Rise & shine! A special day to getaway from this ugly-betty city, to where? PENANGGGGG! Way to go!
This is like a couple packaged trip, because only 3 couples are joining. And the capable gf is the trip-planner, it's a happiness I reckon. :)
First stop, couldn't runaway from the famous duck-meat noodles in Bidor while we're on the way. It didn't really match our expectation so we made it a quick one. Then, my adventurous girl suggested to go & explore the mysterious Kellie's Castle, located in Batu Gajah, it's just 20 minutes from Ipoh.
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| Overview of Kellie's Castle |
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| Incompleted building |
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| Quite creepy though... |
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| Signature here, ppl called it The Panda Tree. |
Then, we went to a random seafood restaurant in I forgot where. I totally forgot what is the name, so just wait TBC, ahaha! After seafood, we checked-in at Vistana Hotel in Bayan Lepas, near to Queensbay Mall. Like our spacious suite with 3 bedroom so much. And most importantly, the view. :)
Next-up, dinner in the famous Gurney Drive. Guess it's needless to say, definitely we have eaten all types of local cuisine like Asam Laksa, Fried Oyster (Chau-O-Jian), Char Kuey Teow, Satay, Prawn Noodles, BBQ Squid, Fried Chicken Skin (the bf's favourite) and etc. A romantic walk after dinner at Gurney Drive is a must, because it was awfully bloated.
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| Crazy !!! (Some of the ordered foods still pending !!!) |
Oh, the night is still young, one of our friends suggested to bring us to have some drinks. Without any objection, we moved to the following destination - Upper Penang Road, the well-known nightlife street. We entered a unique pub, that let us to dedicate songs and sing k while enjoying our nice drinking moment. Cheers !!! And there, we called it a day...
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| The Nightlife of Upper Penang Road |
Having said that if you never went to Kek Lok Temple before, means you never went to Penang before. Nevertheless we both are very faithful to our religion & believes. In the next day morning, we drove to Georgetown & had our breakfast at a Asam Laksa stall near to Kek Lok Temple, it's just opposite the wet market so it's not difficult to find at all. Kek Lok Temple, undoubtedly the famous and largest temple in Penang, it can really amaze you ! Of course at the mean time, we stepped to the windy Bukit Bendera (Penang Hill) with gorgeous scenery. And so we walk walk, see see, pray pray a half day at these places. A picture speaks a thousand words, here you go......
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| Tasty, tasty, and tasty ! Highly recommended |
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| The Kek Lok Temple |
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| The Holy Guan Yin statue was still under construction |
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| Bravo ! Pearl of the East is under my feet !!! (View from Bukit Bendera) |
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| A garden conceptual cafe on Bukit Bendera. Leisure ~ |
After we said goodbye to the above attractions, we were ready to pay a visit to Batu Ferringhi Beach !!! Yahooo...let's enjoy the wind that blow into your hair ! The distance between Penang Hill and Batu Ferringhi Beach is around 20km, approximately 25-30 mins drive will do. There are a lot of beach activities can be found here, such as jet-ski, banana boat, beach parachute, and more ! Let's discover it on your coming visit to Penang. :)
Besides, we also can't let off the chance to visit the famous Hard Rock Hotel Penang, which is located at Batu Ferringhi too ! It is one of the attractions at Batu Ferringhi, most of the tourists used to have some photo sessions here, including us. Tadahhh, let's proceed the photo slide show as below!
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| Here is the popular banana boat, are you ready ? :) |
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| Hard Rock's signature |
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| It's beautiful ! It will keep changing colors! |
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| This pool is specially designed to let you jump into the pool without stepping out from your room ! |
Time for dinner, table for six! Another hot spot in Penang is waiting for us ! Recommended by my colleague, we manage to find another food heaven. Located near to the tallest building in Penang - Komtar, the food street has a good landmark but has rather fewer stalls than Gurney Drive. Undoubtedly, the best food of all is the one and only "Tong Sui" stall. However, overall we think the food quality here is better than food in Gurney Drive; for sure we'll pay another visit here again!
Well well well, guess that my sharing is more than enough? We had fun in this runaway-from-city trip, with lotsa food, sight-seeing & laughters! Too bad still gotta go back to the reality life now. Never mind, I swear we would be having another trip soon when our stress-o-meter is raising high again.
Loves,
The BF & GF
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