Trip to Penang (Part 2) 8/6/2009

Ahah, this is day 2....these are the summary of that day

Firstly, Penang Hill

I took Rapid Penang bus 204 from Komtar to Bukit Bendera...

















This is the station (lower) for the Penang hill railway



















Bought the ticket at around 10.xx am, but that ticket is for 12 pm ride up to the hill, so there is plenty of time for waiting...



















Waiting hall for passengers


















Finally, my turn to take the train...



















Interior of the train, this train was made in Switzerland



















Finally, arrived at the top of Penang hill, roughly around 7xx metres above sea level, here is the view of Georgetown from the hill



















The view around the hill, on the left are the stalls and food court, on the peak, are religious sites and on the right (which you can't see), stands a police station




















Not far from here, there is one old car on display, that is the first generation of Penang hill railway car, used until being replaced by the current model in 1970's...there is another one on display in Penang museum...

















Waiting hall for the train heading down to the base of the hill


















Huh, i can see a dog underneath the track!

















The view during train ride downwards

Trip to Penang (Part 1) 7/6/2009

This is one of the most awaited trip for me, since this trip is my first visit to Penang after two years (this trip is the second of my life to Penang)...

Anyway, here's what happened on that day...

I came to KL Sentral at around 7 am....then waited for the train that will bring me to Butterworth...

The train departed from KL Sentral at 9.30 am and was expected to arrive at Butterworth at 5.10 pm...

The train actually arrived at Butterworth at 4.50 pm, that means...20 minutes earlier than scheduled!

Here is the Butterworth railway station, er....the platform is ramshackled of course...


















From there, i made my way to the ferry terminal, to board a ferry to Georgetown

This is the passageway from the railway station to the ferry terminal (the bus terminal is also located here!)




















Here, this is the entrance to the ferry terminal, it costed me RM 1.20 to use the ferry service



















This is the waiting hall for passengers



















Then, i board the ferry...these are the views from the ferry, the first one, the view of Georgetown from the ferry was awesome and breathtaking!



















The next one, ferry and the Penang bridge



















The interior of the ferry




















After i arrived at Georgetown, i took a taxi straight to Tune Hotel...ah, by the way, Penang's taxi do not use meter, so be prepared, haha...

I checked in, then i went for a short walk to Komtar to board a bus to Gurney





















Heading to the Komtar bus terminal, on the left side, that is the Prangin Mall...



















This is the Komtar bus terminal



















This is the ticket of Rapid Penang (unlike Rapid KL, if you board Rapid Penang, you have to pay each time you board the bus)




















The interior of the bus, it is a minibus, not a fullsized bus




















Then, i stopped somewhere in Jalan Kelawei and walked to Gurney drive...



















This is Gurney Plaza, one of the main shopping centres in Penang


















The new wing of Gurney Plaza, it was opened recently



















The view of the main entrance of Gurney Plaza at night



















After being inside Gurney Plaza, i went to nearby hawker stalls not far from Gurney Plaza...



















Ah, that's the end of the first trip of my trip...

Later, i will post more photos of my trip, so stay tuned!

Trip to Ipoh (Part 2)

These are things that i did in Ipoh rightafter i arrived at Ipoh in KTM station...

Here is a photo take of the railway station

















Then, after that, i went to Jalan Bandar Bijih Timah, where lots of kopitiam located around that road...it is in the old part of the city


The first food that i tried in Ipoh, the caramel custard


















The place where i had the caramel custard



















Then, head to kopitiam #2 and had this, chicken + prawn hor fun with iced white coffee


















Then, i wandered around the old town part of Ipoh, especially around Jalan Bandar Timah...where most kopitiams are located in Ipoh



































One of the perfect example of many colonial style buildings in Ipoh, the HSBC bank




















The restoration work of the old Ipoh post office




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Ipoh session court



















More updates to come

Trip to Ipoh (Part 1)

13/5/2009, i went to Ipoh to have fun and eating, afterall, i am having a very long semester break...here is the trip report, Part 1...

Arrived at KL Sentral, roughly around 4.45 am...














Had meal in Mcdonalds KL Sentral, as you can see, some people took their nap here waiting for early train














Walking around KL Sentral while waiting for the time to board the train















Time to board the train, this is the train that will take me to Ipoh..
















The interior of the economy class that i took, costed me RM 10
















The train departed exactly at 5.30 am, just as scheduled...

I feel asleep from Sg. Buloh station up till Tanjung Malim station...
















At 7.54 am, the train reached Kampar station

















At 8.12 am, the train reached Batu Gajah station

















Outskirt of Ipoh, 8.19 am


















Finally, the train arrived at Ipoh station, at 8.24 am


















More to come about visit in Ipoh in Part 2 of the trip report, stay tuned!

Sorry for my long hiatus

I was not able to make any new posting on my blog due to my tight schedules of college exams, but rest assured, now that the exam is over, i will post something interesting, so please bear with me :D

Further works in KTM Subang Jaya station

To further improve access for disabled commuters, more than just adding lifts, a toilet catering for them, is under construction

















Signboards leading to the recently installed lifts





















Repainting of roofs