Backpack :Georgetown Penang

18 April 2014, 9 malam. Aku and Q naik bas dari UKM ke Hentian Kajang.. and the adventure begins!
Backpacking trip to Penang.. ni semua pasal Q.. teringin sangat nak pergi Penang. dah tu semua benda serah kat aku, so sebagai backpaker amatur, aku pun buat la segala itinerary bagai. gigih tahu?! first time pergi trip macam ni, stay kat hostel and tak ada contact kat sana.!
It was awesome!

So we took 11.15 pm bus from Hentian Kajang to Hentian Sungai Nibong, Penang. the bus was damn fast. we arrived there in 4 hours! normal journey is about 6 hours by bus.
It was too early to get moving. so we stayed at the bus stop till dawn.
around 8. we go to our hostel in center Georgetown, Clockwise Hostel.
then the craziness starts..

After checking in, we went around in the quest of finding the famous Georgetown street arts.

Masjid Kapitan Keling, the nearest landmark to our hostel. 

 
 
 the street arts are awesome! look at the happy faces!

Selfie, Major fail!

after walking and playing around street art places, we had lunch in Kapitan. a Nasi kandar place.

i'm not a curry fan. buttttttt it does taste good. tengok la muka Q. peminat kari tegar. puas hati katanya..

next, while waiting for the shuttle bus to go to Chowrasta Market (the place i've been wanting to go so much) we played around at  St George church.

Little chapel in front of St George church.

 Kitorang naik Shuttle untuk pergi Chowrasta sebenarnya.. sbb aku rasa mcm nak give up je dari pergi interactive museum sebab aku fikir tempat tu mcm jauh dari laluan kitorg. tetiba aku nampak sign Interactive museum. it was small. kalau tak observant memang tak nampak dan melepas la kau.. memandangkan dah terlepas dr busstop yang kitorang patut turun aku rasa nak give up lagi.. 

tapi disebabkan jalan jammed. aku cube berbudi bahasa dengan pakcik bas.. "pakcik.. stop kan kitorang kat sini boleh?? tengah2 jalan tu.. aku rasa kitorg je buat kerja mcm tu.. org lain dalam bas tu mesti mcm, 'watdehek budak dua ekor ni??' K.. tu imaginasi aku je.. 

maka berjaya la kitorg pergi Interactive museum.

Q dan Lim Guan Eng. Admire betul Q dengan beliau. 

Q jahat. amik gambar aku tak lawa.. angle salah.. nampak fake!

one of the paintings at the museum. 

 Sementara tunggu bas untuk ke Chowrasta Market (again) kitorg jalan2 kat sekitar situ..

view from Church street pier

lepas tu sampai la ke tempat yang dinanti

Chowrasta Market!

Ni la tempat yang aku nak sangat pergi.. Kedai buku kat Chowrasta Market!

~nerd nak mampus.. pergi melancong pun nak pergi kedai buku.. wat dehek??

Alkisah nya mcm ni, i have this chinese friend, who is a Penangite, everytime he got back to Penang he always tell me he got books with cheap price. even the new books! i'm sooo jelly.. He's been doing that for yearsss.. 

All sorts of book are there old and new. some unique old books are also there. this is AWESOMENESS..

 Chowrasta is a market place, where people sell merchandise, foods and stuff.
and of course, the famous Jeruk Madu Pak Ali.. they're everywhere!

The Famous Teo Chew Chendol. 

Kedai Cendol ni famous gila. even it's just a street stall, tapi almost every bloh yang aku jumpa masa research pasal Georgetown, recommended this place. sekali tengok, nahhhhh ambik kauu.. tengah2 panas tu sanggup kau nak beratur.. aku mampu amik gambar je la..

one of the street art next to Chowrasta market building.

