Safe and Sound at Golden Sands Penang.

This is the view from our 3rd storey room at Golden Sands Resort Penang.  It is much dearer than Galle but everything here just works and works well.

It was a long day from Galle to Penang. A 1 hour delay to our 9:30pm departure from KL didn't help. But everything went ok. The Sri Lanka to KL flight had empty seats so we were able to have plenty of room. I am npt sure why we had such a long stopover in KL, it just seemed the way the package went.

Wifi here is ok and I can stream the Cricket fine. There is a little buffering but overall it is pretty good.

I won't bore you with food stories but here is pretty good. Under $6 for a 650ml Tiger beer seems reasonable enough. There are eateries everywhere here and the food is great, the drinks cold and there are heaps of good times.

It is almost 15 years since we were last here and the rate of new building is amazing. Once where there was jungle is now row after row of multi storey condominiums. It is amazing.

There are small mini marts everywhere and even an ATM just over the road.

The facilities at the hotel are great, 3 pools, glorious garden areas, just perfect.