Archive for September, 2008
the great penang getaway: august ‘08: day three: beach, food, ludo
After breakfast at the hotel, we decided to walk across the road (there’s a connecting pedestrian bridge from the hotel to the other side of the road) to the beach.
Photo of the hotel swimming pool area taken from the pedestrian bridge
We passed by a flight of steep and uneven stairs, and an aquarium with [...]
the great penang getaway: august ‘08: day two: more food!
Just realised that Pinky took a photo of the Air Itam assam laksa. You can view it here.
I’d made plans to meet up with Bryan, Peter, Wuan and ReallyBites for dinner. Unfortunately HPC was not able to join us as she had work to do. So she dropped us off at our hotel, not [...]
the great penang getaway: august ‘08: day two: being tourists
I don’t remember why but we ended up at Khoo Kongsi in Cannon Square. The RM 5 entrance fee includes a couple of postcards of the famous clanhouse. I suppose you can read up its Wikipedia entry or go to the official website for more information.
Pinky and HPC in front of the main Khoo [...]
the great penang getaway: august ‘08: day two: beach & beef noodles
After breakfast at the hotel cafe, Pinky and I got on the hotel’s free shuttle van to the happening part of Feringghi Beach. That would be somewhere near the Golden Sands Resort and Shangri La’s Rasa Sayang Resort. Well, that was where the van driver dropped us off anyway. It was drizzling as we walked [...]
the great penang getaway: august ‘08: day one
About a month ago, my dear Pinky was in town for a week for a short holiday before she begins work at a new company. She suggested that we go to Penang, as she’d never been there before. Obviously the main reason she wanted to go there was because she’d heard that they have really [...]