27-04-2018 Bong & His Penang Trip - Part 3: Butterfly Farm

After visiting Chew Jetty,

we headed to our next destination,

China House. 

We were supposed to look

for their art space and shop gallery,

but we couldn't find it.

So instead,

we just walked through their pub,

backyard

and coffee shop...

It looked like they did have

very very good cakes! 

Shall give it a try next time!

After that,

we just strolled our way

to Komtar area again...

Since we were tired

and thirsty,

and it was also around lunch time,

we simply chose a kopitiam ('asian style coffee shop')

for light lunch...

Cendol

and Fried Kuey Teow...

Nam nam!

After the lunch,

we continued the strolling

under hot sun

and in humid climate...

That's why after a while,

we chose to go for 'air-con' shopping

Lol!

From Penang Times Square

to Gama Supermarket,

we bought some clothes and then took a grab car

back to the hotel to rest....

For the dinner,

we chose a nearby Thai restaurant...

The food was not

as 'authentic' as I expected,

and I would say that it is HIGHLY recommended.

For the price,

taste

and portion of the food,

I would say it was just so-so. 

After dinner,

we walked back to China House

for some 'night life'

and Eirik was so shocked that Georgetown was pretty quiet after 11pm. 

Lol!

The next day,

we went to a new place in Penang

that Arne was very interested in!

YES!

Butterfly Farm!

which is known as Entopia now. 

We were immediately greeted

by these friendly butterflies

right after we entered the 'farm'...

The farm is very different

from what I had visited when I was only 10 years old.

It offers more than just butterflies now...

and that's why it is so much to see....

To be continued...

XOXO

-Bong-

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16-04-2018 Bong & His Penang Trip - Part 2: New vs Old Jetty

Our second trip to Penang

was to pick up a friend

who flew all the way from Norway

to join the rest of our two weeks holiday in Malaysia.

It was our first time

taking bus (401E) from Georgetown to the airport.

The bus costed us not more than RM 5/10NOK for two

and the whole journey was about 1 hour...

with at least 25 minutes traffic jam around Komtar. 

Lol!

After picking up our friend, Eirik,

my uncle offered to drive us to the hotel...

This hotel,

1926 Heritage Hotel

is located about 25 minutes walking distance

at Burma Road from Komtar.

All I could say about this hotel is

cheap 

(we paid around RM 150/NOK 300 per night)

and it is not that far from other tourist attractions.  

From the hotel,

we walked around a bit

and stopped at New World Park food court

for an early dinner.

They have promotion for beers,

(3 big bottles for RM 39/NOK 78)

so it is really a nice place for beer.

After that,

we continued the sight-seeing...

until about 7-8pm. 

Bought some stuffs,

tried to fix a local sim card to Eirik for mobile data,

etc...

For dinner,

we chose this

What The Duck restaurant

at Nagore Square.

We ordered the Balinese crispy Bek-Bek

and WTD Spicy dirty duck rice...

I think the duck was really good

but the rest was just OK :)

The reviews on trip advisor were

slightly over-exaggerated. 

We stayed at this area,

Nagore Square

after our dinner...

Eirik and Arne had some drinks,

but not for me :)

The next day,

we took grab from hotel 

to Pengkalan Weld. 

The driver recommended us

another so not popular jetty,

Lee Jetty,

which he thinks is much better.

We went there,

took a couple of pictures.....

and I decided to walk back to

Chew Jetty

that we basically come here every single year! 

lol!

Though it hasn't changed much,

it is always nice to go there....

(OK! No more Chew Jetty next year!)

Just like before,

some pictures,

some shopping,

then we just moved on to our next destination.

To be continued...

XOXO

-Bong-