Penang

Just a quick note as limited wireless.  We have left Penang now and are on our island retreat at Pangcour Laut which is on the east side of Malaysia.

Penang is a really great place, would recommend highly for a winter holiday.   Full of personality, beautiful hotels and beaches etc.  would definitely come back.   I would not bother with KL again just a big city.  You can fly from Singapore to Penang so that is a great bonus which I did not know about.  This part of Malaysia is quite like Thailand as it is the same coastline.  Very good prices as well if you keep out of 5 star hotels for eating.  £1.20 for two scoops sorbet or ice cream at a nice little restaurant. Can pay about £40 for a good meal with wine, also of course a lot less.  Lots of lovely heritage from when the British were in Georgetown Penang.  They have a bridge which is 23km long!!

Just relaxing now for few days before we fly back to a cold UK. It wil be a shock to us I know xx

Breakfast view Penang