Air Asia opens PP to Penang from December 10th

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Good news, another weekend getaway with a >2 hours direct flight.

Be aware, Air Aisa website quoted me $282 return including a checked 20kg bag. However, skyscanner came up with $168 for the same flight, inc the bag. If you're one of those people that can get all you need in a 7kg hand luggage, then it comes down to a mere $138. If only I had a passport.... :(

Has anyone been there?

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/ ... enh-penang

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Great Flight times too: Outbound 14:00/16:50 Inbound 12:30/13:15
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love Penang, one of my top 5 cities in SE Asia, 1st went thru there in '83
great food, plenty of accommodations, Georgetown is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, plenty to see and do for a few days using the bus system
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Been there way too many times (visa runs).

Remember back in 2012 or something I was on the 10th floor of a hotel as we got hit by a 7-something earthquake. The whole hotel was swinging back and forth as we bolted down the stairs, good times!

The place itself I have little memories of, being I was doing visa runs there was never a sober moment %)
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Doc67 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:52 am Good news, another weekend getaway with a >2 hours direct flight.

Be aware, Air Aisa website quoted me $282 return including a checked 20kg bag. However, skyscanner came up with $168 for the same flight, inc the bag. If you're one of those people that can get all you need in a 7kg hand luggage, then it comes down to a mere $138. If only I had a passport.... :(

Has anyone been there?

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/ ... enh-penang

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Great Flight times too: Outbound 14:00/16:50 Inbound 12:30/13:15
It's $250 from Siahnoukville this weekend but need to stopover at KL which makes it an hour or two longer than direct from PP

However you fly Malaysia Air so no budget carrier horseshit to deal with as with Air Asia
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https://phuket.zenfolio.com/p867215729

trips from 2012

way back in the late 90's it was the place to go from Phuket for shopping
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Great news. One of my favourite cities in SEA too. Great food & great historical town. And pretty cheap too.
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Been a couple of times to run the marathon and love it. Some of the best Indian and Chinese food I have had in SE Asia.
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I've always found it overrated. Georgetown is crumbling and rat-infested, Penang as a whole doesn't have a lot to offer compared with similar places that have better beaches and etc. It's not really high on my list of "must revisit" places.
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Alex wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:12 pm I've always found it overrated. Georgetown is crumbling and rat-infested, Penang as a whole doesn't have a lot to offer compared with similar places that have better beaches and etc. It's not really high on my list of "must revisit" places.
Each to their own. I don't do beaches but I found Georgetown fascinating and a photographers paradise.
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Alex wrote: ↑Fri Nov 11, 2022 2:12 pm I've always found it overrated. Georgetown is crumbling and rat-infested, Penang as a whole doesn't have a lot to offer compared with similar places that have better beaches and etc. It's not really high on my list of "must revisit" places.
Agreed! Won't go back.
The food court was impressive, could spend a year there & still not try all the various dishes.
Infrastructure is great. The place is relaxing & civil, but a bit too civil for me.
Speaking with one of the business owners in Love lane, he was the first to open the bar to the street, then the other bars did the same trying to out do the others with the loudest music, said he was going to enclose it again.
Full of Chinese, Indian & Middle Eastern cultures, integration/fusion is a successful melting pot.
Worth a visit but not somewhere I would recommend.
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