I will begin this year's blog by reviewing my last trip of 2009.
As you should know by know that I am a frequent visitor to Malaysia, so it should be fitting that I end the year with yet another trip up North. I was just in Penang two weeks ago before this trip and now I am going back to the same place!!
We were planning for a road trip for quite some time now, we were supposed to leave on the 23rd of Dec but in the end due to work commitments we left on Christmas day afternoon instead. We were travelling on Chaidir's brand new Subaru STI, Yes! the man has finally decided to dump the Alfa Romeo badge and go for the 350 horse power, twin turbo, All wheel drive monster!! This beast eats Malayan North-South highways for breakfast!!!!
We took only 7.5hours to reach Penang!! It would have been faster if not for the fuel guzzling stops to top up gas!! You might think that a sports car like this will sacrifice comfort for performance but no, the ride to Penang was very comfortable and it felt safe with the overwhelminglly boxed up cockpit.
Even the back seat passenger was dozing off happily!!
It was a pain in the ass looking for rooms available in Penang as it was the festive weekend. After running a few hotels we finally found one little cosy boutique hotel. The Vistanna. RM$180 per night. It was clean and they have their own carpark.
After check in, we went for supper behind the hotel. You'd be hungry too if you sat in a speeding car for 7 hours!!
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