We had a 4 night 5 days vacation at Penang from 28/9 to 2/10/2023. I thought I would be a boring vacation because before this our trip was a bit boring.
Surprisingly, this holiday was really fun especially activities at Escape Penang & National Park.
Our Activities in Penang
Thursday 28/9/2023
Arrived in Penang around 5pM.
Check in at our Airbnb at Sunrise Gurney condominium.
We had our dinner at Fried Chicken Master. The chicken was not well cooked so I wouldn’t go here again.
Then we had a simple dessert at a Starbucks nearby.
Friday 29/9
We had our breakfast at Gemas Road Brothers. The queue was really long. I think the roti canai is overrated. I don’t really like it. The kuah taste sour and really spicy.
After breakfast, we went to Design Outlet – similar concept like premium outlet in Genting & Johor Bahru. We bought track suit for our next day activities at National Park.
We had our lunch at Coffee Bean in Design Outlet Mall.
We took our dinner at Lotus food court in Seri Tanjung.
After then we went to Medan Renong to eat pasembur at Ghani Pasembur.
Saturday 30/9
For breakfast, we ate bread history breads that we bought at Lotus. Then we went for Penang National Park and arrived around 1030am.
We went to Monkey beach by boat. We had our lunch at the stall in Monkey beach. The maggi goreng was delicious.
After lunch we went up to Muka Light house. It took us 1 hour to go up and 40 mn to go down. It was really tiring, we stopped few times to reach at the top. For a fit person that can climb up in 20 minutes.
Then the kids swam at the beach and played sands.
We had our dinner around 5pm at McDonalds because we were so hungry after the activities.
Then at night, we went for supper at Pasembur Gurney road.
Sunday 1/10
We had our breakfast at Ascott Hotel. Then we went to Escape Penang and arrive around 1000am.
We rode the longest waterslide, zip coaster, flying lemur and many more. It was really fun and tiring at same time.
For lunch we at A&W inside the park and dinner we just eat at the shopping mall near Gurney some of us ate Subway and some Coffee bean.
We fall asleep early with muscle pains around the body.
Monday 2/10
We had our breakfast at a nasi lemak restaurant nearby the Sunrise Gurney condominium. The nasi lemak was delicious.
Then we went back to Shah Alam and reached Shah Alam around 430pm.
We have a long holiday to multiple places this December 2022.
Places we visited:
Genting Highlands
Legoland Johor
Taiping, Perak
Penang
2nd & 3rd December 2022 – Going to Genting
We picked up my nieces at KLIA2 around 10PM++ . Then we went straight to Genting Highlands. We arrived around 1AM++.
The next day, we went up to Genting Highlands by cable car and let the kids played at Zombie Outbreak.
Before going to the cable car, I installed towels hanger at my Airbnb unit in Genting Permai.
By 4PM, we went back to Shah Alam.
3rd December 2022 – back to Shah Alam
We arrived at Shah Alam by 7PM then we ate at Dominoes Pizza Bukit Jelutong. It was tiring traveling day.
4th December 2022 – Go to Legoland – Theme Park
We had our breakfast at Restoran Mak Uda and we reached Legoland Theme Park around 12PM.
Then we checked in into our Airbnb around 352PM. By 5PM we went back to the theme park. We played till 8PM when the theme park was closed.
For dinner, we ate at McD near EduCity and it was full house.
5th December – 2nd day at Legoland Theme Park
It was heavy raining we could ride only few rides. Then we stop by 1PM. We had our lunch at 7 spices.
Then went back to our Airbnb unit and took a good rest.
For dinner we ate at Mana Cafe and had ice cream as dessert. After dinner we went to JPO
6th December – 3rd day at Legoland Theme Park
We did till 2PM the theme park because the kids were fully enjoyed all the rides by this day.
For lunch we had Subway.
We had our dinner at TKR a mamak restaurant at Iskandar Puteri. Then went to JPO but this time Deef and me stayed at our homestay because Deef was not feeling well.
7th December – 4th day at Legoland Water Park
For breakfast we ate at Mana Cafe and lunch at Chicken Rice Shop at Medini. For dinner we had Dominoes pizzas and did our laundry.
8th December – Going back to Shah Alam
We had our brunch at McD.
For dinner, we just ordered food from Restoran Mak Uda Denai Alam. Then we visited an auctioned double terrace house at Denai Alam.
