Penang and Kuala Lumpur Trip Day 1 (18/12)

5 30 am my alarm sounded and I woke up reluctantly and got washed up. Well, I feel happy as it is the starting point of my 7 days 6 nights trip to Penang and Kuala Lumpur. There used to be direct flights from Kuching to Penang but there isn't now so we need to go through Kuala Lumpur. Our flight to Kuala Lumpur departs at 8 10 am. We had breakfast at Mc Donalds in Kuching International Airport. I tried the egg and beef muffin and it tasted normal.

Breakfast at McDonalds

We reached our boarding gate and it was still raining quite heavily so I prayed that it will be a smooth flight. We took of from Runway 07 smoothly and on time. It was counted as a pleasant climb as it was very couldy and raining. It was a windy day in Kuala Lumpur so we experienced some turbulance just before touched down. We touched down in Kuala Lumpur International Airport Runway 32L at about 10 50 am and the Boeing 737-400 slowly taxied into gate A6 at the main terminal.

Landed at KLIA
Just when we stepped into the terminal buiding, we spotted an information screen and we checked our connecting flight to Penang and we found out that MH 1142 bound for Penang had been delayed for 3 hours. Oh dear... 3 hours. So we just stroll around at the KLIA until 2 40pm. Wasted 3 hours...Finally, we boarded the Boeing 737-400 on MH1142 at gate B2.

The Boeing 737-300 Aircraft as Flight MH1142 to Penang

The flight to Penang was quite smooth besides some turbulance upon take off. We also known that the plane we boarded was a spare plane as the original one had some problems. It was a hot day and we touched down at Penang International Airport at about 40 minutes after take off. It was an old airport. The color is old... the style is old...everything is old haha.

Welcome to Penang International Airport

Okay I don't want to waste time. After checking in to our hotel, G Hotel, we walked to the shopping mall next to our hotel which is Gurney Plaza. It is one of the major shopping mall in Penang. First, we went for dinner at a Taiwanese Restaurant in the basement of the mall. I ordered Char Siew Noodles and it tasted nice.

Gurney Plaza

Char Siew Mee
We had a walked at the Gurney Plaza and went to the famous Gurney Drive hawker stalls at night. It is famous for the food there but I don't really enjoy the food. Maybe just not my taste.
The hawker centre was so crowded that we had to squeezed our way through and was lucky to get a seat. We ordered Fried Oyster, Rojak and a plate of Penang Char Koay Teow. We didn't like any of them. Maybe it is because we ordered from the wrong stalls as there were hundreds of stalls there.

Famous Gurney Drive Hawker Stalls

Fried Oyster (Oh Chian)
We all slept well that night as we were all tired after flying. Haha. Thats all for day 1. To be continued.....
Bye for now and God Bless You