0109 Penang Trip 07

离开了圣乔治教堂之后，我们就继续沿着华盍路继续走。来到路的尾端时，我们转左进入椰脚街。我们绕过槟城高庭大厦看到一座雕像坐落在槟城地庭前面。这座雕像一共由4个尊雕像组成。雕像特别之处就是除了其中一个雕像是完整无缺之外，其余的都有缺陷。其中有一个缺头。我留意到每座雕像下都有刻上一个字，其中一个是公义。这座雕像乃是仿照希腊时期的作品。雕像下面，又刻着一些人头像，而这些的人头像其实我也不懂这些人像有什么意思。我们在那里逗留不久，主要是天开始下起雨来了。我们拍了几张照片就离开了。如果有机会来到这里记得要多照几张雕像的相片。我觉得这座雕像有其含义在里头，只是我们没有时间去好好的了解。

We walk along Lebuh Farquhar after short resting in front of St. George Church. When we came to the end of the road, we turned left in to Lebuh Pitt. We bypass the Penang Court and reach an effigy in front of the court. There were 4 statuaries to from the effigy. 3 of the statuary was partially damaged and another one still in the perfect condition. I found there was a word under the statuary. One of them was “Justice”. There are some human icons below the effigy. We took some pictures and left but didn’t stay there for long as raining was getting started. If you have a chance to pass by the place, kindly take some picture of this effigy. I do believe there are some reasons why the effigy was there, but we didn’t have much time to get to know about it.

待续…

To be continued…

0108 Penang Trip 06

St. George Church

圣乔治教堂

St. George Church

圣乔治教堂

St. George Church

圣乔治教堂

从博物院出来以后，我们就继续沿着华盍街走。我们经过圣乔治教堂。这一栋圣公会的教堂拥有将近两百年的历史。在马来西亚已经很少看到这种典型的英国风格的教堂。宽阔的草原，给人有种回到上个世纪英国殖民时的风光。英国人当年于1818年把这间教堂建好。2007年，国家把这间教堂也列为其中一件国家遗产。我们没有进到教堂里头。我们停留在教堂外面拍照。在繁华的城市里，突然看到这么一间的教堂，教堂并没有给我一个格格不入的感觉，反而让我觉得她已经是槟城的一份子。如果将来有机会，希望可以到里头去看当年英国人是怎样的设计这间教堂。

After we came out from Penang Museum, we walked along Farquhar Lebuh. We passed by St. George Church. This Anglican Church is about 200 years old. In Malaysia, we seldom see this kind English style church. The field in front of the church will lead people feel like in the last century. This church was built by British at year 1818. In year 2007, the church was declared as one of the National Treasures of Malaysia. We stood in front of the church and took some pictures. Standing in middle of the concrete jungles, the church never give us a felt like it is not belong to this land, but it make me felt like it is part of Penang. I wished that I can go into the church in my next visit to see how the British design and built the church.

The Detail of the St. George Church you may found at: http://www.asiaexplorers.com/malaysia/st_george_church_penang.htm

Hui Hui and Doris

Me in front of the church

教堂前的我

待續…

To be continued…

0107 Penang Trip 05

Penang map – is a must

槟城的地图

Penang map taken from tourist guide

槟城的地图

Hainan Temple

天后宫

Dragon Carvings

龙的雕像

Praying

虔诚的祈祷

Carvings showing the gods story

雕像的故事

View from the Hainan Temple

天后宫一角

Hainan Temple from the Front

天后宫的前门

放下我们的行李，简短的休息后，看看时间已经是上午11时，我们决定离开了酒店。我们决定不开车，当务之急就是要找到旅游咨询中心。看了我们的地图，发现这个中心坐落在莱特街附近，我们就从槟榔路，靠着走路出发到该中心。我们经过了南华医院街，看到了天后宫（海南会馆）。既然到了我们就进去里头看看。首先吸引我的应该是它的大门和它的雕刻。非常精致。墙头的雕刻把许多神仙的故事都给讲述出来。大柱前有两只盘旋的龙，守护着大门。屋檐上的龙栩栩如生，这一种龙的摆法真的不同的庙有不同的摆法。龙的下面就有八仙和其他的神明。我们往里头看还有一些信徒在参拜。

