"Yes." I answered.
That is day 2 of Chinese New Year, 27/1/2009, Johan and Jeff Ng came from Kuala Lumpur and drop by at my hometown to pick me up to penang. Before toward to destination, I manage to guide them to some popular places in the Perak Royal Town(Bandar Diraja), such as Ubudiah Mosque, Istana Iskandariah, Royal Museum of Perak, Clock Tower, Malay College Kuala Kangsar and Railway Station.
Ubudiah Mosque - completed in 1919
Royal Museum of Perak - completed in 1926
After the lunch at Kuala Kangsar, we drove towards to Penang, "Pearl of the Orient".
Upon arrived penamg, we directly check in to Gurney Hotel, which located along gurney drive. The studio siute room cost RM 264.50 with great view of seaside (the cost shared by johan, jeff ng, daniel, anthony and sam). Daniel reached hotel arround 6pm by bus from kuala lumpur. We gathered at hotel and decided go for dinner at gurney drive hawker center.
We were lucky to find a parking spot in front of Gurney plaza mall (RM 3) and a table almost immediately. Gurney drive, lots of hawker stalls selling variety of local delights and not to be missed. We have penang's famous specialites, such as penang laksa, char koay teow, lor bak, oyster. rojak and ets.
Anthony and Hank arrived penang to meet us around 10pm. Anthony has suggested to go for clubbing at Mo Mo Bar located at penang road. However, we discovered that the entry charges to mo mo bar was too expensive, so we decided just have some drinks outside the bar.
Drinks outside mo mo bar
After the drinks, Hank sent us (except anthony, he joint his friends to mo mo bar)to massage (RM 100), 5 minutes drive from penang road. Nice experience and relaxing.......haha.
We have supper at gurney drive again before going back to hotel room. It was around 2am. We slept around 4am with the arrangment that johan, sam, daniel and jeff ng on the beds and anthony slept on the sofa.
Johan slept on the left, follow by sam, daniel and jeff ng. All said very narrow spaces and unable to sleep well. Of course, only couples able to sleep well with hugging each other in the single bed, and ..we were just squash friends, haha.
The next day, we went for breakfast at burma road and shop at pelangi mall before towards to Kek Lok Si Temple located at Ayer Hitam (black water in english). Kek Lok Si Temple is the biggest Buddhist temple in Mlaysia. We took an inclined lift ride (RM 2)and visited the latest addition temple with an awesome 30m high bronze statue of the Kuen Yin.
We departed from penang around 4pm.
This will be the first time we have a trip and gathering at penang during Chinese New Year festival. We have nice time there.
sam
1/2/2009
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