Step 8 : Penang & Butterworth

Date : 13 December 2009
Location : Penang & Butterworth

Itinerary:

It was Sunday. Together with our moms and my niece we went to Penang. The main purpose was to visit hubby's aunt in Butterworth. Since the Kek Lok Si pavilion had been opened to public recently, we take this opportunity to have a visit too.

Traffic already jammed far away before reaching the Kek Lok Si's foothill. So sien...



In the boringness of the traffic jam, suddenly my niece shouted : "Niu Niu (Cow)". Far away, she already saw some Indians pushing the decorated cow cart carrying Hindu Deities. There was a praying ceremony for the Hindus at the near by temple.





Took more than 1 hour to get the parking. After parked our car, we took the Inclined Lift to the new Pavilion with the Kuan Yin Statue.



Jam in the lift as well.



Finally we reached liao...

The old Kuan Yin fibre statue was built earlier in 70s.

The new 20-storey high pavilion, built to shelter the new Goddess of Kuan Yin statue.

Souvenirs at Kek Lok Si...

The panorama of Kek Lok Si.

As usual, we back to the mainland with ferry.

The view of Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower from the ferry terminal.

Tow Boo Kong Temple at Butterworth, the place recommended by aunt for the evening visit. The place quite near to aunt's house.

The temple was built by devotees' donations.

Everything looks like antique and unique.

Felt like in China...



Having a good time with aunt and dining together before back to Sungai Siput and Ipoh.

Overall Expenses $$$: RM250

Step 7 : Kuala Lumpur

Date : 13 November 2009
Location: Kuala Lumpur

Itinerary:

We had stayed few days in Kei Kei's house (hubby's best schoolmates) and today morning we decided to go out. We decided not using our car too and took the public transport. So we parked our car at the Kelana Jaya Station and took the Kelana Jaya - Putra LRT line. It was our first LRT ride together. From Kelana Jaya we stopped at Pasar Seni Station.



Just across the road, we already reached Pasar Seni or Central Market which originally a wet market. Here you can see a wide variety of Malaysian arts and handicrafts, batik, antiques and attractive souvenirs.



Funky hats to try on.



Antiques for collection.



Potrait painting is available as well...



Good place for souvenir...but quite expensive.

From Pasar Seni, we walked to Petaling Street.

Everytime reach here, first thing in my mind is the "Air Mata Kucing". So I asked my hubby go to buy a cup for me.

Not need to explain in details...Petaling Street is famous with the "branded" items.

Weather too hot...need to hide somewhere with an air-conditioner. So we took the LRT and went to KLCC. Once reach the KLCC station, outdoor was not required anymore. After the nasi lemak lunch, we entered the Aquaria. Fee: RM28 per person with Mykad. Foreigner required RM38.



The unique DNA Touch Pool with Horseshoe.

The aquarium not only showing fishes but also the Reptile...

The insect...

The amphibia...

The crabs...

Main attraction : the giant tank.

And the shark...

We spent 1.5 hour and we already out. Back to tke Suria KLCC.

We had planned to go for another education tour : PetroSains.

But when we reached there, already 4.45pm and time close at 5pm. How to tour leh....in 15mins.



So time for shopping...yeah.

Overall Expenses$$$ : RM167.40 for the day

Step 6 : Day 2 : Betong Thailand

Day 2 : Betong, Thailand

Woke up at 8am but actually it was only 7 am in Thailand. Forget to set my alarm follow the Thai time zone. Looked out from the window and weather was perfect.

Ready for a yummy dim sum breakfast lor. We planned to have the dim sum recommended by the Motormouth...but the shop closed. So disappointed...



But luckily not far away near the clock tower, we saw a roadside stall selling dim sum too. Not bad...look yummy and reasonable prices. We just spend RM11 a stomach full morning meal.

Look plain but good.

Siew mai...

This one I like most...

After the breakfast we straight to Wat Phutta Thiwat. The first thing we noticed when we reach there was this beautiful giant Buddha statue.

After the temple visit, we think about food. So we drove-off from the temple to the market.
Fruits looked fresh especially my favourite mango.

Clothes hanging everywhere for sale. Price not cheap as I expected...maybe need an expert for price bargain.

After few minutes walks from the main street to the backstreet, we came to this "tong sui" stall. Variety of "tong sui" for your choices. Must stop to try it out. Only RM1 per bowl.

Bird or chicken eggs to add on the "tong sui".

Here what I picked... the sago with santan. Nice...not completely sweet. Taste a bit salty as well.

And also bought some "cha kui" from the near by stall. 4 small short "cha kui" for RM1. Looked cute in short as compare to the Malaysia long "cha kui".

The central market of Betong. Thing you should buy are the Thailand instant noddle or kuey tiow. Cheaper than our maggi mee over Malaysia. RM 16 per box of 30 packets. And also not to forget the Koh Kae peanuts. The one I like most is the wasabi favour which is more expensive than other flavour. Recommend to buy these stuff not inside this market but outside shops on that same street with Central Market.

We backed to the hotel to check-out at 12pm. We still got time to take shower to refresh ourselves before headed to the next destination - Betong Hotspring.

Last drive through the Mongkollit tunnel before headed to the hotspring.

Reached the hotspring. It took more than 30 minutes drive from the town.

Only few locals were at the hotspring and part of the facilities had been vandalized and some had been left unanttended.

You can bring eggs or buy from here to be boiled.

We just spend half hour and then went to Piyamit Tunnel.

In between the way to the tunnel, you can visit Inthason Waterfall. Anyway, this place is out from our itinerary.

Reached the Piyamit tunnel front gate. Weather was very hot. Finally we decided to drop this last destination in our itinerary too.

Back to the town and we had our lunch. Went back to Ipoh around 3pm.

Overall Expenses $$$: RM380.20