Day 5 - George Town, Penang, Malaysia
We woke to no rain and a not too cloudy sky so we decided to have another try at the funicular. Our Grab driver, like the others, also acted as a tour guide, suggesting places to visit and eat at as well as filling us in on some history along the way.
We had read of people waiting in the queue for up to three hours so we were pleased to find there was no delay and we were pretty much straight on. We've taken a lot of funiculars in a lot of countries so didn't have high expectations for the trip only to find it was much better than average.
We were in the front right next to the driver so when it stopped at a temple we could watch as a group of men transferred large storage tubs filled with foods like curries, dahl and salad from the front of the train.
The trip up was about 2km, quite steep and fast in places. The area at the top was nicely developed with good views over George Town and across the bay to Butterworth on mainland Malaysia.
In the afternoon M walked from the hotel to Gurney Mall via Gurney Bay Park, which was quite empty and looked like it could use a could tidy up. There had been no rain at all even though we had been expecting it.
That evening was another trip to Chulia St followed by rendang and chicken curry at Jawi House Cafe Gallery, the place we'd eaten at two nights earlier. This time the food was even better, M says he would happily eat there every night!
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