Netx,, we get back to the hostel.. wash up and get some rest.. rehat kaki sebelum Q grumpy sebab penat.. hikhikhik.
by the time lepas beli2 kat chowrasta tu aku tengok muka Q dah macam apa je.. desperate nak mandi.. hahaha

around 5, kitorang keluar, nak pergi Fort Cornwallis, bajet nak sunset kat pantai la.. sekali hujan.. T_T

tapi hati haruslah kental. beeli raincoat bagai.. haha

Hipster habis la, jalan depan Temple pakai raincoat.. muahaha

tunggu la bas dalam hujan.. akibat keluar lambat, dekat pukul 7. sampai kat fort Cornwallis lambat. dah tutup, tak boleh masuk.. T_T

aku rasa kitorang dua je orang pelik kat situ, amik gambar bagai. The only locals yang juga pelancong.. pelancong lain sume omputih.. so kitorang diberi 'that look' oleh certain manusia..=_=
k fine.. ada aku kesah..
lepas dah tengok sunset yang mendung, kitorg pergi makan mee sotong dan coconut shake!! demm nice.. super yummy!

mee sotong fort cornwallis..

tak sudah dengan mee sotong.. balik dari Fort cornwallis, stop kat Masjid Kapitan Keling, Kedai Nasi Kandar Beratur dah bukak... even hujan macam hape je, Q tetap gigih beratur demi kari nya..

luckily masa kitorang sampai tu baru buka, so tak ramai orang.. tapi still kena beratur la.. 

 dah balik dari beli nasi kandar beratur, bajet nak rehat je.. tapi aku rasa bosan and masih bertenaga.. entah amende la aku makan hari tu.. energetic betul..
Sembang2 dengan Orest, si tuan hostel yang kitorang stay tu, dia ajak keluar. "i wanna show u some special places here." katanya..
pergi la jalan.. jalan punya jalan sampai 1 Hotel ni.. boleh nampak Gurney Drive, where the elites live.. Orest kata "i don't like that side of Penang, that's where u have to eat your nasi kandar with fork and spoon." ok aku faham..
lepas tu kau agak dia bawak kitorg pergi mana??

Yea, u read it right. cemetery. boleh tahan pelik jugak kepala otak Orest ni. dia kata nak bawak kitorang gi situ siang. tapi dah kitorang jalan sendiri, tak ingat dunia, tak dapek la...
sembang punya sembang, pungpang pungpang, turn out Orest ni dulu AIESECer jugakk.. hihihi
excited la aku..

muka Q dah mcm apa je masa jalan tu.. mengantuk + bosan.. macam Zombie pun ada.. haha

ni la Orest!

nasib la Orest ni tak hensem sangat, kawan dia hensem gila.. tapi sayang, jumpa 2 kali je.. tsk tsk tsk.. si Orest ni mesra alam nak mampus. 

so sbb dia ni macam agak awesome, aku kena la promote sikit hostel dia ni..

sila lah google Clockwise Hostel.(click je la)

 sebenarnya hostel ni still in construction lagi.. tapiii kemudahan dia bagus!

Double and four bed rooms

Toilet dia, comel kan??

 and ni bilik aku n Q, bilik ni kat attic sebenarnya.. tapi luas dia ok je, lagi pun bilik ni utk tidur je.. so memang xde hal sangat la..
Hostel ni tak asingkan lelaki and perempuan, but Orest is being considerate so dia bagi bilik ni kat kitorg.. huhu.. thanks Orest!

kenapa ada Q

Q sempat lagi layan perasaan kat balcony.

This is one of the paintings yang Orest n his friend buat. belum siap lagi. the whole hostel pun belum siap lagi sebenarnya.. kata Orest, official opening is planned to be next year. hohoho

the whole thing is still under construction. 

muka aku baru bangun! it was Easter morning.!

kau tahu berapa aku bayar untuk 1 night? RM19 including breakfast. yes. murah je..

selesa and mesra alam.. next time nak pergi Georgetown sila pergi Clockwiese Hotel okay??

<aku dah promote ni, Orest, sila bagi aku hadiah atau free accomodation.>

lepas breakfast, kitorang pun kembali ke reality.. balik KL.... =_=

pergi sehari memang tak cukup  la nak explore Penang. yang kitorg pergi tu Georgetown je.. tu pun tak sempat pusing habis.. 

Next time aku nak pergi lagi! the other part of penang pulak..

kalau kau nak pergi Georgetown, Unesco site boleh check panduan kat sini ^_^

kat Georgetown ada free shuttle untuk pergi semua tempat Unesco heritage site, panduan bus shuttle, Click sini..

Sila lah explore sendiri. sekian...

~~the world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page..

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