Have Perut Will Travel...: April 2025

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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

PEN to KUL │ Aeroline • Queensbay Mall • Corus Hotel!

Going Home!

We woke up at six in the morning and got ready. Most of the packing was done the night before so we were ready to go an hour later.

We sent the hotel a message informing that we were checking out then hailed a six-seater Grab car for a fare of RM24.00 (approximately USD/EUR5) to Queensbay Mall. The Aeroline bus we were catching was due to depart at 8:30am.

The Grab car picked us up at 6:50am and we arrived at Queensbay Mall twenty five minutes later.

With more than an hour to go we got settled in at the Starbucks seating area at the north zone of Queensbay Mall. At precisely eight it opened so I walked in to get a Caramel Macchiato that came with a free doughnut for RM14.00 (approximately USD/EUR3).

At a quarter past eight the bus bearing the registration number VDM8812 arrived, and we were allowed to board five minutes later.

The bus departed Queensbay Mall at 8:35am and drove across the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge ten minutes later before making its way past the Bandar Cassia Toll Plaza at 9:05am.

We were late in booking our return tickets but were fortunately enough to be able to book the last two seats at the lower berth of the bus.

Due to its proximity with the lavatory we were afraid that it might prove uncomfortable to us. Turned out our fears were misplaced, and best of all we had our best sleep seated at the lower berth.

We were soon driving along the North South Expressway and the uneventful journey took approximately five hours. Traffic was reasonably light, unlike the eight and a half hour crawl of a few days ago.

At 10:45am we made a pitstop at the Simpang Pulai rest area before resuming the journey to Kuala Lumpur. We drove past the Jalan Duta Toll Plaza at 1:00pm and arrived at Corus Hotel twenty minutes later.

Brendan was already waiting for us when we arrived and we got back home at 1:45pm.

Thank you for joining us on our short visit to Penang, until we meet again!