Journey to the North

1st of October 2008 (1st day of Hari Raya)

My parents and i started our journey to the north of peninsular Malaysia around 7am. Our first destination was Sitiawan, the place where we can find the most Foochows in West Malaysia. So firstly, we used the north south highway(NSE) til we reach Bidor toll around 9am. So just go along the Bidor town, we followed the Teluk Intan road sign, or the Pangkor Island road sign to continue our journey. At around 10am, we reached Teluk Intan and since parents never went to Teluk Intan, so we took few photos with the Menara Condong Teluk Intan(Leaning Tower of Teluk Intan).



After that, we head to sitiawan. After around 1 hour plus, we reach sitiawan and bought some of the foochow biscuits and hand-make noodles. For those who wanted to buy Foochow biscuits in Sitiawan, remember to look for 7 floors yellow building of courts mammoth bcos the shop is just behind the building or feel free to ask around the local people where's the 7 floors building(qi chen lou).

We went to Lumut too since it's only around 15 min away. We passed by Lumut jetty and there were a lot of people lining up to buy tickets to go over to Pangkor Island. It's so cheap now as u only need to pay RM10 to go and come back by using the ferry. After having our lunch in Lumut, we head to our 2nd destination, Ipoh.


Around 2 hours of journey, finally we reach Ipoh. My dearest partner who's a truly Ipoh resident bring us around and after settled my parents down at the Hotel, i get to go to her house at Menglembu to stay for a night. :)


2nd of October 2008

We took picture with the famous Menglembu groundnut and we also bought a lot of foods around Ipoh before we head back to KL.


The famous Menglembu Groundnut


Kellie's Castle


At night when we reach home in KL, we celebrated sis's birthday and ate the famous Kampar Bread Chicken where we dapao at Kampar when we were on our way back. Happy 28th birthday sis! Many returns of the day!



Oh ya, Alicia's mum gave me cute cute tortoise pau! They sell these during the temple celebration to welcome the 9th dragon god. Cute pau!