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Warsaw: Taking The Metro & Leaving To Krakow By PolskiBus

Eastern Europe Trip // Warsaw: Taking The Metro & Leaving To Krakow By PolskiBus – Day 4 of the whole Eastern Europe Trip, we leaved Warsaw early in the morning to Krakow! It was still dark out there when we stepped out of the hostel that I wouldn’t recommend (Jump Inn). Feeling fresh and cold and wandered our way to the metro station – Centrum. The funny thing about the metro station was the the disabled-gate was left opened and people passed through it without scanning ticket or something. Hmm? Hiak hiak hiak, We followed the local and wandered through the gate as well.

Upon getting on the metro, it sort of like bring me to somewhere else, not today, but back in time. The squarish metro train with red, white and blue stripes just looks so retro. It’s nothing like London’s Underground or Hong Kong’s MTR. It’s old, but still cool.

It’s still looking dark out there at Dworzec Autobusowy Metro Wilanowska (Wilanowska Bus Station), and we spent a bit time at the convenient store for for breakfast while waiting for the arrival of the bus to Krakow – PolskiBus. Yes, we are budget travellers, and bus is our best friend for bring us around and PolskiBus is a good one because there’s Wifi and powerpoint for charging! And the other thing is, the bus has a toilet too!

Bye Jump Inn!

Bye Jump Inn, and no thank you. Thank you in Polish is Dziekujie (Jin-ku-yah)

On the way to Krakow, one of the oldest city in Poland and also is a very exciting place as well!

February 25, 2014
Balik Kampung – Sunset On Bus, Back To Penang

Balik Kampung – Back To Penang – Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Malaysian and friends out there! I am now finally balik to my kampung – Penang. It feels so nice back here as I’ve got about a week break from class. Yeah!

Sunset watching from the bus first seat.

Traffic wasn’t that smooth last night on the express bus, there’s some jam and slow moving traffic in between. I thought it’s supposed to be smooth as it’s already day 1 of Hari Raya as many have already went back home the day before, but it’s not. Still, there’s many car on the North South Highway.

Watched Dexter to kill time, a nice drama!

Waze is a good app to tell me what’s happening ahead.

Jam! Strawberry jam!

Happy holiday everyone and have fun!

August 20, 2012
Shanghai: Brunch Food & East Nanjing Road During Daylight

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China Trip – Shanghai: Brunch Food & East Nanjing Road During Daylight (Day 4) – Back to Shanghai trip, it’s morning in Shanghai and it’s time to be serious in touring around Shanghai. Brother and I woke up quite late that day. Actually we don’t really have a proper itinerary, we just see which attraction is nearby and we start from them.

We went to brunch while walking to East Nanjing Road. We have to go to East Nanjing Road because the nearest Metro station is located at there. We randomly went into a restaurant and ate Shanghai Xiao Long Bao again, not so awesome, then we walked along East Nanjing Road.

It’s noon time already, we came across a City Sightseeing Bus parked by the roadside, a lady was offering ticket for it. Since it’s 30RMB/ticket valid for one day, we bought it, never know that the frequency of the bus was so slow. Haha, anyway, we have bought the ticket, we have to follow the bus schedule. So, part of my day 4 in Shanghai is on the sightseeing bus which I will share with you guys in the next post. =)

Street of Shanghai.

Little Chinese dog.

Sheng Jian Bao, very juicy. 生煎包

Wantan, but they called it Yun Dun, 云吨 which don’t really have anything under the skin.

Xiao Long Bao again.

Shanghai East Nanjing Pedestrian Shopping Street.

A Chinese medicine store.

On the bus, it’s not an good idea to sit at the open air area, very cold!

The bus actually parked there just to attract tourist. We boarded the sightseeing bus but it did not move right away, we waited like 15 minutes only then another bus came, we have to moved to another bus.

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March 9, 2012
Zhouzhuang: Last Exploration & Back Shanghai

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China Trip – Zhouzhuang 周庄 : Last Exploration & Back Shanghai (Day 3) – Well, it’s my last few hours at Zhouzhuang. Sunrise – done; Boat ride – done and now it’s the last exploration of this beautiful ancient water town in China before heading back to Shanghai in the afternoon. We checked out the inn, bought our stuffs with us and we went to walk around again, this time according to the map of attractions.

We visited house of ancient famous people – Shen Wan Shan, which I have no idea who he really was (I don’t think he was famous, so I did not bother), then we went to a Chinese poet shop and asked the poet to write us a few poems derive from our name. This one is kinda cool, as in Zhouzhuang, you will see many shops, offering to write you a Chinese poem with your name in it, it’s actually not a specialty at there, but then it’s just a way of making money for them. We found it kinda interesting, so we gave our name for the poet, and he wrote us some Chinese poems. It’s pretty cool. It’s only 10RMB per poem, why not? We’ve got addicted with the poem writing and in the end, we have so many poems with my name, brother’s, my girlfriend, brother’s girlfriend, mom and dad, and even dad’s business. =D

Later then, we found a Chinese opera house, unfortunately no opera was showing at there, it’s like a museum, a Taoist temple, Mao Tse Tong’s musuem, some local shops and that’s all. We went back to the bus station, bought a bus ticket or 25RMB to go back to Shanghai. Instead of heading back to Shanghai South Station, we went to Shanghai Main Railway Station. The journey took longer than 2 hours this time because of traffic congestion in Shanghai. At there, we took the Shanghai Metro to go back to our hotel, take a rest, then explore again. Fun! Shanghai was so much warmer, at 6 degree celcius.

This is Shen Wan Shan 沈万山.

Poet and calligrapher – Mr Zhi Xue.

