Wednesday, July 22, 2009

A trip to Penang

After planning for it for months, we finally made the trip to Penang last Sunday. We were there for 3 days and 2 nights and stayed at The Gurney Hotel and Residences along Persiaran Gurney. We initially wanted to stay somewhere in the Ferringhi Beach but after hearing awful remarks from my sister who recently went about the beaches there, we decided to stay in town (nearer to the food :-)).

We managed to get the pomotional rate which is RM160++ per night for a studio suite room with breakfast. I didn't take any photos of the room so am going to borrow the photos from their website :-)




The room looks quite old, the free WIFI sucks but the staff were friendly (except the girl who checked us in). The best thing about this hotel would be the pools. They have very nice pool for adults and kids.


The journey to and back from Penang has been great. Hayley didn't fuss a bit during the 3.5 hours car ride both ways. We stopped for a short break to let her stretch her legs and fed her lunch and were back on the road. She either slept or played on her own, what a darling :-)

I have to add that going travelling and sightseeing with a toddler was not easy. We had to plan our day based on her routines - need to make sure she still gets her nap, her feeds, her poo time, etc. And we didn't really achieve much. Most of the time were spent at the pool side. That was her happy place :-). She enjoyed playing with the sand for the 1st time.



The only tourist attracttions that we visited during the 3 days are Kek Lok Si temple and Gurney Plaza. It was tiring going up the temple with a little toddler.



Mummy and papa on the other hand wanted to go Penang for its delicious char kueh teow (fried noodle), assam laksa and cendol. Finding suitable food for the little one was tough at these outlets and don't even hope you'll find a baby chair. We had to eat with one hand while the other grabbed on to her as she attempts to stand on the chair or jump from the chair. We didn't really enjoy our food in the end (it was a struggle to finish it in the shortest time possible) but they do taste good.


We left hazy Penang around noon and got ourselves some Him Heang tambun biscuit :-)


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