OK, here are our other Penang photos fo Day 02. Enjoy! All taken using my trusted iphone. heheheh!
We booked a connecting room at Traders Hotel in George Town. Hotel facilities were satisfactory except for the pool... they could do better, i believe. But their staff service was excellent. Especially the reception staff who served us. He was so helpful with the places to go and the info about the shuttle to the 'sister' hotel - Shangrila's Golden Sand Resort. I would stay there again if we were to make a trip there.
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| The hotel lobby. Nothing fancy. |
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| One of the adjoining rooms. |
It was a little past lunch when we arrived and checked in. Trader's is situated right next to a modern mall. It was like a typical Singapore heartland mall. But i think it was recently opened so many shops at the basement were not in operation yet. With shops like Coach, Parkson, Gloria Jean, Starbucks and Subway. And yes, I had my first taste of subway there. HEAVENLY! Now i know why people are raving about it. We got to the top floor where the foodcourt was. Ate something local there.
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| The original Penang laksa. Mak ordered it. She had never tried had this dish before and this was super sour! |
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| Can't remember what my dish was called but it was a nicely fried chicken with something like 'serunding' on it. Yes, it was called Ayam Rempah. Served with pickled veg and sambal belachan. Not bad. |
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| The kids had their usual chicken rice. I was feeling monstrous so i ordered another bowl of tom yum soup. |
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| hmmmm... feeling cold with Nyai. Waiting for the other 2 at Gloria Jean. |
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| Cute, rite...? :) Like Japanese... |
Our itinerary for the following day was tiring... a little tiring. Bird Park, Penang Hill, Street Art, Shangrila Resort to catch the night flea market (which was a little disappointing cos it was just like our normal pasar malam...) We booked a car plus driver with Ocean Jupiters for our tour within Penang. Friendly driver but i had hoped that he had brought us to a better place for lunch. We went to this Indian foodplace in a two storey shophouse. We ordered briyani but hmmm... i had tasted better briyani, that's all i could say.
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| Brekkie! I always love hotel breakfast spread. |
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| Displays only... :( Don't they look yummy? |
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| Pa's miso soup. |
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| The local booth corner. |
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| Mine.... the congee is a must. |
On the way up to Bukit Bendera or Penang Hill. It was about a ten-minutes ride up to the peak. Many people but not crowd-pushing. There was till space to breadthe. Noticed that there were many Arabs... mostly couples. Think it was their honeymoon...
It was beautiful up at the peak. You can see the entire Penang island and part of the Mainland. We could even see our hotel from there! ehhee...There were quite a few places to see at the peak but cos we were rushing to the Bird Park later, we only got to go to The Owl Museum.
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| Going up Bukit Bendera or Penang Hill. |
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| We got in the front carriage. good view from there. |
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| It was a perpetually slanted monorail. The last i took this was waaaaaay back when i was five or six? It was natural ventilated back then. They had improvised it with aircon and it was more comfortable though it was full. |
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| View along the journey. |
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| At the peak. It was clear air up there while Singapore was going through 400+psi reading. |
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| It was very clear scenery... my photo did not do justice to the view. |
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| We visited The Owl Museum. All owls! |
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| Him doing what he does not know best! ahahahha |
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| Got the kids identical pair of the Brother and Sister street art painting. |
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| The mamak food place where we had our lunch in Little India. We sat at the upper floor. |
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| Very retro.... |
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| I was not sure but i think the customers dished out their own choice of gravy. |
I had requested for the driver to take us through the Unesco Street Art areas. We only went to a few streets. These wall murals were done by a Spanish artist and it was a mix of wall painting and a 3D physical item. It was interesting. And along some sreets they had this comic which were extruded using thick metal something that looked like plated steel. Some reflected Penang or Malaysia politics in a fun way...
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| hmm... trying hard to decipher what it meant. |
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| ...where i almost got knocked down by a scooter. It was a one way street and he was going in the opposite direction! |
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| Took a vehicle ferry to the Mainland. |
Nothing much to say about their Bird Park. It looked like a family run park... But these birds or heron or whachamaycallit are huge! They welcomed all visitors and would come very close to us.
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| Like watching an open-air movie back in the good ol' days, we watched the mini bird show sitting on stools. The herons were free to roam among us as we watched. Riyan was scared of the birds that flew low during the show he practically put his head on Mak's lap to dodge the birds. One of the birds slapped Pa with its wings... ahahhahahah it was THAT low. |
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| The driver took us back to the island via the Penang bridge. No, this was the first bridge and not the second one that collapsed. |
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| A must-go place. This shot reminded me of a Mc D in Australia. This Mc D was at a petrol station and the meal was super cheap! |
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| Their favourite...fish spa!! but this one was not satisfying, painful rather. Cos the fish were huge! |
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| Our last stop over to get souvenirs at the airport. Cos our flight was at 10am, we didnt have the time to shop at George Town. |
