Breakfast this morning was of the take away variety. The usual little Indian restaurant was closed so we bought a few snacks from the Ramadan Bazaar.
We walked to the jetty bus stop as we were going to catch the bus to the beach. The journey was around 30 minutes as Batu Ferringhi lay in the north west of the island. On the bus we passed some huge shopping malls with designer boutiques and the Gurney open air hawker food area.
The bus dropped us at the beach and we walked through an alleyway to reach the sand packed with tourist markets. The beach was very quiet and we paddled in the sea, which was like a bath. However, the sea had a grey look to it and it seemed to be carrying grey sediment from the bottom, which made it look uninviting for swimming. We walked along the shore before heading back to the road.
The cut through to the road was the Hard Rock Hotel. Now we knew where all of the tourists were hiding - the hotel pool! The area was packed. Along the road we found hordes more market stalls. Many were closed and open at night but we were not staying that long ...
We caught the bus on the main road back to the hawker stalls at Gurney Drive. We sat and enjoyed local food and even got to try some of our neighbours at the table too. 3 Malaysian ladies joined us and they had all been to school in London! We chatted and even got to try their fried oyster omlette.
After several courses we left for the air conditioned shopping mall before catching the bus back to our hotel. It was an early night for us, as at 4am we were going to watch the World Cup semi final.
Ps. Check out the burger van
We walked to the jetty bus stop as we were going to catch the bus to the beach. The journey was around 30 minutes as Batu Ferringhi lay in the north west of the island. On the bus we passed some huge shopping malls with designer boutiques and the Gurney open air hawker food area.
The bus dropped us at the beach and we walked through an alleyway to reach the sand packed with tourist markets. The beach was very quiet and we paddled in the sea, which was like a bath. However, the sea had a grey look to it and it seemed to be carrying grey sediment from the bottom, which made it look uninviting for swimming. We walked along the shore before heading back to the road.
The cut through to the road was the Hard Rock Hotel. Now we knew where all of the tourists were hiding - the hotel pool! The area was packed. Along the road we found hordes more market stalls. Many were closed and open at night but we were not staying that long ...
We caught the bus on the main road back to the hawker stalls at Gurney Drive. We sat and enjoyed local food and even got to try some of our neighbours at the table too. 3 Malaysian ladies joined us and they had all been to school in London! We chatted and even got to try their fried oyster omlette.
After several courses we left for the air conditioned shopping mall before catching the bus back to our hotel. It was an early night for us, as at 4am we were going to watch the World Cup semi final.
Ps. Check out the burger van
