from penang with rashes

i am back from penang....i brought home a bulging stomach, two tired legs, and a neckful of heat rashes.
the bulging stomach is not from too much good food, instead it was just from too much of everything plain and dull
two tired legs- from walking georgetown on friday and going to the national park in teluk bahang on day two.
a neckful of rashes- hmm....is my sweat too salty or is my skin too thin and sensitive? anyway, the heat plus the sweat= rashes.

ok....a little intro on the trip.
days- friday to sunday
venue- penang island
participants- aunt, cousin, brothers, sister and yours truly
transport- 2 vios

we started at 6a.m. and the first destination was ipoh for dimsum.
did we go to the famous foh san for dim sum? that is the majestic building on the top. the answer is no. we went to mingcourt opposite fohsan instead. no one recommends foh san. my colleague recommended mingcourt so i headed her advice because she will really walk all those streets to go and look for good food.

all together we had 33 'trays' and paid less than rm90. that was a real heavy breakfast for everyone.

then we headed straight to tanjong bungah where our hotel is- flamingo. the rooms are very spacious and everything looked brand new. we got 3 adjoining rooms and everyone breezed in and out freely from one room to the other.


the pool was tempting but we did not have a dip at all. our days were kinda packed with activities. the sea was quite disgusting though. water was so murky in the morning.

after checking in and refreshing ourselves, we headed to georgetown. we passed jalan utama where all the highlights for the thaipusam festival would be held. the place was already crowded with refreshment stalls on both sides of the roads and devotees on the way to the temple. will post photos of thaipusam later.

it was so difficult to look for parking in georgetown. in the end we parked in komtar. the day was so freaking hot and bright. luckily i had an umbrellad packed in my bag. oh so handy.
lunch lunch lunch....that was the thing on everyone's mind.

and we landed at lebuh keng kwee where the famous cendol stall is. we had lunch of char keow teow, laksa and lobak.
mr phua chu kang and rosie also had their cendol here.

then from one end of penang road, we walked all the way to the other end to look for cheong fatt tse mansion. my idea because i had never been there.
we reached there few mins before 3 and just in time to join their guided tour...but of course with a price. rm12 per person. it was a really informative and enlightening tour. mr cheong was a really filthy rich businessman with a brain.




this piece of art is made from cut pieces from bowls. 3d no less. take that gaudi.

ok...that is all ....have to go back now before dad decides to kick me off the chair.
to be continued......