Friday, January 21, 2011

Journey to the North: Perlis

Assalamualaikum..

We reached Kuala Perlis around 6.45pm, Aflah’s dad picked us up at the jetty. As promised, he dropped us to nearest RFC for dinner. This is my first time, so it's very interesting. The food is great and healthy too. Then, we went to the bus station to bought tickets for next trip. The tiring day was covered by having rest in Aflah’s house. Big thanks for Aflah and family for such great hospitality.

The next day, we decided to drove by ourselves so that we won’t disturb Pak Cik Basri…hehe. So we 'departed' at 11am.


· Gua kelam

I’ve been here before, during high school. It is the first place we went that day. Unfortunately, the cave is under construction, so we decided to climb the hill near it. It took us about 15 mins to reached the top, quite challenging, climbing down is harder than climbing up.



· Tasik Melati

It is a recreational place for public. Nothing much to see here. A bunch of kids ran here and there. Guess what? They actually selling siput ketayang to the people. I asked them to show us how they caught the siput and they showed us how. I asked them what they gonna do with the money? Some said to buy phone, to buy bike, kids this day…



· Ladang ostrich

We noticed it on our way to Gua Kelam, so on the way back, we stopped by here. Actually, there are also horses, deers and other animals. According to the pak cik we found there, the land for the rear are wider than what we’ve seen, if we come later that evening, we would have the chance to ride the ostrich and other animals too. Thanks to the pak cik, we’ve the chance to give the ostrich eat earlier.


· Padang besar

Located at the border between Perlis and Siam, it becomes the place where u can find almost anything in cheap price. My bro asked me to buy beads pistols but it’s hard to find the good one. This arcade is where u can find reasonably priced clothing and handicrafts.



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· Arau

Then we headed to Arau because we wanted to see Masjid Negeri, Istana and what make Perlis as Bandar Diraja. The hot weather really sucked up our energy, so we headed back to Aflah’s.

· Masjid Syed Putra Jamalullail

On the way, we stop at this masjid. This is one of the most beautiful masjid I’ve ever seen. The architecture is splendid, I would dream of house with the masjid design.

That night, we packed up and exchanged pics. On the same night, I headed to Penang with Mas and Iman.

*****

Each journey is unique and in every trip we start with the history it holds. Here is several advice for enjoyable journey:

-travel light, don’t bring too much thing

-gps is a great company

-set ur budget so that u don’t overspend

-don’t travel in too big group

-plan where u're going, food u must eat, thing u must buy

- camera is a must, phone camera is ok too

-drink a lot of air suam

-avoid eating too much, and don’t skip any meal

-wear strong shoe, so u can walk n discover more

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