To the beach

Day 4 George Town, Penang, Malaysia

This morning the rain had stopped by the time we finished breakfast so we booked a Grab (Asia's Uber) and visited Batu Cafe which was right on the water. 

We then decided to take the Penang Hill Funicular but checking with our driver we decided that it was a bit too cloudy and the views wouldn't be great, so we thought we'd check out Ferringhi Beach, a popular beach near George Town. There was a nice stretch of restaurants and cafes with seating on the sand but nothing opened until midday so the area was dead.  

We walked along the beach and the jetty then decided to head back to the hotel. Although it seemed very quiet we had no trouble getting a Grab, and on the way back the driver explained the Grab system, and how trips are auto assigned and if a driver knocks one back they are locked out for ever increasing periods, so eventually a driver has no choice but to accept a low fare.

A cafe near our hotel was recommended by our last driver so we headed there for a coffee only to find out they were a Melbourne based operation.

That afternoon M visited some of the other clan jetties, then walked back towards the fort to find that a huge cruise ship (4800 passengers) was in town.

We spent the evening enjoying the George Town area, this time opting for a place on Chulia St where we had some happy hour drinks then a meal (not rendang this time).