So I went to attend the St. Anne festival in Bukit Mertajam with mom, nephew and two sisters some time last year. Just as I had planned, they all flew into KL from Sabah and we drove off to Penang from there (KL). We were all set, having booked our place of accommodation at some budget hotel near to the venue of the event in Bukit Mertajam. And believe me, even though I booked months in advance it was not…
If you have just tuned in, this post is a sequel to my previous two posts – An Inter-state Solo Ride to the North East and Driving On : Jeli and Kota Bharu. The road trip from Kota Bharu to Lake Kenyir took longer than I had expected. I called to a Kenyir Eco Resort, the very first name of resort that came up when I googled “Accomodation at Lake Kenyir” (or something) and the owner offered to give me…
So my job required me to go to Penang recently. It would be my very first outstation trip since the MCO (then CMCO, or whatever it was called later and later, it just kept changing I had stopped trying to memorize them all) was reinstated when the number of Covid-19 positive cases sky-rocketed to new record high sometime in October last year. The excitement was there, but I knew Penang – like the rest of the world – is still…