25 August 2013 - Sunday
Georgetown, Jawi, Butterworth, Juru and Kepala Batas
oh how i remember running on this bridge last time
We reached Georgetown around 12pm, check-in at super comfy, newly renovated Sunway Hotel, and had our lunch at the nearby Kapitan's Restaurant somewhere in Little India. Yup. We 'hunt' for the food first before doing to the real hunt :P Rugi lah datang Penang tak pegi makan2!
Btw makan, transport n accommodation for this whole 3 day's hunt is sponsored. Best! :P but i wish my family could've join me.Today tak stress sangat. I've secured 17 CP altogether. Alhamdulillah. Today kira tambah2 lagi lah. Hopefully lagi 5 @ 6 CPs :) and if you noticed, i took more pictures today! :P
Tried the Kambing Briyani. I like Nasi Kandar better
ok sudah makan? Amacam?
photo credit to Ang Photography
No issues of taking a break for praying time, as i've already did Jamak Taqdim before the event starts.
Komtar building
How do i fare for today's hunt? Well, i was surprised myself. I always imagined it was hard navigating through Penang, but once you know the place, it wasnt that hard. (im not driving remember?) haha.. Except there's once incident where this guy, riding his bicycle, in the middle of the busy road, zig-zagging like nobody's business. He used no protection gear, no helmet whatsoever. Oh well, as much as we want to honk him to stay by the roadside, we cant. We were inside company's car, and rules are rules.. Other than that, well, we can manage.
Once done with CPs around Georgetown, i decided to go for the one in Pusat Perniagaan Azuria in Tanjung Bungah. Now, this one a bit far, and for one CP, i spent about an hour just to go back and forth. Hence, soon after we found it, we continue the hunt towards Butterworth. Another place with unfamiliar landmark. We wanted to take the ferry across, but the queue was a bit long, so we continue towards the bridge and heading towards Penang Bird Park. At this point, i wasnt sure where im going actually. Well, lets go where the clue takes me.
From here on, its a about fully utilising the Waze app, being friendly to people and luck. Alhamdulillah, Penangites were so nice guiding me to the correct ATM, and i even asked their opinion on which place should i go to, and which not. Looks like Kepala Batas is too far to reach (in this time frame) and i missed Juru CP earlier (should have done it first before going to Butterworth. Atleast i manage to navigate around this area.
Oh well, with missing few turns and going back and forth, we manage to find the CPs in Butterworth. Its already 7.15 pm. And i have one last target. CP in Sg. Jawi. Reachable, and i still have time. Not sure about the traffic though. Using Waze, we took a back road, and reached Sg. Jawi 50 minutes later. Traffic was fair.
The hunt concluded around 8.25 pm. The last Atm was in Sg. Jawi. We stopped for a drink before heading back to the hotel. Went out again for our late dinner @ Line Clear where i met with my other brother in law (as i said, be resourceful) for that delicious Char Kueh Teow Sani (bought it all the way from near his house). the guys opted for Nasi Kandar, and we continue chatting for a while before calling it a day.
Uncle yang sporting. I think he's the owner?
It was a bit tiring, but fun at the same time. I believe this is the first time such 'hunt' being organized, with I'm the only participant.. haha.. So its all about whether you want it, or not. And how good your judgement, time management as not everyone get the same amount as i did. Alhamdulillah, atleast i have extra budget for the preparation of our soon-to-be-born family member :) *some time in October, insya Allah*
just for the show :P our last 'atm pose' before heading back home
Enjoying the journey
My sincere thanks to MixFm and its crew, as well as Standard Chartered Malaysia for giving me this opportunity of a lifetime! :P
Okay. time for me to share whats the Hunt called. :)
i'll share some other picture later. x sempat nak upload :) till next race/hunt/adventure!!
wow how intriguing! so basically the hunt is centred around ATMs?
ReplyDeleteyup. find the correct ATM, you'll get your reward :)
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