Holiday in Penang

Before proceeding to Kangar, I tried to make reservation at some of the popular hotels in the Batu Feringgi area , Penang so that we would not find any difficulty getting a room when we reached Penang .Unfortunately all the hotels in the Batu Feringgi I contacted were fully booked. It was not surprising because it was school holidays and year ending period when normally Malaysians go for holidays.Any way we decided to try our luck just by by walk in booking .

We reached Kangar around 12.30 pm and straight away came to our daughter's hostel to pick her up.The car boothe were almost packed with all our daughter's belongings. We then had lunch at quite a popular restaurant along the Beseri - Padang Besar highway .We decided not to put up a night in Kangar but straight away to proceed to Penang hoping that there would be a room for us at the Batu Feringgi area.( I insisted to stay in the Batu Freinggi area because it has one of the best beaches in the country ).

We reached Penang around 5.30 pm and straight way came to the Casuarina Beach Hotel .We were lucky as there was one room left ;even that it was not facing the sea. Any way we had to be satified with it although it was a bit expensive.I think now a days it is cheaper to go for a holiday overseas than in our own country .(Last December the whole family went for a holiday in Phuket,Thailand and comparatively it was not as expensive as in Penang ).

We had a nice time lazing ourselves on the beaches . Alisya was especially excited for having fun playing with the sand with her auntie ,Farin . In the evening we went to Gurney Drive to have a taste of favourite local food . I was surprised , the good old days of Gurney Drive was gone .The number of Malay/Mamak stalls which sells halal food (without any doubt) were significantly reduced .There was not much choice .As you might guess the crowd were mainly of one particular race only .The environment is no more conducive especially on the cleanliness aspect .It's a sad , sad thing to witness .

There wasn't much thing to see in Penang now a days .We have been to almost all the places and so we decided to cut short our holiday in Penang .

The next morning after about 2 hours visit to Taman Bunga , we left Penang via the ferry .I chose to go by the ferry in order to reminisce the good old days of Penang .We reached home safe at about 8.30 pm.