Rachel Lim: Short trip to Penang !

Just got back a few days ago from my Penang trip with my besties :)
no trip is as fun as having your best friends around.

So we went there for 3D2N
visiting many tourist attraction places and not to forget.. eating and eating and eating..

For KL people to go up to Penang, we are able to choose from driving, sitting bus or flying there.
Since non of us are able to drive all the way to Penang, we have no choice but to fly there.

Day 1
[all photo taken by me & NC]
[NIKON D5100]

Took the 8am flight.
Had to get up damn freaking early cause we were using KLIA 2.
Which is bloody big and far to walk from the bus dropoff, to the check in counter, to the gate -_-
It's new and people were advise to go like 3 hours early before their flight incase they got lost.
Now I know why..

Had to do this.. #OOTD
Top : Cotton on
Bottom : Online shop
Shoe : H&M

selfie in a car with shades on ;)

First meal in Penang !
Har mee/Hokkien mee (prawn noodle)

And Char Koey Teow that cost Rm 9!
Pricey but nice

Went to check in to hotel..

View from Gurney hotel

Next stop ! Trick art museum!

gimme har mee!

Back to hotel to chill..

Chilling around using the hotel facilities.

Me and Nic played beach volleyball ! :D

so happy that they have a court !

1 v 1

Don't have to fight the ball with anyone. Hah

Infinity pool !

After that we went gurney drive for hawker food

and off to Straits Quay to hang out.

Didn't take much picture here cause my camera battery died. Unfortunately.. :(

Day 2

Penang Hill -> Kek Lok Si -> Batu Ferringgi Beach

Penang Hill ~

We were quite lucky when we went up Penang Hill.

It was drizzling around 11am to 12pm

so it's kinda misty up there and cooling,

if not it'll be scorching hot.

therefore.. you'll see me holding an umbrella in one of the picture.. like an Ah Sum (middle age women)

Day 2 #OOTD
Top : Brands Outlet
Bottom : Kitschen
Shades : Time square

Like a Ah Sum ._.

The view from up here is no joke !

Penang bridge :)

See how foggy it is !

A restaurant up the hill.

Some random flower shots

The old tram car to go up Penang Hill is like this !
now they commercialize till it became an air-conditioned train

Candid taken by NC

Asam Laksa for lunch at a shop near Kek Lok Si

Kek Lok Si ~

It was bloody hot by the time we went there

It was around 3pm - 4pm?

Before we reach Kek Lok Si, we have to walk passed a long up hill route which has shops that are sheltered.

Eventhough it's sheltered, it's still bloody hot.

To go up to see the 99ft bronze statue of Guan Yin, you have to take a lift(?) up.

and yes.. you have to pay and they closed before 6pm if I'm not mistaken.

The city view from Kek Lok Si

Oh! and there's alot of chinese zodiac statue for you to take picture with!

clearly mine is a Dog.

Visitors get to make a wish at the temple too!

Paying Rm 1 for one of any kind of wishing ribbon and write down your name on it and hand it on the wishing tree.

Different color of wishing ribbon signify different stuff!

I took blue one which signify good results for exam (something like that)

and red one is to wish family good health

Ice Kacang to cool ourselves down after walking around Kek Lok Si

5.30pm already !

And we're off to Batu Ferringhi to catch the sunset!

Batu Ferringhi ~

We were just in time for the sun to set !

I swear that the sunset is beautiful ! No edits or filters !

Spamming photos now.

Chilling on the hammock

Jump shot with PL

Took some pictures with Rocky :)

Beautiful Sunset

In case you're wondering.. we went to the beach by 'passing by' Shang-ri La Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa. ;)

After the sunset, we walk around the night market in Batu Ferringhi and eat dinner there at a nearby hawker centre.

Naan and tandoori chicken

Bak kut teh

Pancake drizzle with chocolate with ice cream for dessert !

Went back Hotel to freshen up and around 11.30pm we head off to ThreeSixty Skybar at Bayview Hotel.

It's actually a rooftop bar with magnificent view of the city.

I have more photos from day 3 to post up so I'll not post much on Skybar.

Just me with the view. :)

Went back to the hotel around 2.30am.

Play cards (Monopoly Deal) and off to sleep.

Day 3

You haven't complete your Penang journey without having to see their street art !

That's right.. it's the 'in' thing right now in Malaysia..

Murals..Murals everywhere

So we head off to see the street art by renting a bike.

We rent a bike cause all the street art are scattered everywhere in the city.

You can find shops renting single bike, couple bike or even scooter (that last for 2hrs only) at Lebuh Armenian where the street art of 2 kids on a bike is located at.

Here's the map taken from google.