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Visit Penang 2009 (Part 1)

Written at Sunday, February 8, 2009 | back to top

It's been so long since I've last blogged. It's because it's CNY and I've been away on a holiday @ balik kampung trip to Pulau Pinang, or more precisely, Seberang Prai.

I've been there for about a week starting 30th January till yesterday. Although I usually will go back to Penang at least once a year, I've never done anything touristy. So, when my parents mention the word "Penang", the only word that comes into my mind was boooooooringggggg!

However, this year it's different. As we went back on the 5th day of CNY, almost everything in Penang was operating as normal. If not, everything will be closed mah cos everyone is in a festive mood there.

Well, I didn't do anything on the first day I reached my aunt's place because it was already 1 o'clock in the afternoon and I was car-lagged (when u take airplane it's jet-lagged right?) plus I was sick. So, just spend the whole day sleeping, literally.

The next day was spent visiting my other aunt's place and gambling like most Chinese families will do during CNY.

Cards - Mahjong Style to play Si La Mi

The third day, my parents decided to bring me out for once in my entire life to do something fun. So, we went to Kek Lok Si temple. Well, it was a very big temple and we had to endure many many steps and store keepers before we could actually reach the temple. I say "shop keepers" because there were so many shops established beside the stairs selling many souvenirs. Okay, if you don't get it, please refer to below.

Can you understand what I mean now??

After going through the main obstacle (shops and stairs) and battling the urge to buy something totally useless, I finally reach the temple!

Ta-dah! It's the entrance!

Okay, basically when we visit a temple, what we'll do is pray like any normal Buddhist would do. But since this is a tourist spot.... any normal tourist would...?

SNAP PHOTOS of course! We went up and down the whole temple which is built on a hill. Heck, there was even an "inclined lift" up to the top most part of the temple. I even climbed up to the highest floor of the pagoda (it's shorter than the Genting Highland's temple's pagoda though).