Rupster says " About Thaipusam 2011"

A very memorable trip filled with lot's of laughter and DRAMA!

Yes DRAMA!
We left KL on the 19th morning after seeing the chariot procession. Both the cars convoyed all the way. Had a pit-stop for breakfast at about 10.30. Home cooked food since we were all vegetarians. We stopped by at Tapah, opened up all the food we had brought along. The menu was vegetarian spaghetti, fried mee-hoon and the vegetarian fried chicken. Everything was so yummy!

After breakfast we continued the journey and reached Penang at about 1.30.  Since we were staying near the beach, we finished all the errands in town first before heading to the apartment. 1st day at the aprtment was super DRAMAish...haha..something that we would never forget for life time! Drama aside...

As the evening approached, we got ready to go to the temple to see the chariot procession. It was as expected. Very  CROWDED! And in that crowd we still managed to spot familiar faces! Went home and the dramas' continued. So much of planning hoping the next day would be better.

The 2nd day was Thaipusam day. So the day started early. As we woke up, all the plans that we planned night before had to be forgotten about. haha...So off we went to the temple which was so super crowded! Thank god the weather was very very fine. No rain no sun....it was the perfect weather! But the crowd was bad.

Penang's Thaipusam is always looked forward because of the pretty looking kavadis as well as well decorated tents. This we can never get in KL. We finished everything and went back to the apartment at  about 2 something. Came back we continued the table talks, had tea and got ready to hit the pool for a swim!

That is EXCITEMENT! So much fun. We were practically splashing water all around the place. And in that excitement some truths were revealed too *evil laugh*. After all that swimming and fun we went for dinner. Being a vegetarian is easy. But being a vegetarian in a place like Penang is hard! Lucky we manage to survive the 2 days!

Day 3 was shopping day! And this time we really shopped! We've never shopped as much as this before! The whole day out we spent time on shopping! Shopped and shopped till we never dropped! Left the apartment in the morning and only got home at around 5 something. We were so dead tired and decided to cancel our pool and beach plan! Yes! That was something that we rarely did but we were just to exausted with all the shopping and walking around.

That night, we finally broke our vegetarian fast. So it was definitely happening at GURNEY DRIVE! This is the heaven of food! We ordered all that we wanted and enjoyed it all. Though we were too stuffed we were very much delighted with all we had. To digest all the over consumption of food, it was time to continue shopping! Yes. Shopping AGAIN! At the day only ended at 1.30 am!

The last day, we forced ourselves out from the bed to hit the beach and the pool! Had a really good swim. Tired ourselves to the maximum. And by than we were already feeling hungry. And lunch was nasi kandar. The usual Line Clear nasi kandar!

We ate ate and ate! We were lucky to be there early and get a place to sit. As we were coming out of the shop, the line was so long. Right till the road! After lunch these people continued to shop again! Shopping was not on the list but we ended shopping even more! And finally we left Penang Island at about 3.30 pm!

Owh yes! This was the the only trip that we manage to see the best sunset ever!! and not forgetting the best full moon ever seen! We even slept accompanied by the full moon! It was so beautiful to look at. Especially when you the reflection on the sea! It is the best feeling and no words can describe how beautiful it was.