9th December -Rest and Play Badminton
We rest most of the time in the morning but around 3PM we played badminton for 2 hours and we ate Nasi cincang for lunch and dinner.
10th December – Arrived at Taiping after 1o hours of traveling
We had our breakfast at house where we ate bread, scrambled eggs and hotdogs.
We went to Taiping at 1030AM and arrived only at 7PM. 10 hours of traveling! It was really jam due to school holiday.
For lunch we had Dunkin Donuts sandwiches because all the other restaurants at the RNR were full. Only Dunkin Donuts less crowded.
We ordered for Mcd Delivery for our dinner. We stayed at Hermitage Boutique House for our 2 nights stay at Taiping.
11th December – Off Road ATV & Night Safari
We had our breakfast at Mcd Taiping. Then we did cycling and riding boat at Lake Garden.
After that we did off road ATV for 2 hours. After the ATV activity, we had our lunch at Nasi Kandar Beratur. After lunch, we had CU sundae and I had my favorite Gula Melaka Coconut at ZUS Coffee.
The kids went for swimming at the Hermitage Boutique house swimming.
We separated with my nieces as they stayed at Taiping while we were going to Penang by tomorrow.
12th December – Eat Passembur & Penang Batik Factory
We had our breakfast at McD Taiping. It took 1 hour to reach Penang.
For lunch we ate Taco Bell and bought Chateraise bread at the City Junction.
Then we check in to our room at Mercure Hotel. After then went to visit Penang Batik Factory. After Penang Batik Factory had our dinner at Jalan Gurney eating Passembur and laksa Penang.
13th December – Visit Bukit Bendera & Entopia
We had our breakfast at Naina’s Roti Bakar but before that we ate bread that we bought from Chateraise. Then we went to Penang 3D Trick Museum but at the end decided not to go because hard to get parking.
We went to Bukit Bendera, but we had to wait for 3 hours before could go up then decided no to buy the ticket. Immediately we went to Entopia, Butterfly Farm.
We had our lunch at Fried Chicken Master. After Entopia, we had drinks at Starbucks. When reached hotel the kids played at the beach.
Our dinner we had at Lotus food court nearby Mercure hotel.
14th December – Going back to Shah Alam – end of vacation
Checked out at Hotel around 1030AM then we had our lunch at IKEA Batu Kawan. Moving back to Shah Alam around 1230PM then arrived in Shah Alam around 6PM.
We had our dinner at Marry Brown Denai Alam.
It was a great holiday going to different places. A first in our holiday.
We had our holiday in Penang from 12th December till 14th December 2022. We booked 2 connecting rooms with one king bed size room and two queen bed size room.
Hotel Mercure is a 4 stars hotel.
The Rooms
Rooms were really comfortable with good air conditioning and really clean.
What I don’t like only the shower water pressure not that strong.
The Mercure Hotel
Amenities
Mercure Hotel provided toothbrush, toothpaste, shaver, tea etc.
Besides you could easily find F&B within 20-30 minutes drive from the hotel.
In term of parking a bit hard to get parking nearby the hotel. You had to go to basement park next to the hotel.
Mercure Hotel also provides drinking water using 3M filter.
Price
We booked our hotel rooms at booking.com. We got it at RM350 per night per room.
We went to Penang Batik Factory so my kids could learn how to do batik. Unfortunately we went late around 4PM and they said it was already closed.
Even for next day they were fully booked and it requires 2 days to do the batik. One day to do the coloring by your own and another day for them to die the batik cloth and dry it.
Fortunately the person in charge was really friendly and showed us the factory and brief us on the making of batik without any fee.
The Factory
The factory is situated just behind the batik shop.
The Shop & Souvenir
They sell their made batik at the shop and you can buy souvenir to the adjacent shop.
Price
Penang Batik Factory charges RM35 to make your own handkerchief batik.
We bumped into a Japan Patisserie called Chateraise in Penang. It made us remember of our trip to Japan. Japan breads are delicious and nicely decorated or packed.
The Patisserie Shop
Most of the delicious breads on display is actually a fake but it looks really real. After you order, the waiter will take out the bread from a fridge.
The Bread
The mochi is really delicious. I like the cream puff but I think I can find better cream puff elsewhere.
Price
On average the price is around RM5 per bread. For me it is a bit expensive.