A Taoist temple.

Cool barber shop with Uncle Mao’s photo on the wall.

Wan Shan Ti / Wan Shan Hock, pork knuckles.

Had Yangzhou Fried Rice for lunch, it tasted oily and not-bad. This costs 10RMB. We were told by the waitress that Zhouzhuang doesn’t has any must-eat or local food, many of the foods are from other places.

The Chinese Opera House.

Bus station, waiting for bus.

Finally back to Shanghai, this is Shanghai Main Railway Station.

It’s about 4.30pm, the sky was getting dark already. We headed to the Shanghai Metro to take the train back to our hostel.

Like New York, the track shares with train of different lines, so you have see the screen clearly so that you will not get on the wrong line.

Waiting for train.

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March 5, 2012
Hike Penang Hill And Ride Rapid Penang Back

#1. Random faces.

Hike Penang Hill And Ride Rapid Penang Back – 8 guys, including me, previously from Penang’s famous boys school, Chung Ling High School went for a hike from Botanical Garden to Penang Hill.

Oh man! It’d been some times that I did not hike the 800+m vertical height Penang Hill for some times. The last time was like, 2 years back? It’s not easy for us, HAHA, it took us for 2 hour plus, almost 2 and a half hours to reach the top which avid hikers normally take one an a half hour non stop or some pro run up for like 45 minutes. Those who run up the slope are really crazy.

#2: Random faces two.

I think it’s quite reasonable for us to take such a long time up because we were having our sweet time up, talking, joking and laughing all the way. Now I rethink whether I can climb the Mount Kinabalu at Sabah or not. HAHA. It needs great stamina.

#3: Top of the hill with many tourists. Woohoo. Actually Penang Hill got nothing one lo, what do you think?

Finally reached the top of Penang Hill at 10 something where we started at 8 something. Felt very happy when we reached the top as I know I do not need to suffer any more. LOL. I must train more already.

#4: Not good fried rice.

Went to eat fried rice at the hawker stalls area for brunch and chit chat at there. Frankly, the fried rice sell by the Chinese seller was not that rice. I prefer the Malay stall at the end of the hawker stalls area. One plate of this egg fried rice without prawn cost RM4.50. WOW. Now only I know that you can’t order food from other stall at the table we sit because different stall manages different table.

#5: Is me, playing with the phone I guess.

#6: Yan Chien Chern.

#7: Arron Lim.

#8: Me (look like a kid), Merritt, Xiang Foong, Yong Fu, Chien Chern.

#9: Chien Chern again, Alvin, me and Arron.

#1o: The bushes which block the view of Penang city.

#11: Clearer view of George Town, awesome!

I feel Penang Hill is quite a relaxing place because when there’s wind blows up there, it feels very chilly and cool and at the same time can enjoy the beautiful view of Penang.

#12: David Brown’s Sky Terrace. Expensive restaurant! Hmm.

We bought the tram ticket at RM4 per student price person and then we went down of Penang Hill. So nice that there’s no long queue like the Hong Kong tram that I went recently and I feel the tram service in Penang is very world class one. Haha.

#13: The gang.

#14: Road.

#15: Road in front of Chung Ling High School.

#16: My high school!

We wanted to take the Rapid Penang public bus back home but then we didn’t see any bus passes Penang Hill area, then we walked directly to the place where more Rapid Penang buses pass by and that’s Shang Wu Primary, pass Chung Ling High School and it’s like 3km away. Very power, because call the way we didn’t see any bus also, I wonder where all the buses gone when we were walking.

#17: In Rapid Penang bus.

#18: At the bus interchange station, Komtar.

It’s been so long that I did not take the Rapid Penang bus too. Still the same, getting more people in the bus but not as much as in other big city. No upgrade or improvement I can see yet. I wonder when they will implement Touch N’ Go system and introduce double decker buses. Hmm.

December 29, 2011
Bandar Sunway Shuttle Bus On Fire

Bandar Sunway Shuttle Bus On Fire – It was afternoon time where lunch time just passed. I had my lunch at Ming Tian Kopitiam right next to The One Academy and while on the way out, heading towards Sunway Pyramid for a little grocery shopping, I spotted a crowd of busybodies near the road and I detoured myself towards the busybodies and made myself one of them too.

I was behind the bushes, didn’t want to go close because not wanting to hurt myself, but the important is be a smart a caring busybody that doesn’t block the rescue work.

There were smoke, police and lots of busybodies, including me. The free shuttle bus provided by Sunway which ferries people around the area caught a fire. I didn’t know how, the fire was in the bus. The smoke of burning were coming out from the bus, non-stop. I walked closer, it’s burned, pitched black in the bus, sort of like interior BBQ.

Many fire extinguishers were used but somehow the fire couldn’t be put out. The fire fighters were on the way there, I saw them right across the road, U-turning to the place. I was afraid that it was gonna explode, and I walked back to Sunway Pyramid. Luckily no one was injured. Yeah, great, good, woo, ok, end.

November 3, 2011
Chicken Rice Served On Aeroline Bus

I took the Aeroline bus from Penang down to Kuala Lumpur, the bus is not like typical intercity express bus, but it’s something more luxurious with food and drinks served just like in an airplane, except there’s 4 wheels. LOL.

They have different menu for different time, I heard there’s nasi lemak, fried bee hoon, chicken rice and also Subway sandwich. As for my time, I took the morning bus at 1030am, they served me Chicken Rice. It’s warm and surprisingly the chicken was not bad, except for the rice, doesn’t taste like chicken rice to me. The gravy was nice when eating with the rice and chicken.

Food on-the-bus was not bad. Haha

May 17, 2010

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