My First Little Penang Adventure.

The mighty Landeater parked on the curb of a nondescript Penang street.
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According to Justin, the best things in Penang are the attractive Chinese girls, the fried chicken skin which you can get packed with prawns and RM 5 chicken chop. All of which were not to be found last night, when we paid a visit to Georgetown to sell off Justin's adjustable springs. Apparently, the hawkers at the end of Gurney Drive had been temporarily relocated whislt renovations to their previous haunt were being done, and they'd also closed by the time we'd gotten there.

On the bright side, it was my first trip to the island in 18 years. It's been fucking ages. Forget about the lack of big-bosomed Chinese chiquas...the island itself was a joy to visit.

Wandering aimlessly looking for a way to get out of Penang, however, was tedious. Finding Gurney Drive was tedious. Taking the wrong turn and heading back to the island was tedious. The road signs in Penang are tedious. Simply because they don't tell you what you need to know.

We took the Proton Landeater 1.5 Gli (that just sounds lame now). It did 400+ km for RM 40. Not too shabby, to say the least. Take route 1 all the way from Jalan Kuching to Southern Ipoh, and then head straight for the toll. Or if you'd prefer, you can get to Butterworth from Ipoh via a toll-free route. Though it'd take a helluva lot longer.

Here're most of the photos I took below. Please note that Justin was driving my car, and constantly moving. There weren't a lot of photo opportunities.

Especially when you're moving. In the dark. Ugh.

Enjoy, I suppose.

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en route to Ipoh: the Tapah clocktower.

we're crossing the Penang Bridge to the island...not like you could tell.

random penang shot #1.

random penang shot #2.


We went all the way to Penang to eat here, since nothing else was open.


RM 8.60 for this. Just this. Amazing. We could've had this in SS2...


...and it still would've looked the same in the end.

The traffic jam upon our return to KL, near Selayang @ 7:05 a.m.
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Not a lot of pictures at all. This trip has proven the Landeater's fuel economy, as well as its ability to boost up to 130 km/h on backcountry roads. Which are pretty scary to speed on, wh it's drizzling. And it's 4 in the morning. And when you haven't slept for almost a day.

Tsk. I'm getting rusty in my old age. On another note, I'd really love to go to Penang again. In daylight.