Just back from a trip to Ipoh and Georgetown. I was last in Ipoh in March 2024 and Georgetown in end-May 2024. I made a booking and got complimentary stay in Ipoh - then I realised that I made an error in my booking. The resort kindly changed my check-in date and still allowed the complimentary stay, Alhamdulillah. (I had to make yet another change to my check-in date and after a few weeks, was informed that the resort agreed to change my check-in date again. Syukur).
We left KL just before noon on Wednesday, 25 June. We stopped for lunch at an R&R before continuing on. After a stop at Greentown to conduct some business, we finally drove to AC Hotel and checked in. Dinner was had at Ipoh Parade diagonally across from the hotel.
We went for a brief morning walk on Thursday morning. It rained earlier that morning. Sister and BIL checked out at around 10:45 and I hitched a ride from them to the city and re-explored the city. I’d been to the city before when the ETS was newly introduced. I was back in my room 3.5 hours later.
On Friday morning, I headed for the railway station after breakfast and rode the 10:55 Komuter train to Butterworth. I stopped for lunch at Penang Road Famous Laksa and joined the queue. Was only tucking into my bowl of laksa after 40 minutes or so. Then I made my way to Berjaya Penang Hotel, stopping en route at Gurney Paragaon and Gurney Plaza. After AC Hotel, Berjaya Penang Hotel was a letdown. It made me wonder how our maintenance fees had been utilised.
On Saturday morning, I walked to Georgetown and had Hokkien noodles before continuing on to the market at Jalan Kuala Kangsar. Alas, the vegetarian wan tan noodle stall was no longer there. I browsed the stalls then went to queue again at Penang Road Famous Laksa. I ordered char kuay teow and oyster omelette this time. Maybe it was just me but I didn’t feel there was anything to shout about. I then headed back to the hotel, the heat was getting to me, but not before getting a couple of vegetarian pau.
It rained early Sunday morning. I left the hotel at 6:35 and waited for the bus no. 101 to the jetty. The bus came after nine minutes (it felt longer than that!) and we arrived at the jetty 14 minutes later. Too late to ride the 07:00 ferry. I rode the 07:30 ferry across then went to find breakfast.
The train was delayed due to some tree which fell on the track. We had to board the train at platform 2 (instead of platform 3) and we finally reached Ipoh at 11:37. Just enough time for me to get down and up the stairs and across to exit the platform and join the queue for the 12:05 ETS back to KL. The train actually left at 12:04.
I think that’s my last stay at Berjaya Penang Hotel.
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