The Long Walk

That cute furry thing in the previous post was found at:


Apparently, there was nothing interesting there, besides the cannon, and Mr Francis Light standing at the main entrance.

This time with a buddy of his. Scratch poles are more fun. Miawww.

Anyway, thats not the point. I flew to Penang with a purpose. I wanna visit people sekaligus, but I ended up slapped with a major change of plans. Haha.
Initial plan was I go to Penang, meet up with the rest of the family. Period.
But instead, drop the whole thing, and I have 6+ hours to spend; occupy myself with whatever I could do with that Island, wait for sis to finish work and I'm suppose to go back to AlorSetar with her later that evening.
But no, scratch that plan. Mum and bro came. By that time, I already had plans to explore part of the island myself, from a very different perspective, on foot -.-"
So I insisted that they leave AlorSetar at a later time, so I can do whatever I can with the few hours I have. Meet at Gurney later.

It's my first time at Penang Airport. Arriving there I meant. As far as I can remember, I've been there only once when I was still a budak, to send my maid off.
Nothing to should about. And from the air, it looked old. But the bird's eyeview of the sea was fantastic. Loved how the vessels sail at a constant speed, with white foamy bubbles of waves trailing.

At the airport, I found no other means to get to the city, except taxis. I've read about bus No. 83 but they are no where to be seen. City buses would be a better way to view the surroundings of the city cos they make stops all around. Taxi's the way.

Rm38 to Georgetown. Worth the price if its shared by 4. Unfortunately, I'm a single soul.

My ride was a white Perdana, driven by a nice Malay guy.

Oh, why Georgetown? I don't know. I just wanna go to Fort Cornwallis. Not much hype about that place, but there's something about the cannons that catch my attention the last time I past by that place.

Mum said, "Go there to see what? To get your skin burnt? Nothing to see there."
Me: "Have you been there before?"
Mum: "No *giggles*
Me: -.-"

So I decided to drop by that place this time. Manage to grab a map from the counter as I leave with my coupon. Can't just walk out there and hail a cab. I kinda like this system. No throat-slitting.

Once I settled in the white Perdana, taximan asked me where I wanted to go, "Georgetown mana?"
Me: Er, Fort Cornwallis.
Taxmian: Ok.
Me: Kupon ini.. untuk Georgetown, boleh pergi Gurney?
Taximan: Boleehhhhhh..Mana pun boleh.
Me: Oh. Fort Cornwallis ke Gurney jauh tak?
Taximan: Jalan boleh sampai, tapi jauh juga.

At this point, I was trying to make up my mind: Gurney or the Fort.

The Fort it is.

Cut the story short, I ended up walking all the way to Gurney Plaza. I am not quite sure how far it is, but its not a short walk.

But I loved the stretch leading towards Gurney.

And I got tanned~

Pardon me for the abrupt ending. It's hard to type when my mind is split. hehe