Malaysian Holiday Day 5 Cheekyricho Penang

We arrived at Penang Airport and Hired a car to drive to Batu Feringhi on the North Shore. 

Stopping off at Tesco for a bite to eat and some supplies. To select your meat, which is surrounded by a bed of ice, customers pick through the meat with bare hands for the choicest pieces.

Chicken and seafood is likewise selected.

This is our Hill View Room which has quite a bit of road noise despite being on the7th floor.

All these little apartments line the hillside.

A trip to Gurney Drive Night Food market resulted in an unpleasant encounter with a thief. You are looking at Richos Oyster omelette being cooked. He paid for the dinner but this bloke denied being paid and insisted on being paid again. The meal was cooked, Richo was looking forward to eating it and this lying scum bag insisted on being paid twice, he was adamant and  making a scene so we walked off without the money or the food. He has done this many times before he was so smooth. Off we went to McDonald's where it was brightly lit, busy and we wouldn't get ripped off. Leaves an unpleasant taste in your mouth and had us really nervous as we left the market, anxious we may have been followed. Another lesson leant! 

Today we had a delicious breakfast and drove around the island. We stopped at a chocolate and coffee manufacturer. 

A wet market where they were preparing the freshly caught seafood for sale.

This is the fishing fleet that supplies this market.

We called into a tropical

Fruit farm where we were invited to take part in a tour, 30 minutes walking around a mountain side followed by tasting of the tropical fruit, didn't appeal. Uneven ground and my ankle aren't friends and the fruit on display looked to have been cut several days ago, bothered by flies and severely oxidised. Far from appetising. My favourite place to visit was the Nutmeg Farm. The lady was fantastic, full of information, we sampled many nutmeg products. Tea, drink, oils, balm, we bought some to

Bring home, we learnt a lot from a lady who is passionate about her produce and not high pressure. The farm has been in her family for generations. We enjoyed our time with her.

Nutmeg, mace and nutmeg fruit being dried. All in various states of production.

We couldn't bring the Nutmeg spice home due to quarantine but we bought other nutmeg products which are safe to

Import.

This is the actual nutmeg tree. Only the female variety of trees bear fruit.

On to Butterworth via this huge freeway bridge. It's pretty new and winds right across the bay from Penang to the mainland.

 Richo had a clay pot chicken lunch he is trying some surprisingly adventurous meals. I'm very proud of him, he is so brave.

Back to the hotel  For a quick swim before a cool drink and a wander across the road for a bite for tea.

Dinner was a Pizza across from the hotel. We had one here 5 years ago and it was much better then.

What to do tomorrow?  Hmmm.