my oh my.. this post is long overdue, it's been a while since we last posted in here.. well the trip was still very much intact in my memories.. especially on the second day when we visited Bukit Bendera, and how on earth the other name is Penang Hill, shouldn't it be Flag Hill or otherwise, Bukit Pulau Pinang? Or because the name isn't glamorous ? Yeah.. think about it, Flag Hill? Come on.. hehe, but seriously, it was once called Flagstaff Hill..
the queue for the cable car or train, was looongggggg! It was school holiday so what do you expect? We should have come earlier in the morning to avoid the queue. When we got to the top, which is about 830 meters above sea level, the air was very much cooler up here, not as cool as Cameron Highlands but probably about 3-4 degrees cooler than the temperature down there.. we spent about 1/2 an hour there and then headed back to town as we have to check in at our next hotel.. the hotel that we stayed didn't allow us to extend another night as it was fully booked..
the hotel, Krystal Suites was located at the other end of the city, near Bayan Baru/Bayan Lepas area, in the vicinity of factories and stuff, Penang's largest mall, Queensbay Mall is also nearby. It's a two room serviced apartment to be exact, and Kak Neesa & Kak Tasha love it coz the had their own room there.. For lunch, we went to The Original Kayu Nasi Kandar at Bukit Jambul which is not far from our hotel. The food was.. man, delicious!! Seriously! Mama endorsed it, and you know mama wasn't really into mamak food and stuff..
after that we went to Batu Feringghi from there, where Malaysia's first Hard Rock Hotel is located.. the last 10 years or so, Penang has changed, a lot.. Tanjung Bungah to Batu Feringghi is now crowded with condos and luxury apartments.. the thing about Penang is that, you can build the apartments almost everywhere as long as you have the sea view, and in Penang there is hundreds of kilometers of beach! I mean, beaches! While in KL, Petronas Twin Towers view fetch the highest price, well.. I think (and I may be wrong). Funny how the very same persons who complained about how wasteful the twin towers project was during Tun Mahathir era, are the same people who would pay for the tower view..
the Hard Rock Cafes has become a must-see places for most of the people, including babah. It's some sort of an alter-ego stuff, when you are not that 'rock' anymore. You see, wearing the t-shirt is kind of a statement for some, like you were once 'cool', while for the others, it's just natural.. what the hell am I talking about?
Mama planned to stay at the hotel earlier but cancelled it as we should spend the RM500 a night for something else, hmm maybe on our next trip we will not feel guilty about spending that much cash, So, instead, we toured the hotel, the cafe, the lobby, peeked on the swimming pool.. I swear to God, it looked cool!
and of course.. The Rock Shop..
Back in the hotel, Adeeb just couldn't wait to look at the photos of him wearing the HRC T-shirt..
that night, we went to Queensbay Mall, nothing much to see.. malls normally look the same.. anywhere, so we spent 1/2 an hour and left! It was a tiring day.. so we retired early.. zzzz
the next day, after a simple breakfast in the hotel room, we went to the city centre looking for souvenirs, I don't really sure what is Penang famed for, the food? not sure if we can we bring back the curry, hmmm what else? Mama was looking for pickles to bring back home, so we went to Chowrasta market, at Penang Road. The place sound like a Bob Marley song, but contrary to what you think, it was an Urdu words mean 'cross road' or something.. After that we had our lunch at another nasi kandar restaurant, this time at Nasi Kandar Pokok Ketapang, not far from the market before we left Penang..
Bye-bye Penang! Till we meet again!
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