ...

... away from the night markets at Batu Ferringhi. Hunger was setting in and I was ready for another round of Malaysian food delights – Penang stylez. The place we ate at was called Cafe Long Beach – imagine a Kopi Tiam, but A LOT bigger… ...

... to the Penang Muttiara where I stayed on my previous visit. Had an expensive coke next to the pool, then walked through the resort to the town. Went looking for the batik factory which no longer existed, and then up the road to the Forest Recreation ...

... . The island is 70km around so we carried on driving around admiring the views. We eventually stopped at Batu Ferrenghi which is Penang's main beach resort. The beach wasn't the nicest and the weather wasn't up to much so we had a stroll down the beach ...

... flight to Bangkok on the Tuesday (we had to go to Bangkok to sort visas out-more later on that) The area in Penang where we stayed was the beach resort area-it was a small little town with a lot of markets at night and a lot of expensive hotels. We were ...

... portuaria i arrabalera. Per sort l'alberg era petitet i molt net i algu va dormir per primer cop en una habitacio compartida ;-) Penang es una illa d'uns 25x40km facil de fer en motico (scooter de lloguer) encara que el transit sigui salvatge aixi que en ...

... by the best local and international craftsmen (no mdf here!) After exhausting the sights of Georgetown, we decided to hit the beach. Penang has just the one beach resort so we took the local bus to it in the hope that 1 - It's nice and 2 - That we can ...

The flight from Kuching left on time and took approximately 2 hours to reach Penang.  Unfortunately it was not the smoothest flight because we had to descend through a thunderstorm on our approach to Penang.  We arrived in Penang around 10:20 ...