Reaching Penang

Quick toilet stop at Bidor

It turned out that travelling early on the Raya morning was a great idea. We missed most of the traffic and reached the destination with plenty of time to spare. 

We set off from Kuala Lumpur just after 7am. My mother had been at our apartment since the day before, with all of us fasting for Wukuf. Hence, we can leave early. Julia on the other hand was 30 minutes behind. Since we reached Penang at around 11, we decided to go straight to my Aunt’s place in Sungai Petani. We had a feast there, finally reaching our hotel just after 2 pm. 

After checking into our room, we sat down for an afternoon tea as the boys hardly touched anything for lunch. Suffice to say that we were happy with our rooms - Anita and I stayed at the ground floor garden terrace, while the two boys were in their suite on the upper floor on their own. 

They did not follow us when the rest of us went for dinner at Padang Kota later on. We have given them instructions on how to order room service. Hopefully they could figure it out themselves.

We had some visits to do tomorrow, plus I don’t mind having a quick photowalk tomorrow morning, weather permitting …