01/07/10-04/07/10 - A Malay Birthday Treat
Georgetown, main town on the island is a UNESCO world heritage site and wonderful place to enjoy a leisurely stroll and take in the rare mix of influences and styles; Chinese, Malay, British and Indian cultural heritage is on display. Interestingly, many grand old colonial buildings lay crumbling in a state of disrepair whilst elsewhere on the island huge new apartment complexes reach for the sky. Georgetown also has several jetties with people living over the murky waters. We enjoyed a lovely Indian meal served on a banana leaf in the Indian quarter and took afternooon tea at the wonderful colonial art-deco E&O hotel.
We al
so took advantge of the good 
weather and hotel facilities to relax by the pool and enjoy a touch of pampering with a massge at the hotel spa. The hotel was adjacent to the beach and sea, but the sea is not the most enticing due to the heavy silting and abundant jelly-fish that arrive. The pool was just fine for us.
Astrid solved the mystery of our destination for her birthday treat on the travelator to the departure gate at HK Internal Airport. We headed to the Malaysian island of Penang, 3 hours flight from HK. Ian visited Penang a few years previous and didn't remember the traffic being so bad, it took nearly an hour and a half to get through the rush-hour traffic to our accommodation in the north of the island in Batu Ferringhi. We were there in time to have a look around the local nightmarket and enjoy a Malay-style Laksa.
Georgetown, main town on the island is a UNESCO world heritage site and wonderful place to enjoy a leisurely stroll and take in the rare mix of influences and styles; Chinese, Malay, British and Indian cultural heritage is on display. Interestingly, many grand old colonial buildings lay crumbling in a state of disrepair whilst elsewhere on the island huge new apartment complexes reach for the sky. Georgetown also has several jetties with people living over the murky waters. We enjoyed a lovely Indian meal served on a banana leaf in the Indian quarter and took afternooon tea at the wonderful colonial art-deco E&O hotel.
We al
so took advantge of the good 
weather and hotel facilities to relax by the pool and enjoy a touch of pampering with a massge at the hotel spa. The hotel was adjacent to the beach and sea, but the sea is not the most enticing due to the heavy silting and abundant jelly-fish that arrive. The pool was just fine for us.
Nice Info! This is really a nice blog in which you discuss about people who celebrate their weekend in Malaysia which is really nice.
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