We took rest while moving our luggage to the hotel room. As the clock showing 11, we decided come out from hotel and start our plan on the first day. We decided not to drive on that day. First thing we wanted to do were to get some tourist information from tourist information counter. Form our map, we found that the information centre was located at Lebuh Light. It was not too far from the hotel, so we walked there. From Penang Road, we walked into Serani Lane. We saw Hainan Temple was located at Serani Lane. We stopped and visit the temple. The first thing came into my eye was the carvings in front of the temple. The carvings showed the story of the Chinese gods. Two dragons were move in spiral along the column, seem like guard the temple. Two dragons fly on top of the roof and just little bit lower from the top roof; there were 8 gods and other gods on the roof.

Suset House – budget Hotel

离开了天后宫，我们就往前走经过了一家不错的宿舍旅店，打听到的价钱是马币50，双人房。从外头看到的现状，应该还蛮新。各位如果考虑廉价旅店，这一间旅店是可以考虑。我们没有逗留太久就继续往前走。到了爱情巷我们就往左转看到了圣济芳中学，当然我们没有进去里头。

We left the Haina Temple and further our journey. We found there were some budget hotels located along Serani Lane. The price was quite attractive. One of the budget hotels was giving RM50 per night for double single bed room. From the outer of the hotel, we found that the hotel was quite new. After a while looking at the rental of the budget hotel, we furthered our journey to Love Lane. Turning left from Serina Lane into Love lane, we saw St. Xavier Institution.

In Front of Museum

博物院前拍照

An angle view of Museum

博物院一角

Museum outlook

博物馆外观

从爱情巷我们走入了华盍街就看到了槟城博物馆。如果从没有从正面看这一栋建筑物，很难从外头可以看得出是一间博物馆。特别之处的是博物馆的外头建了一个欧美式的花园，不懂的人还以为是独立洋房。热爱历史的我们肯定不会错过博物馆，人门票是马币5。进入博物馆，在楼上我们在可以了解到槟城的历史故事，楼下则比较多少文物或者是种族文化，由于博物馆不能拍照所以没有留下特别的照片。临走前，我们在柜台的簿子里留下我们的名字。柜台的一位先生顺手把一边槟城指南交了给我们，还告诉我们旅游咨询中心当天没有工作。这一本指南，对于要在三天跑完整个槟城的我们简直就是宝。靠着它，我们顺利的把槟城将近80%旅游景点参观。

From Love Lane we moved into Lebuh Farquhar, and we saw Penang Museum. If you didn’t really look at the building from the front side, I am sure that you will never know that it is a museum. It was an old Europe Building. The entrance of the museum was RM5.00. After we entered the museum, we read about the Penang history at the first floor and at the ground floor, we read about the difference race culture history. We didn’t take any photo in the museum as it is prohibited. Before we left the museum, we drop down our name in a booklet in front of the counter. The person in charge of the counter had given us a Penang travel guide. By using this guide, we manage to cover most of the tourist spot in the Penang within 3 days.

The front page of the Guide

旅游手册

待续….

To be continued…

0106 Penang trip 04

our first step

我们早上的行程

Morning Markert 

早市一景

Morning Markert 

早市一景

Hindu Temple

印度庙

St Joseph Churh

圣若瑟教堂

Home of St Josept

圣若瑟之家

Eastern Oriental Hotel

One of the Club

酒廊一角

One of the Club

酒廊一角

Towne House Hotel

吃完了早餐，我们离开了茶餐室，还是到早市逛逛，看看槟城的早市的情景。这时候的人潮开始多了，出现人挤人的情况。走出来早市我们就在Campbel路逛，顺道找适合的酒店留宿。我们从Penang路的警局附近走到靠海的附近，一边观看街景。假期的槟城有点冷清，街上没有太多的行人。我们走过许多的酒吧，看到昨夜痕迹。一路上我们经过许多的建筑物包括印度庙。从外头看这家的印度庙，一点都不像印度庙，不过走近去看，就发觉原来里面的空间很大。我们停留在外头看看，没有进入里面。

