Ceruk Tok Kun Relic

Yesterday, I've visited one of attractive places in Penang which is Ceruk Tok Kun Relic. It’s located at Ceruk Tok Kun, a small town located at eastern of Bukit Mertajam, province of Penang.

Ceruk Tok Kun Relic is a Bukit Mertajam Rainforest. It’s a suitable place for picnic, camping, jungle tracking, jogging and mountain climbing. At the afternoon, there is also small market formed at base of the relic which is selling the fresh local fruits. If you wish to buy the fruits, make sure you buy the it after you’ve done your activity since there is a group of wild monkey and you’re for sure don’t want they snatch it from you.
This place got facilities such as chalet, hall, small mosque, toilet, office and also small tea café called Tea SPA. There is also shop that sells flower and plant. So if you want to plant the tree, u can also buy there.
This tea spa is a suitable place to enjoy the warmth of tea under the tree while breathing the nice fresh air. It’s also a suitable place to cool down after you have finished active activities such as jogging or mountain climbing.
I’ve been there at the evening, so I can see lot of people climbing and jogging to the top of the mountain. At top of the mountain, u can visit to telekom tower and also having a view of Penang and Bukit Mertajam.
During that time, there is lot of people coming to jog or mountain climbing but the reason for me is this, swim. At base of this relic, there is a place where u can picnic with your beloved family of your special one while bathing also. This activity can be done at Tok Kun Dam. The place for bathing is prepared for those who want to feel the cool and refreshing hill water. With the design of the facilities and the scenery view, you can also take a picture for your precious moment of a lifetime. You can go there with your family either for picnic or jogging, but the problem is there is no signboard to guide you to this place. I’ve found some difficulties to reach here but with the help of my girlfriend I managed to reach here since she has been here during her secondary school.

Menara Alor Setar (Alor Star Tower)

Menara Alor Setar (Alor Star Tower)

Did you know that 2008 is the year to Visit Kedah. Well kedah have lots of attractive places such as Balai Besar (Grand Audience Hall), Balai Nobat, Balai Seni Negeri (State Art Gallery), Pekan Rabu (Wednesday Market), Wat Nikrodharam, Masjid Zahir (Zahir State Mosque), Muzium Diraja Kedah (The Kedah Royal Museum), Menara Alor Star (Alor Star Tower), Terusan Wan Mat Saman (Wan Mat Saman Aqueduct) & Mahathir's Birthplace. I’ve been to most of them but the latest one is I’ve been to Menara Alor Setar (Alor Setar Tower). It was located at heart of Alor Setar with the height of 165.5 metres. It was build for Telekom Malaysia with the cost of RM40million. This tower is not only for telecommunication purpose only, but also caters as a tourist destination places. This tower has observing tower, restaurant and souvenir shop. This tower also have been used to look for the crescent moon to mark the beginning of muslim month such as Ramadhan, Shawwal, and Zulhijjah, to celebrate Ramadhan, Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Hari Raya Aidiladha, respectively. The ticket price for adult is Only RM6 per person with the observing tower is 88metres from the base. The visitor can enjoy breathtaking view of city of Alor Setar, massive acre of paddy field since kedah is hails as national paddy making state, the streches of gunung jerai and also Straight Of Malacca. This tower was ranked 2nd tallest tower in Malaysia and 19th in the world. This is the place that if you visited Kedah, you must visit this tower. Since this year is year to visit Kedah, the event that will be held in Kedah is:
>> Royal International Langkawi Regatta (5-11 January 2008)
>>Kedah Hot Air Ballon (18-23 March 2008)
>>The Launch of National Water Festival 2008 (4-6 April 2008)
>>International Jet Ski Competition (9-10 May 2008)
>>Islanders Music & Dance Festival Langkawi 2008 (30 May-1 June)
>>Kedah International Media Hunt (29-30 June 2008)
>>International Tomoi Competition (13-16 August 2008)
>>Jerai International Mountain Bike Challenge (7-9 November 2008)
>>International Kedah Golf Border Challenge (29-30 November 2008)

Penang Bird Park

Have u been here? Well I've. Actually there is lots of interesting things about this place that lead me to pay a visit and write about this place. Well I'm final year student. After this hopefully I'll entering the new world which is worker world. And less opportunity to go on 'cuti-cuti' likes this. Every opportunity must be taken.

















