We're very much getting out and about here in Penang. We got ourselves on the funicular railway up Penang Hill in the late morning and spent a few hours in the evening wandering the streets of George Town, playing the role of dedicated tourists. In between we enjoyed the hospitality of our excellent hotel, which keeps a lounge open round the clock with free drinks & snacks in lieu of providing drinks in guests' rooms. Nice concept which definitely suits us.
Just one fly in the ointment. There's a sort of open air restaurant across the road which clearly does good business. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, we just purchased some chicken wings as a late night snack, bringing them across to consume later in our comfortable lounge. But the problem is that at 9.00 pm the live music starts and it's uncompromisingly loud. I thought it might be over by 11.00 pm yesterday, but it went on to midnight featuring a particularly strident female singer who seemed to get more excited as the evening wore on. I thought I would easily nod off to the background noise, but her voice was individually irritating enough to keep drawing attention to itself such that it never quite became background, if you see what I mean.
Not a soothing experience, and sort of being repeated as I write. But tonight we know what's in store and intend to rise above it.
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