Penang - Eat Pray Love Day 1 & 2

Finally Porky and i are back. We have spent about 4 days at Penang Island,a lovely place.Both of us have visited the island many years back during a very short trip. This time, it did not disappoint us.

Day 1 Arrival
We were stuck in the Changi airport for 4 hours due to technical problems of the aircraft, luckily it is not A380 ( hehe.. ). We were asked to transfer to a different aircraft after waiting like ages in the check in area. Reached Penang at about 4 pm and fortunately transportation to Hotel in Georgetown was smooth and cheap. Among Malaysia cities, Penang could have the most economical and easily access airport transfer service, Rapid Penang public bus. Less than 3 RM per person and in about 45 minutes, we reached Weld Quay near Georgetown where we took a free shuttle for tourist to our Hotel, it is very convenient. Malaysia public service sector is infamous for bureaucratic and horribly lack of efficiency, but Penang is a good surprise. The counter service is ok not too rude to deal with , the bus is clean and well maintained. We reached Bayview Georgetown Hotel smoothly and ate something before our much needed rest. We both rushed for work the day before the trip, it is good that we booked an afternoon flight so that we can have more rest and less stressful.

Day 2 Eat like a pig

Wake up to the nice sea view in the morning, we can see the Penang Straits from our room. Bayview Georgetown Hotel is just next to Eastern and Oriental Hotel ( Elder sister of Singapore Raffles Hotel , by the same Armenian designer.). Overall, we are pleased with the room and hotel service.

Very 60s buildings can be found everywhere in Georgetown. Nostalgic.



Porky fav Lo Bak from Hai Onn Kopitiam along Jalan Burma. The Lo Bak uncle really photogenic for Wong Kar Wai s film. Also in the picture you can see their famous Kuay Teow Soup, heavenly good too.


Nice coffee from Hai Onn Kopitiam , Penang.


Lunch Bak Ku teh at Komtar , 7 RM per bowl, Left is without wine right hand side is with Wine. Of course i took the one with wine, Porky cannot drink.

We had our massage and haircut, plus a movie in Komtar. Everything is less costly here in Penang.


A Teochew Cendol for dessert, note the size of the coin and you can tell how big is the portion.


Red Garden Hawker for dinner, we had Laksa and Lor Mee.

We reached hotel with a full stomach, and god knows how much we love the Hokkien/ Teochew foods here, let alone the cheaper price for meal, friendly Penang locals. In his dream, Porky smiled contentedly like a baby, he lives for good local Chinese foods and now he can have them all as much as his stomach can take it.

Darby