离开了印度庙我们经过一间天主教堂。圣诞节当天应该没有聚会，因为没有看到任何人在教堂里头。忘了这间的教堂叫什么名字，印象中好像是圣若瑟教堂吧。旁边的圣若瑟之家就有一些人在那里探望那里的小孩。从教堂出来后，我们还是顺道是走下去一直到了Eastern Oriental Hotel。我们没有进去，知道这样高级的酒店还有后面的海景，房租应该也不便宜。绕过酒店我们到了酒店后面看看海景，由于天气阴暗，所以海上的景色有所保留。

我们开始打回头路，回到Penang路。我们决定先到Town House Hotel 询问酒店的房租。柜台的服务员告诉我们房租是RM92一个晚上，房间可以容纳三个人，一张单人床，一张双人床。看来价钱不错。我们要求先看房间，服务员就交了一把钥匙给我们，指示我们到我们的房间去看货版。看了房间，大家觉得这个价钱的房间是很合理，就决定租下三天。Townhous Hotel 设备虽然旧了一点，不过还是可以用的。而且还有冷气机，电视，热水供应和冰箱呢。RM92住三天，平均三个人一个人的住宿也只有RM92。服务员告诉我们半个小时后就可以入宿。才早上九点就可以入房间，真是太好了。离开了酒店，我到早市去买一双拖鞋，因为我新买的拖鞋坏了（那间店我想是我最后一次光顾了）。买了拖鞋，我们就开车到酒店去了。

待续.....

After breakfast, we went back to the morning market for a short walk. Now the morning market start crowed. After came out from the morning market, we tried to find hotel at Campbel Road. From the police station at Penang road, we walk toward the end of the road which is facing the seaside. Early morning of the Christmas day, there was not many people on the street. We pass by a Hindu Temple. This Hindu temple was a bit different than the temple we know in other place. You just can’t really recognize that it is a Hindu temple until you go near to it. Further from Hindu temple, we walk into Roman Catholic Church, St Joseph Church (I guess). No service at that morning, however the home of St. Joseph was come with some visitor visited the children there.

Coming out from the church, we moved toward Eastern Oriental Hotel. We didn’t choose this hotel because from the out view, we expected the rental will be expensive as this hotel is facing sea side. We turned back to Penang road to find hotel. We decided to go to Town house hotel for surveying the rental. The room rental was RM92 per room. The receptionist gives a key to us to have a look of the room we going rent before we make up our mind. The room was come with one single bed and one double bed. It was just nice and it is full furniture. We decided to take the room as it is quite cheap and at the price of RM92, it is quite worth to stay there. The good things of the hotel is, we can check in 30 minute later which is 9:30 a.m. Leaving from hotel, we walked to morning market to buy my new slipper as my new slipper was broken. After this we went to get our car, drive to hotel to put all our items at the hotel.

….. to be continued  

0105 Penang Trip 03

Morning Market1 早市一景1

Morning Market 早市一景2

Morning Market3  早市一景3

Morning Market 早市一景

Restaurant We Having Our BreakFast 我们去的茶餐室

Food We Order

我们的食物

Kari noodle 咖哩面

Prown Noodle 虾面

With My Teh Si

我和我的奶茶

清晨7点，我们就过了槟城大桥。其实我们三人都不熟悉槟城的道路。这是我们第一次在槟城内开车，一路上，我们靠着手上的地图直闯。过了槟城大桥我们决定先到乔治市去填饱肚子。由于不晓得的在那里可以寻找槟城美食，我们就决定到我们寻找旅馆的地点附近去吃。结果转来转去，我们竟然到了乔治市的早市。

下了车之后，我们先到早市去兜一兜。好久没有看到这样的早市。记忆中的早市好像在家乡看过，自从到了吉隆坡生活就没有什么到早市去了。由于时间不过时7时左右，所以市场上的人不太多，不是那么拥挤。我们从市场的一端走到最后一端，走马看花。接着就到附近的茶餐室吃早餐。

来到槟城，不可忘了品尝道地的咖哩面，虾面和槟城炒粿条。我叫了咖哩面，真的比吉隆坡的好吃多了。这里的食物除了好吃，还有价钱真的好便宜。我的大咖哩面只有RM2.50。天啊，在吉隆坡这样的分量至少要RM 4.00。真的值得去。虽然价钱便宜，我还是控制自己不要吃那么多，不然回到吉隆坡时大家就认不出我了。

....待续

About 7.00 a.m., we past Penang Bridge. Among three of us, nobody was familiar with Penang road.  This was the first time we drove on the Penang Road. With the downloaded map, we try our luck to get into Penang. Our First target was George Town. We chose George Town because we didn’t know where can find delicious Penang food, therefore we decided to go to places near to the hotel to have our breakfast.  We are quite lucky on that day as we can find the place easily and we reached George Town Morning Market.

