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Eat, makan, jiak and repeat : Long weekend in Penang

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badlammy

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I last stayed at E&O too. It'slike Raffles Hotel in Penang and always adjourned back to the hotel in the afternoon for the free afternoon tea.

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Henryngseowkok

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4 hours ago, badlammy said:

I last stayed at E&O too. It'slike Raffles Hotel in Penang and always adjourned back to the hotel in the afternoon for the free afternoon tea.

I also stayed E&O hotel few years ago n I din know there is free afternoon tea.  Walked behind the hotel is the sea facing n the scenery is very nice

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therock

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If possible 

everyone should stay in it once in their lives

its cheaper than raffles or Shang but it brings you back to a different era. Staying in a suite, having tea then sitting by the beach .. a fabulous experience 👍 

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therock

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The Singapore bird 🐦 

just a small suggestion:

our currency is thrice as valued so things seem really cheap here

m$50 for a meal? Cheap cheap

and we cheap cheap here and there without sparing a thought for the locals 

a grab driver earns about 4500 after working 14 hours a day and he is beat. 

So let’s keep our chirping and cheaping to ourselves ?

cheers

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16 hours ago, Henryngseowkok said:

I also stayed E&O hotel few years ago n I din know there is free afternoon tea.  Walked behind the hotel is the sea facing n the scenery is very nice

They have a very good happy hour servings in the late afternoon. 

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On 11/16/2019 at 10:40 PM, Henryngseowkok said:

I also stayed E&O hotel few years ago n I din know there is free afternoon tea.  Walked behind the hotel is the sea facing n the scenery is very nice

They really mean afternoon TEA. I went there, and asked for coffee instead to go with the finger sandwiches and cakes. I was told that they only serve TEA with the food, and they have a choice of teas. I suppose they are stickers to the English tradition.

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Lala81

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PSLE and school exam schedules out.

Decided to drag my parents to penang for the deepvali PH. They haven't traveled with the grandkids before. 

Scoot already sold out. Airasia ticket prices about 10% difference from SQ. So opted for SQ. 

 

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On 6/28/2024 at 1:42 PM, Lala81 said:

PSLE and school exam schedules out.

Decided to drag my parents to penang for the deepvali PH. They haven't traveled with the grandkids before. 

Scoot already sold out. Airasia ticket prices about 10% difference from SQ. So opted for SQ. 

 

I'm driving up in Sep... haha... we're in a car forum leh... usually I leave at 5.30 am, be at Ipoh at 12.00 pm for lunch, and get to Penang by 3-4 pm? Cos after lunch will get attacked by ZZZ monster...

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On 6/28/2024 at 1:42 PM, Lala81 said:

PSLE and school exam schedules out.

Decided to drag my parents to penang for the deepvali PH. They haven't traveled with the grandkids before. 

Scoot already sold out. Airasia ticket prices about 10% difference from SQ. So opted for SQ. 

 

got try MH?

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Lala81

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On 6/28/2024 at 5:56 PM, Jman888 said:

got try MH?

Haha my wife already concerned that we going to be taking 737 max 8 lol. 

Sky scanner the price very different for Malaysia airlines. Probably no direct flight. 

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Lala81

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On 6/28/2024 at 5:01 PM, teomingern said:

I'm driving up in Sep... haha... we're in a car forum leh... usually I leave at 5.30 am, be at Ipoh at 12.00 pm for lunch, and get to Penang by 3-4 pm? Cos after lunch will get attacked by ZZZ monster...

With my parents leh. Haha can't squeeze in one accord. 

Dont want lah. That day I stuck in a 20+min jam at yishun dam cos one van hazard light and closed one lane. I already very Du lan. 

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On 6/28/2024 at 6:06 PM, Lala81 said:

With my parents leh. Haha can't squeeze in one accord. 

Dont want lah. That day I stuck in a 20+min jam at yishun dam cos one van hazard light and closed one lane. I already very Du lan. 

i usually avoid driving over on long weekend/public holiday
 

but one year, i had to drive up to KL on Deepavali long weekend to attend a friend's daugther's wedding dinner

as expected, super jam at border and along NSHW. Took me abt 7hrs from home to KL.

penang is great. Can rent an MPV there to travel around. 

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On 6/28/2024 at 6:06 PM, Lala81 said:

With my parents leh. Haha can't squeeze in one accord. 

Dont want lah. That day I stuck in a 20+min jam at yishun dam cos one van hazard light and closed one lane. I already very Du lan. 

That's why I start early lar... driving at around 5-6 am very shiok one... no car moving north... all still sleeping... until around 8.30 am then traffic start getting heavy.... by then already pass Melaka cos it's one of the busiest stretches along the way... and Seremban side just start up jamming only... by the time 9.30 am or so already take the exit 214 and bypass KL already...

Sent Vellfire or Alphard from Southern Best Travel & Tour... I rented Starex from them in June to transport 10 people including my family to Cameron Highlands & KL... very smooth and easy... I think it's about RM480 per day for the Toyotas...I highly recommend... good service, good vehicles, honest operators, and very responsive... I not related... just a satisfied user...

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teomingern

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On 6/28/2024 at 7:36 PM, Shibadog said:

i usually avoid driving over on long weekend/public holiday
 

but one year, i had to drive up to KL on Deepavali long weekend to attend a friend's daugther's wedding dinner

as expected, super jam at border and along NSHW. Took me abt 7hrs from home to KL.

penang is great. Can rent an MPV there to travel around. 

Tell me about it... in Aug 2019 I went in on 10 Aug after National Day holiday... this is the school holiday but not for public... I jam 6 hours at Tuas Checkpoint... almost died from holding my pee...

On 3 Jun 2022, I drove to Penang... it's the Agong's birthday... when I checked in, the receptionist told me the day before, some guests drive from KL to Penang and took 11 hours... they started in the morning 11 am and reached at 10 pm... fainted...

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On 6/28/2024 at 6:04 PM, Lala81 said:

Haha my wife already concerned that we going to be taking 737 max 8 lol. 

Sky scanner the price very different for Malaysia airlines. Probably no direct flight. 

Got the old 737-800NG for penang SQ route too if you are worried. I also purposely selected non-MAX when I travelled there recently. But those planes are really kinda old and wah lao i belatedly realised got no in-flight entertainment, think probably are the old silkair planes. 

I was expecting better from SQ, but i saw that the newer 8-max planes got in-flight entertainment.

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