Penang Bird Park was located in Bandar Seberang Jaya nearer to the Sunway Carnival Mall which is 7km from penang bridge toll plaza and also 7km from ferry terminal. It’s just 5 minutes drive from Penang Bridge if there is no traffic jam. :)
















Opened for public on 8th August 1988, this park was the first Malaysia bird park. There are more than 300 species of colorful bird all around the world where half of it is Malaysian species. Swan, Pelicans, Storks, Heron and other playful waterfowls were roam freely on around two natural ponds. The species like Macaws, Parrot, Pheasants, Hornbill, bird-of-prey, Finches, Sunbirds, soft-bills, kingfisher were kept in this park for exhibition and breeding purpose.




















The other attractions for this park are daily Bird Shows which is at 11.30am and 3.30pm every day followed by photographic session. This park opens daily to the visitor from 9.00am till 7.00pm. During my visit, I didn’t know it has the bird show and I missed this one, what a waste for me.

Not only Malaysian visited here, lot of foreigner also visited here as shown in the picture. If you visit Penang especially Malaysian, you should consider to visit this park also.

The admission for this park is RM10 for local adults, RM5 for local children while for foreigner the admission fee is RM20 for adult and RM 10 for children. For me, I think the admission fees are reasonable because the u can see lots of bird species there. Furthermore, physically and/or mentally handicapped & under privileged persons are allowed free entrance. Maybe u should acted like u are mentally handicapped, who knows maybe u can enter this park free.:).

I also experienced the joy of bird feeding where the bird will come to your hand to eats. I do have a picture of this activity and this experience was truly amazing. U just needs to buy the food for RM 1 ONLY and the bird will come to eat at your hand. Amazing

Among species that exist in this park, I do attract with this one the most. Damn I like Owl. Look how cute this one is. If possible, I wanna have this one at my room :)
















Blending with this gorgeous birds are the vast collection of hibiscus, orchid, palm-tree, bamboo, pond filled with lotus makes this place really look natural and exotic. Here are the map for this park which is it diameter is 5-acres.

This other attractions for this park is Salt-water crocodiles, Mouse-Deers, Spotted Fallow Deers, Pythons, Arapaima etc. there also have the gift shop where u can buy something for your reminisce. No need to worry to stay longer in this park because this park also have their own unique restaurant which is Bird Park Restaurant.so u can take your time to watch the bird. So bird lover and tourist, if u visited Penang, don’t miss to visit this place k.

Bukit Bendera..where is the flag?

On New Year eve, I’ve made a trip to Bukit Bendera just to kill some time before celebrating New Year. It's the second time I’ve been there and the first one is i don’t really remember it when...maybe when i was 6 i think. From my experience, its best if u can watched Penang at evening. The reason is that u can see and feel the coldness of the atmosphere and also seeing Penang bathed with light. It was a really scenery view and worth, believe me. I also put some picture of it, it is really nice to see.
Bukit Bendera is 830 metres above sea level and visitor can go there by hiking or funicular railway. The train begin at 6.30am and ends at 9.30pm. I took the funicular railway at 645pm sharp and the journey from base of the station to top of the hill took only 30 minutes. I have to take 2 trains to reach top of the hill and the changing of the train is approximately at the middle of the hill. Since I’m reaching top at 715 pm, I couldn't explore much Bukit Bendera because its going to dark already and I think it’s a waste for me not to explore 100% of Bukit Bendera. I go there and just wanna see whether this hill has 'Bendera' because it named as Bukit Bendera@Flag hill.maybe it almost dark already and I couldn't find the flag. I don't have the predator eyes to see in the dark and im sure there is a flag, this is malaysia, our flag is important, it's our identity,our pride.MALAYSIA BOLEH :). In english, this hill called Penang Hill but just a translation of Bukit Bendera is Flag hill. That why I wrote 'where is the flag'.
Needless to say, this hill offer lots of attractive places such as Tea Kiosk, Canopy Walk, Bel Retiro, Convalescent Bungalow,Fernhill Bungalow, Tiger Hill and Western Hill. I hope I can go there some other time. I just put some picture only because starting today i will write more post,just got into blogger world so..im still new and hope some expert guide me next time.