The whole idea of a week in Penang was to have some rest and relaxation before returning to reality and it certainly was that . Crackers took a couple of days to adjust to the time difference while everyone else coped reasonably well. The pool was great as always but a little busier than at previous visits due to Malaysian school holidays , this didn't impact that much, and we all enjoyed a restful week .
We had one trip to a large shopping centre but other than that spent most of the time relaxing around the pool or lunching at the beach cafe next door where the beer was extra cold and the food was inexpensive . The view across the inlet from the verandah of this ramshackle establishment makes a beer somehow taste better and small fishing boats at anchor in the lee of Lovers Rock is a very pleasant backdrop.
Most days you can eat and drink for about $ 35.00 out of pocket as breakfast is included in the room tariff this makes for a very affordable place to holiday .
I am writing this while we wait for our Last flight of the escapade. Sitting in Changi airport Singapore with some six hours to kill . There is a free tour that you can do from here into Singapore but unfortunately we missed the last one by thirty seconds and it appears that there are several other rules that we were not aware of that prevented us from going on it.
It is probably a little early to sum up the whole trip with the early parts Budapest and the cruise a bit of a blur and we will need to go over the photos (more than 3000) to bring back the memories of all we have done . We have been blessed with excellent weather. We have had really only one day (Paris ) that we were limited in what we set out to do .
Most of the plane flights 9 in the case of Crackers and the Hen have gone off with out a hitch. There were some delays and train hiccups but we survived them mostly intact.
We squabbled occasionally disagreed as well but all in in all as a group we stuck together helping each other finding which direction ,what level ,what destination , was required. In Paris for example just to get out of the underground requires 4 sets of eyes to find the correct exit .
We have had some great experiences we have laughed a lot discovered a taste for different foods and" beverages" (read beer) We have met some interesting and some not so interesting people. I will probably post a final episode of the escapade a little later when we have had some time to digest it all. But in the meantime I feel a snooze coming on.
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