We took a bus from the Komtar which is a complex containing Penang local government admin ,shopping centre and bus station all in one very convenient location.We headed out toward the Penang Hill funicular railway to the high spot of the island.
The view is truly breathtaking but it is a bit of a tourist rip off because you pay around £6 for your trip whilst the locals pay 60p and nowhere is the differential shown in figures at the pricing kiosks, only by reading the entrance charges can you work out that there is this large difference by a proficiency in Malay and having internet.Perhaps I'm being mean but can you imagine a different price for us and visitors to say Shakespeare's birthplace?
The air up here was certainly a few degrees cooler and fresher than the coastal plain.
New Year Day breakfast was taken at..........McDonalds! followed by a walk along the Esplanade back towards Georgetown via the Gurney Plaza shopping Mall where there was a frenzy at Hush Puppies for clothing!
I think I preferred the area around us as the beach area here was absolutely disgusting despite in being prime real estate area.
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