My brothers and I have planned a trip to Penang and Teluk Intan by the flight of Air Asia. We have 4 days and 3 nights stays at Penang and Teluk Intan, Perak. It was an enjoyable trips and we felt that it was quite not enough time for us to cover all the attractions there. I hope I could visit there again someday...
Day 1
On Friday morning, our parents send us to Senai airport, Johor about 6.10am. The departure time was 7.20am. The time allowed us to have some breakfast and tea at the airport restaurant. Soon after that we have to check-in and passed the luggage at the service counter. It didn't took us a long wait and later it was ready for the passengers for queuing up to get in to the plane right after the announcement. I was excited because it was my first time experience in the plane.
At the Penang airport, we were looking for the washroom and later we were having a tea break again at the restaurant within the airport. After a sit of 30 minutes, there was a phone call from our cousin, Ah Meng who had just arrived and waiting outside of the airport ready to fetch us. We were greeted and met with his two friends, named DC and Ah Seng. There were very friendly, having sense of humors and talkative. We were having some good chats inside the car. In a few minutes of drive there, we were looking for a place for foods and drinks. Finally we found it..and we found a parking space too. Inside some were ordered Loh Mee, Char Kueh Teow and other ordered for Prawn mee. The foods were very delicious. I really love local Penang foods here :).
When we went back to the car, unfortunately, Ah Meng's car was fined for no displaying a coupon. So we were looking for a place to pay a fine. We'd found the place to pay a fine, and had been informed that the fine was for the local cars only (Penang), so there's no need to pay a fine..hmm I think was quite lucky too..We continued our way to Kek Lo Si Temple. It was a mountain road and when we had reached the temples about 10.30am. The scenery was beautiful indeed. We had stepped into the temples. From there, visitors can take alot of good photos.
In 10 minutes of drive, we stopped and having Penang Asam Laksa food nearby. It was tasted very nice. It was original Penang laksa made.
When we finished eating, we drove to Burmese and Thai Buddhist Temples. And there will be lots of good photos to take too.
We exited the two temples. Later we took a rest and waiting in the car for Ah Seng's friend nearby. After 10 minutes, Ah Seng's friend had arrived. We met and greeted him, and his name was Daniel. He showed us the way of Penang roads. We followed his car.
All we did is jalan-jalan and cari makan... We stopped and found a parking area. Daniel treated us a lunch.
After that, Daniel lead us the way to the place where we have booked 3 rooms. We checked-in and stayed one night at Sri Sayang Resort apartment. It is located at Batu Feringgi, Penang. It was quite inexpensive which cost us RM150 per night (3 bedrooms air-conditioned). I could see that Internet services were also available for people which would charge about RM10 per day. We actually stayed on the fifth floor where it was (high enough to view the scenery from the balcony).
Sri Sayang resort apartment also offered the facilities where people can swim in the pool. In the evening, they enjoyed swimming in the pool while I took a nap in the room. Till at night, we went outside for dinner. We followed Daniel's car to Gurney Plaza. We parked in Gurney Plaza car parks and we have a brief window shopping inside. Later, we went to Gurney drive Penang local hawker foods stalls nearby by a few walks. There were lot of famous and delicious hawker Penang food stalls which we just can't miss. The food stalls tables and sits were certainly full of people. It was almost no empty sits for us to occupy. We have enjoyed a variety of local foods there. Ais Kacang, char kueh teow, loh mee, chee cheong fan, fried oysters, steamboat, everything was there.
After that, Daniel have brought us to Penang waterfront city of recreational park. It was called Tanjong City Marina. Most people went there for relaxing, sight-seeing, walking, and photographing there. I could see some of the boats were scheduled ready to be sailed to Langkawi island. There was also a cafe or bar for people to relax and have drinks. We have great shots of photography here that night.
Soon after that it was a time for us to go back to rest and having shower. We were all tired and were watching tv and some were already going to sleep earlier at that night. I slept at 2.00am.
Day 2
It was Saturday morning when we all woke up about 10.00am. We were busy packing and ready to check-out before 12.00pm. Daniel brought us to the place where we can have a lunch. We also had gone to Komtar shopping mall looking for new & old camera stuffs at the shops.
Later we drove to Chew's jetty heritage village. It was really beautiful scenery. We managed to visit there and took a few good shots.
The time have gone to 3.00pm. It was a time we went to visit Teluk Intan. The journey from Penang to Teluk Intan was more than 3 hours. We drove through PLUS highway. The time was running and soon after that we realized that we had reached Teluk Intan at 6.30pm.
We took a rest at our cousin's restaurant, Al-Fresco. We have met and greeted with our brother-in law, Jeff and cousin, Lee Yee. We have tried different cuisines prepared especially for us. It tasted really nice :).
We were also having dinner together at Tai Chong restaurant.
And then at night, we took out our packs from the car. We stayed at Ah Meng's house for 2 nights. Late at midnight, Ah Meng had brought us to historical Teluk Intan Clock Tower. I have never been to Teluk Intan Clock Tower especially at night. The view at night for the clock tower was absolutely fascinating. It changed and shined with different beautiful colors.
We enjoyed the sight of photographing there. Later near to midnight, Ah Meng had bought Teluk Intan's famous chee cheong fan ready to eat together at Al-Fresco restaurant.
Day 3
Woke up at 10.00am Sunday morning, we went to the place for mee rebus as breakfast. The taste of mee rebus at Teluk Intan was quite similar to Johor Bahru mee rebus. From there we have met Ah Meng's friend, uncle Chai. He treated us with drinks. We have good chit-chatting and after that, we went out together to the huge paddy crops ( though I can't remember the name of the place).
Most people visit there for bird shooting photos. The landscape photography is also very good and interesting. Uncle Chai enjoyed bird shooting too. We enjoyed and spent more than 3 hours bird and photo shooting there. In the evening there was actually not really hot and the sky and weather were perfect. There was a bit of raining for just a moment. We having a second round around the paddy fields. There were many different types of bird species available for bird camera shooters.
Soon the time was close to 6.00pm. We decided to heading back home. At night we having dinner together with Uncle Chai. We were having a good chat too.
Day 4
It was a last day of the trip. We woke up earlier in the morning about 10.00am. We had a breakfast by mee rebus. We packed and ready to go to KLIA (Kuala Lumpur airport) by car in the evening. On the half road, we stopped and managed to get a beautiful scenery pictures.
We went to KLIA with Ah Meng and Ah Seng. We were having some drinks at the Starbucks KLIA around 5.30pm. Soon after that it was a time for us to leave and say farewells to Ah Meng and Ah Seng. We reached Senai airport at 10.15pm.
It was indeed a cool and memorable trip...
