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Pulau Pinang here I come!
Malaysia / Penang ♡
It’s getting cheaper to travel! In the past, when we took a Super VIP coach from Singapore to Penang (aka Pulau Pinang) the cost of a ticket was about S$60. A return Super VIP coach ticket from Penang to Singapore cost about RM80 (~S$33). The 2-way coach travel summed up to be around S$100 without travel insurance.
Since the opening up of air routes to budget airlines between Malaysia and Singapore this year, it’s the first time we travelled by air to Malaysia. We compared a few budget airlines and thought Tigerairways was the cheapest to fly on our scheduled dates. The total cost of a 2-way ticket (including travel insurance plus taxes and admin fee) is only S$80. Though it’s merely S$20 difference, we save a great deal of precious time! You see, it requires an 8-hr journey ride from Singapore up north to Penang but only 1-hr of flight between these 2 destinations.
Photos taken in the Changi Airport’s Budget Terminal. It’s a small terminal but still comprises of an Internet Zone, souvenir shops and an open space cafeteria. I like the Dim Sum stall! The dim sum are tasty and selling at a reasonable price.
I think they just refurbished the boarding gates area with tints of warm colours. 
Up up and away! Admiring the cloud formations from the plane and snapped a few aerial pics.
Love the blue tones in the sky with clouds like cottons.
It was past seven in the evening and the setting sun blazed like a diamond above the clouds. If the plane wing was not blocking, we could literally see the reflection of the sunbeams on the cloud surface.
The sparkling sun.
The plane flew out of the clouds and Penang island appeared.
Gonna update my holidays in Penang, Genting Highlands, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh in the coming weeks!
13 Comments Leave your comment
我没机会飞到那么高，就看你飞好了 ！
高空的风景美呆了 ！ 不，应该说你的照片拍得美呆了 ！
@Bakeling: hey gal, u’ll have the chance.
The budget airport in Singapore look so much better than the LCCT in Sepang
The photos taken from the plane are really magificient!
nice…especially the photo last two
wow! now who would not be in love with the place.
wow.. great shot….
I aspire this blogs…. Nice Eunice 
I have coming photoblogs too.. but still under construction.. lol
I want to go in Palau…. U know Survivor Philippines season 2 was held in Palau..
Wah, long holidays, lucky you! Enjoy!
Nice snaps Eunice ….. and even I have heard that travel costs have really come down in Malaysia.
I was here a couple of weeks ago and I should say it was very very lovely… Excellent laid back town and a good place to take refuge from the hustle and bustle of Singapore.
And yeah, this has become even more accessible with the LCC offering super cheap airfare going there…
CHEERS!!
@Borneo Falcon: Is it? Perhaps will get the chance to arrive at LCCT since we shall be going KL for Chinese New Year next yr.
@SSS:
It’s breathtaking in the evening time.
@Lijun:
@dongho: yeah it’s a nice place for a short retreat.
@arjaeuse: ya I saw that on TV, very nice island.
@peteformation: ya enuff of that now… need to work!
@Janit: U mean transport cost? It’s good to have low cost carriers flying to more destinations in the region so that more can afford to travel..
@MrWhattaworld: OIC! Saw your blog, it’s good!
wow the travel shots on your blog are really magnificent!
i could never have taken such photos.
@coleen: y not? u can… just aim and click when u see clouds!