Well, probably I'm the one with nothing else better to do. But heck, Langkawi 2006 was a blast.
The casts for this trip will be me, Sin Yee, Pui San, E-von, Chun Hor, Gabriel and Meng Wai.
And joined by E-von's penangite friends :)
I am impressed by the fuel consumption of my 1.3 Iswara/Saga (i'm still a lil' confused till now). The tank was bone dry till i need to urgently refill another 50 bucks nearby my house. And before you know it, the second refill was at Penang nearing Tanjung Bunga. That wasn't even an urgent refill!
Enough bout the 'Belilah Buatan Malaysia' advertisement.
Took us bout 4 and a half hour to reach Butterworth, including some light breakfast at Tapah.
Since we have all the time in the world, why not we hike the ferry?
And before that, i apologise for those blurry pics that u see. It came from my SE W810i 2megapixel cam phone. Unfortunately, the Sony cam was screwed up. The best quality was probably the one with loads of lightings around. Just a lil dim and noise patterns will be formed.
Where were we again? Oh yeah, the ferry ride.
We were doing some hotel hunting soon before we met up with the second car and go for lunch at Penang St. (Jalan Penang, just in case you thought i'm referring to any tar roads being located in Penang).
There was the famed asam laksa and cendol(not to forget the wannabe cendol stall right opposite the original one). Hmm, is it me or is it the hype ppl get from the asam laksa? Coz it seemed pretty normal for me. Diluted soup, very little 'content' but its rich with taste.
Probably that was the first destination for us, next one was the Snake Temple.
Took us a whooping 2 mins to complete the whole tour around it!
The front altar was under construction, the backyard garden was erm... 'delightfully small' and grand total of number of snakes:
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TWO
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....hmm....
Moving on,
The Cheng Ho Footstep Temple, or at least thats how you describe the place with a single name.
Wasn't he sent to Malacca instead? Poor Chinese dude must have lost his way around and stepped into a puddle of mud.
I wondered myself as well, what is the big deal bout his footstep?
Its just some ordinary footpri....WHOA!!!
Its a friggin' size 27 1/2 Nike footwear print there!
Well,ladies and gentlemen, we have proudly found your mysterious yeti, abominable snowman or bigfoot in Malaysia...if thats the actual size of his feet.
Our first dinner was at the McAlister road. Great variety and taste of food if you ask me. Its half of a road filled with hawker stalls on both sides. Knowing the fact that Penang food comes in small portion, we just ordered a plate of everything. I cant really remember what food i ate, but heck it was whole lotta stuffs in my stomach that night.
As for the next morning, to the Botanical Gardens. Damn, now we're really like tourists. Like the actual tourist who didn't know there's something else in between Thailand and Singapore.
Its famed for its numerous monkeys around. But i barely see any tho.
Next stop, a-bundle-of-temples.
I wouldnt really know how to describe it, so pics will do the trick.
This is a funny incident. I think it was Jastin who asked Chun Hor to pose for a pic in front of the stall. He has no idea we weren't really focusing on him OR the stall. Haha.
We're just trying to capture this few hot chicks(not in a kidnapping way).But damn, how could someone dressed up like her could enter a temple? Any daring gal wouldnt even attempt that in Mid Valley.
The Kek Lok Si Temple:
We really spent alot of time on this one. Loads of statues, altars and designs.
Yeah we went up the pagoda.I suppose that's the one. 4 bucks per entry. They even have the revolving thingy (like the one you see in themeparks) right at the entrance. Lol. Tourist attraction was at its best definition.We then headed up to the Guan Yin statue.
Warning: Do not brake your 1.3cc car at any point on the slope unless you have reached to the flat surface of the parking area. Balancing your gear in the middle of the slope is near impossible. Well, you can do the balancing. Of course your car will be the most at stationary point.
Or the other alternative will be paying like a few bucks to hike the cable car up.
Pity the statue is still not done yet. Coz it would turn out really magnificent.
I think no one really notice this statue. HahaWent down to the nearby area for yet another famous asam laksa. Now that's way better than Penang Road's.
Penang Hill/Bukit Bendera:
We arrived early just to get the tix of the cable car. You should look at the crowd. at least a few busses full of kids and elderly folks. Doesn't really matter, as long we have our tix and timing secured :)
Upon the hill, we hiked on this 4WD to get to the canopy walk area. Of course the other alternative will be renting a bike. But it would take us an hour or so and we don't really have tht much time for it.
Pretty cool eh? I was more amused at how they actually built it. Since its rather high up on the trees.
So the last stop was the TOY MUSEUM!
I've been picturing like a huge Toys R' Us. But its rather close to it. Its full of complete figurines collection of everything!
The toys...
The toilet...
and the idiot who ran out of poses
Practically thats all bout our main spots and journeys. Sorry, i couldnt upload every single pics here and describe it.
These are my best shots, rather suprised as its only a tiny cam phone. Way to go Sony Ericsson!
2. Kek Lok Si
3. Same thing
4. The ceiling of one of the temples in Kek Lok Si. I think its the entrance to the pagoda.
5. The statue head of Guan Yin.
6. Bukit Bendera (literally as well)
And many thanks to Sin Yee, Evon and Gabriel who contributed to the pics collection
So here you go, the complete GALLERY
(CLICK HERE)
I thought of putting a thumbnail gallery, but in realisation, the amount of pics needed to be load will cause extreme stress :P
Here's the external link
http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?gid=201622&owner=miux
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