penang day 3 (part 1) -- bukit bendera & batu feringgi

my third day in penang was the day i became a mat rempit. ahaks.  

i memang planned to spend my 1st and 2nd day in george town and go outside of george town on the 3rd day. so we rent a motorbike and merempit to bukit bendera and batu feringgi. now, this was quite a scary thing to do. i was told that penang road users are as brutal as the ones in KL. i was also super not confident to bawak a motor especially dekat jalan besar. my friends know how terrible my sense of direction is. pastu our phones takdak internet pulak, so we were gps-less. regardless, i saw this as an opportunity to get out of my comfort zone, be adventurous and all that deep 'carpe diem' stuffs. 

being frugal, i had to be extra rajin to survey harga sewa motor. there are a lot of kedai motor sewa at chulia street. they also have basikal and kereta sewa. after menyiasat, the cheapest sewa for motor manual biasa was rm25/day. kalau motor auto or scooter lagi mahal la of course. sadly the rm25 ones dah fully booked so we rented motor yang rm30/day. the deposit was rm200. 

lu pehal tengok2 gua? (gaya mat rempit)

despite the possibility of getting hit by larger vehicles, i think riding a motorbike in penang is a great idea. you can save a lot of time riding through busy traffics and you don't need a lot of fuel (kitorang isi minyak rm5 tapi guna tak sampai separuh pun). fyi, basikal sewa pun dah rm15/day. so paying rm15 for a motorbike is definitely a better deal. plus bicycles can't get you very far. pusing2 dalam george town boleh lah (but i recommend you to walk instead, unless you rasa bergaya naik basikal). 

first, we merempit to bukit bendera/penang hill, only 8 km from george town. on the way, you can singgah at lorong kulit flea market if you want. we didn't cos kitorang terlepas lorong tu. lol. the students entrance fee was rm4 (must show mykad and student card). we rode a funicular train to reach the top of the hill. another option is by hiking, but no thanks. the breeze was slightly cooler at the hilltop and i could see george town, penang bridge and even selat melaka. there were also an auditorium, an owl museum, restaurants, a mosque, a hindu temple and some heritage houses. you can buy a photoshopped picture of yourself konon2 kat atas bukit bendera waktu malam for rm30. but i don't like to waste my money on stuffs like that. 

main entrance to penang hill.

very the curam gilos.

amen, sister!

hoyeahhh!

the teropongs.

the view from the top of the hill.

one of the heritage houses.

next, we vroom-vroomed our way to batu feringgi, 19km from penang hill. on the way, we singgah at gurney drive sekejap. there were big shopping complexes, hotels, condos and restaurants at the beach side. from what i heard, gurney drive ni popular dengan tempat makan dia. but most of them macam non-halal je. so kitorang sightseeing je kat situ. 

this is gurney drive yo!

at batu feringgi, we went to a beach with a lot of batu. i just had to singsing my kaki jeans and celup my kaki in the water. so nice! i felt like dipping in my whole body in the water but luckily i didn't as i later found out the water might be polluted with e.coli bacteria.

baru feringgi beach.

feeling2 tugu negara.

as far as i know, e.coli ni from najis. now siapa yang tak senonoh sangat gi berak kat dalam air pantai ni? meh cheq gonyoh cili kat bontot dia!

to be continued...