After parking, we went to morning market to have a look. It had been long time I never saw morning market since I left my home town. For so many years staying at Kuala Lumpur, I seldom go to morning market. We work around the market for about 20 minute and we decided entering a restaurant for our breakfast.

Penang is a heaven of food. When you come to Penang, never forget Kari Noodle, Prawn Noodle, Penang Kueh Tiaw. I ordered Kari Noodle for that morning and it is really delicious. Most of the food were sold in cheap price. My Big Kari noodle was sold at the price RM 2.50 whereby at Kuala Lumpur , you have to pay about RM4.00. although the price was cheap, but I had to control myself not to take more food, else will get fat after I came back to Kuala Lumpur.

……to be continues

0104 Penang Trip 02

离开沙登应该是晚上九时半，我负责坐在司机旁陪司机聊天，另外一个朋友就在后面负责睡觉。由于我们的女司机有晕车的习惯，所以就让她开车，不然她晕车，我们另外两个就倒霉了。

汽车一路往北上，大约午夜十二时三十分左右到达了怡保。到了怡保，我们绝对不会忘记怡保芽菜鸡。过了怡保南部的收费站，我们马上就驾驶进入怡保市。靠着我模糊的怡保路线，终于不费力气到了非常有名的老黄芽菜鸡。享受后了芽菜鸡，我们就继续的往北上直到槟城。好不容易在凌晨三时左右我们过了Juru收费站。我们就把汽车驶入Juru收费站，停在路边休息睡觉一直到天亮。我们那天不决定把汽车驶入槟城第一怕没有地方可以停下汽车休息，第二，大家也已经非常的累了。

酷热的汽车，我们三人竟然可以睡着。直到清晨七点钟大家开始醒了，下车到厕所去梳洗。这是我第一次这样的旅行，好特别的体验。梳洗之后的我们，精神开始恢复了。槟城我们来了....

.......待续

0103 Penang Trip 01

Publish Post

刚完成了槟城之旅，这是一个很不错的旅程。2008年十一月中的时候，突然和几个朋友决定要在2008年的圣诞节来一个bugdet Travel。大家基本上同意这次的旅程去槟城。来了西马这么多年，槟城其实真的没有好好的停下脚步去走走。刚升格为世界遗产的槟城，我想是时候要到槟城去旅行。既然这一次的旅程为budget tavel，很多东西我们就必须好好的预算。

离开出发前的一个星期，大家就出来见见面，顺道谈谈关于这一次的旅程。讨论的结果，我们期待三天三夜的开销尽量不要超过RM300。我想是我的习惯，很多东西都是到最后才开始去调查，结果我还没有真正的把要去的旅游景点圈出来，就已经要出发了，不过好在在一个网站上找到有一张很不错的地图，我们那几天的旅程都是靠那张地图去混。

到了要出发的前几天，其中一个朋友就发简讯给我，廉价酒店的完全被预订了，那我们可能要睡路边了。结果大家好像不在担心一个男生和两个女生要如何度过没有房间的三天三夜，大家还是拼了命都要去。还好到了最后的一天，朋友告诉终于预订了一间双人房间，看来三个人要想办法挤进去了。结果以防有任何突发事件找不到廉价酒店，我就决定带一个睡袋去，至少可以有个地方睡觉。

这是我们三个人第一次出外玩这种廉价旅行。

24号晚上很快就到了。终于到了我们要出发的晚上。其实当天我放了工之后回家，还去跑步跑了1个小时，才开始收拾我的旅行袋。收完之后大约八时十五分就到一个好朋友的家去聚餐。谢谢她给我们三个准备了好好吃的晚餐。吃完之后大家闲聊了一段时间。看时间也不早了，我们三人就开始驾着awanza出发了，开始我们的槟城之旅。

........待续