[Huliwang]

Okay I have booked for 4 days starting on Thursday for Penang.

Thanks for all the tips. After much consideration,  I am taking the bus as the small jets flying there pose a real safety issue for me.

I will be staying near Gurney drive area

Many years ago, I took a bus from Singapore to Bangkok with a navy buddy. The bus stopped at Butterworth and from Butterworth to Hat Yai by car, then from Hat Yai to Bangkok by bus again. 

I remember the bus left Singapore from People's Park around 2000 hrs and arrived at Butterworth around 1400 hrs the next day. It was very tiring and miserable to sit in the bus the whole trip and I will never do that again. ...