In Reply to: penang posted by frank48 on Monday, 3. January 2005 at 14:42 Bali Time:
Maybe I'm spolt from Bali but in 1999 went to KL & decided to go to Penang for about 4 days after being so close & always seeing it advertised as a travel destination. My personal view of Penang is that it is a hole, we stayed at the Holiday Inn the room was disgusting everything in the room was damp, the curtains, carpet even the bedding, I complained to the desk but they reckon it was the only room left & changed the bedding. Just a stones throw away was a mosque and at dawn each day they called the faithful to prayer, no sleeping in here. During the day you could only eat at the hotel (high prices) as the local cafe/restaurant only seemed to open up for dinner at night. Luckily we found an indian restaurant that served fantastic food or else we would have starved. Nothing to do in the place, nothing much to see. Maybe we missed something but I would never go back there again. Don't bother to flame me as we all have our bad travel experiences.