Here we are. Me is typing this during my
business trip to Singapore. This the summary of the great Penang trip. Haha. The crews are me, Edi, Vina, Fany, Farid, Jimz, Colin, Aryna, Leo, Nat, Annita, and Mon2.
DAY 1
The very first day of the trip. We went to Aeroline station in Sunway Pyramid at 7 something. It was very early yet everyone seems cannot hold their exitement. The atmosphere of happiness is very thick here. LOL. Anyways, we boarded the bus and started our so-called Penang escapade. :D
When we arrived, me, Nat, Fany and Farid went to airport to rent cars. Yes, carS, We rented 3 cars for 3 days. Here is the crew.
1st car : Farid (D), Jimz (N), Aryna, Colin
2nd car : Vina (D), Edi (N), Me, Fany (2nd D)
3rd car : Nat (D), Leo (N), Ann (2nd D), Mon
Legend: D = Driver, N = Navigator and 2nd D = Second Driver
The first day was spent by getting lost in the town. LOL! We were separated with the 1st car thanks to the complicated traffic in Penang. We had our lunch at 4 after we checked in. Another thing that I have not told you is we had a GPS to guide us around. The funny things was at that day the GPS told us that we arrived at the destination right at the middle of the intersection during our search for the very first food in Penang. We were like "wth??". LOL! That GPS sure helped alot for getting around the town but not to such extent that it helped ALOT. Sometimes it confused us as it has no ability to recognize one way road. You know what I mean. :D
After we had our lunch, we went back to hotel to negotiate where we wanted to go for the 1st night and for the other days. The first dinner is steamboat. The flavor is okay okay. Not that great but i love the grilling part around the pot. :D After we had our dinner, we went to pasar malam. This is the fun part. The searching for parking space. When the 1st and 2nd car got their parking space, we did not get it. So we went around, turned left, turned right, reversed, and at last we got the place. The process was fun but abit scary as the place was abit dark. :D Anyways, it was ordinary pasar malam that you see in pasar malam near Sunway. It is just BIGGER and more crowded. Well, that is for the 1st day. It was a good start of the trip.
DAY 2
The day was started with dimsum at Zim Sum. Well, the name of it explains all. :D Next destination was butterfly farm. Again, the name says it all. There were plethora of butterflies that, well, are flying around us. Took quite alot of photos with butterflies and other sceneries. Next! It is National Park. Can't really remember the name. We also did not make it to the end as the time was running too quickly. :P Instead of going to beach, we went to one of the rest point and we took photos there. After that, we went back and had our lunch. Next destination was Toy Museum. I don't need to explain what it contains. It has damn alot of toys collections in there. Well, they are dusty as well. :P Anyhow, if you are hunting some toys and you can't find it, perhaps, you can find it here. Hmm..... What did we do after that???? Hmmm... Oh! We went back! doh! And after we had our rest, we went out again. This time is Gourney Mall. But we did not have our dinner there. We went to pasar malam near it. The place was big and the food are NICE! Nice in terms of taste and price. I had one fried kwetiaw for 3.5 RM and I had other foods which I could not recall. :P I guess everyone was very full at that time as everyone was eating to the fullest. Back to the mall, we had to face a very jam road and parking lot. Ya, even the parking lot was jammed. Well, I did not want to waste time by sitting and doing nothing. Instead, I went out and snapped others cars. :D Nevertheless, we went back safely and that was our 2nd day.
DAY 3
Another cheap breakfast started our day. This time, we had to go further away. We went to Penang Hill. As the name implies, it was a hill. Luckily we don't need to drive until the top, instead there is a place to sto and we had to purchase tickets for going up there using train. The train moved so slow that somehow it feels abit scary as it was climbing a steep hill. But rest assured, we made it in one piece. :) At the peak, it was windy and humid. It is not a strange thing as the clouds are passing us when there was strong wind. Well, that describes how high we were at that time. The scenery was great.... until the cloud blocked everything. It was very cloudy back there. :( But still, it does not ruin the mood. We took hell alot of photos and went around. After we had enough, we went down (it was as scary as going up XD). Next destination was Kek Lo Si temple. There is a huge bronze Kwan Im statue. We went there and paid respect there. And without knowing, we were back again to hotel for the last night being in Penang. We had curry noodle at road side. But despite of that, the taste was great. Next destination was abit random. We did not know what we should visit so we just went around and in the end we end up in hotel taking photos around it. :D... After we went back, we took photos of all of us and that ended our 3rd day in Penang.
DAY 4
The last day was started with another dim sum breakfast. After that, we went to Peranakan Mansion. It is kinda a museum that holds all the items from past that was once owned by rich man that came from China and married with local woman. He was sure very rich as there was even a private temple and a place for the servants. The furnitures are from foreign and the jewelries are from gold and silver (which I am sure cost a ton at that time). Well, next was another random destination showed in GPS. Well, we did not go until the destination. We just took our photos near the shore ( the destination was near shore) and there! Our lunch in Hainan House. Although the place looked expensive, well, they are not! We left the restaurant in full stomach and did not have to pay too much for that. Next destination which was the last destination is bus station. And boy, the journey to there was hilarious yet so heart pumping. The GPS could not differentiate between highway and ordinary road. Made us so confuse that we even stop in the middle of the intersection this time in a road that full of speedy cars. Damn. Lucky I remembered that we could ask the renter of the cars to fetch the car at where we left for extra charge (of course!) And I suggested them to do so. Lucky the renter was willingly to fetch the cars so we left the cars in the parking lot in bus station. There was the trip. The next destination of course the lovely (as if! :P) Sunway! XD
The bus trip was not that happening. Most of us slept as we had quite a day (thanks to the highway moment). And you know what? The trip was equally fun with Langkawi one. Wish we could have another trip to Redang. Could we? Hoping so.
4 days of fun trip that bonds us tighter than ever. I will really really miss the moment we spent there and including the moment getting around Penang, oh well, I know that is not that enjoyable but I do and I would love getting around Penang with you guys again!! XD
And now I am in Singapore wasting my time waiting for going back to hometown. I can't really enjoy Singapore without you guys maybe because the hype of Penang trip is still not over yet. I want more trips. But I will only meet some of the you on next year and by that time, perhaps I am not Monash Uni student anymore. Which means that I will be getting around Malaysia, Singapore and Pekanbaru alot.....well.. perhaps.... :) Nevertheless, let's enjoy the present time as we never know what will happen in the future. Anyways, let's call it a day. I will always remember every second of the trip. :)
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