Travel to Penang Island (George Town)

We need to leave for the ferry terminal around 9:30 AM to catch the 11 AM ferry.  I woke around 7 AM and decided to walk to the beach for a morning swim.  Yesterday, one of the Grab drivers pointed out a path that he said was a shortcut to the beach, so I took his advice and wound up on a path along a river.  It is like a different world in here and I am only one street in from the main area.

After about 15 of walking I wound up at my own private  beach.  There were a few walker-by, but it was pretty much my own.  Check out these cute pictures of me before and after the swim.

My plan was to get back to the hotel by 8:30 AM to give me time to shower, dress, and pack.  We are getting to the ferry terminal early so we can find breakfast since the food venders by our hotel hadn't been opened.  When I got back to the hotel I decided to check if the venders were opened...and they were!  I hurried back to the hotel and told Tim that the Roti place was opened...."The what?" he said...."Trust me," I said.  i showered and we headed to the roti stall.

They had something called Sarang Burung Biasa AKA Bird's Nest. We asked for egg to be cooked well, and this is what was delivered.

It was so good!  The sauce it was served with was a bit spicy with corn niblets in it.  Somehow it worked and was a great combination.  We each ordered 1, although I was tempted to order 2.  The total cost for our breakfast was 5 MYR => $1.12!!  

Oh...by the way...this was our table during breakfast.  We got up from the table after breakfast and a local woman sitting next to us asked if she could take a photo with us.  It was nice.

We walked back to the hotel, ordered a Grab, and took the 45 minute drive back to the ferry terminal.  Bon Voyage Langkawi...it was a great visit.

Luckily, this time we sat towards the front of the boat where it was quieter and less vibration.  It was a pretty nice 1 hour journey.

We made it back to Kuala Perlis, I left the others to walk back to the hotel to get the car, and finally made it back to them after struggling with the traffic picking other people up from the ferry terminal.

We are now headed to Penang Island.  It is supposed to be about 2.5 hours, but this is a holiday weekend (Monday is Labour Day), so there was a lot of traffic.  I wound up taking about 4 hours for us to get to our apartment.  We checked in and immediately headed to the 5th floor to check out the pool area.

Here is a view off the balcony of the 5th floor.

And the pretty cool pool and the view from it.

OK...time for dinner.  We checked out what was around on Google maps, and picked a place that was walking distance.  On the way to that place, we noticed this Hawker Center, so decided to eat there.

I had a shrimp noodle dish, fried vegetable dumplings, and a grilled prawn.  It was all delicious.

After dinner, we all walked back to the apartment.  We needed to find a grocery store to buy some water and food for breakfast.  Guess what...there is a supermarket in the basement of our apartment building...how convenient.

After shopping we headed upstairs, we planned our day in George Town.  After which I blogged till 2 AM to catch up on it.  Tomorrow we explore the natural side of Penang Island and save the hustle and bustle for Saturday.  Until then...