Invasion

Back KL from the last trip was full of trips and falls on Hari Raya. Went to mr Calvin's house for ketupat and rendang the moment i touch down thanks for the ride back home too.When mr Calvin is around it will be a busy period with all the outings and catching up.

Part 1 

1 Day Trip to iPoh.

Journey started off early in the morning at 6am cause need to park my car some place to be pick up.Rush down to iPoh for dim sum breakfast.

                  Dim sum at Yoke Fook Moon,pack with people during public holiday especially those KL and Selangor people!

 Overprice Egg tart at some coffee shop.

      Salty Chicky outsold KFC chicken.

 Funny Mountain Soya with Drive-thru and the bean curd is awesome smooth

 This biscuit shop full of tension with its biscuit sold out at 11am.

 Very busy coffee shop and the sotong kangkung taste weird

 

 Visit a few cave..

 oh..cave..

 yet another cave...

 there's a monastery in the middle of the cave opening.

 off to Kampar for Chicken Curry Bun and this restaurant with chandelier selling chicken curry bun impressive!

 used to be this size.

but stil this the best.

Part 2

3 days trip to Penang with Dim Sum stop at iPoh.I know i've been visiting Penang quite frequent this year alone 3 times but we have a guide Yong Jun from Butterworth this time so it will be a lil' different.

 Ming Court Dim Sum for this round.Taste good with all the lil dim sum(compare to Foh San is like McEgg and Big Mac)

 Paradise Sandy Beach from suite balcony.I wish that my room window has this view

 Char Kuey Teow getting pricier each trip rm8 thats a set of McValue.

 the banana fritter from this stall with the banana over ripe.

 the cendol is too watery and the business is too good rm1.80*10 bowls/minute,i'll leave the calculation to you!

 even have an outlet just less than 100 meter from the original stall.

 Komtar not sure if there still shop inside

 Kuan Yin at Kek Lok Si still under construction 

 Laksa at Air Itam.quality drop.

 i want one Cove unit. 

ferry for 2 consecutive nights

 this shop sells customized noodle where you pick your own toppings with its signature fried fish fillet

my customized bowl of noodle not great but obviously not cheap either for rm8

Tuu Mu Gong temple.visit during the night for a golden glow temple

the red hat char kuey teow at lorong selamat not much crowd after the Star publication

ferry still busy as usual at least an hour wait for a ride

Mengkuang Dam at Bukit Mertajam with people taking wedding photo there.i thought it only happen in Vietnam.

still can't understand why!if the sign wasn't there it will be empty!

extra nice sunset

fruit lok lok special but the hygiene level a bit low cause everyone double dip at the sauce 

Hokkien Mee or Prawn Mee in Penang so the KL one will be Fried Dark Hokkien Mee 

Old style toast minus the toaster plus the charcoal

 the bridge that connect from the pier to the ferry has broken off!spotted a number of reporter and engineer busy fixing.

 this mantis shrimp looks more like roaches

 1 of the Bukit Tambun seafood restaurant.food wasn't great but just good. 

this fella took tissue for lunch.

Penang again?

Transition

iPhone 4 flown in from Australia by Calvin.

The antenna problem could be solve by a casing.As for fragile glass be extra care handling it.

  iPhone 4 IPS Retina Display 326ppi,1GHZ A4 Processor with 512MB RAM,5MP Camera with Flash and Front facing camera

iPhone 3GS LCD163ppi 600MHZ Cortex A8,256MB RAM,3MP Camera

 iPhone 4 new 5MP backside illuminated camera sensor with flash comes with HDR function.

720p video recording

 iPhone 4 more box look than the predecessor.

iPhone 4 volume button separated and the metal trim antenna  

iPhone 4 top small hole beside the 3.5mm jack is the 2nd mic for noise cancellation

iPhone 4 new sim card tray has shifted to the side which support micro sim. 

iPhone 4 thinner than before but i felt heavier

iPhone 4 with iPhone 3GS 

 Side

the Transition

Next iPhone 5?

Horizon Materialized

Mount Kinabalu is not as easy as i thought and with the last minute training.I struggle during the climb due to lack of training which usually require at least a month but i only started training 1 week plus before the climb.

The expedition are  3 days on top of the mountain and the trail is as follow according to the map below by Amazing Borneo Tours.

There're 2 routes that head up to the peak which are via Mersilau and Timpohan Gate.Both of this route still end up at the intersection at Layang-Layang Hut.The difference between this 2 trail is that the Mersilau way is an additional 2km which make up to 6km of the total while the Timpohan way only 4km but with most of trail make up of steep stairs.

We took the Mersilau route up and Timpohan Gate for the descend.

So the ascent from Mersilau to Layang-Layang Hut was still manageable with the uphill and downhill.

One of the many hut scatter throughout the route which provide climber drinking water, toilet and shelter.

Most of the time our aim is to reach to this signboard which is place at every 0.5km but getting to this sign is so difficult even its just 0.5km apart!

The joyful sign

From the Layang-Layang Hut onward things get a little hard.It rains when i reached there furthermore the path was steep and rocky all the way to Laban Rata Resthouse.The journey from Mersilau to Laban Rata took...

Yes 7hrs 48m

After 7hrs of hike i want my food and rest badly!

Laban Rata Resthouse and the background was the challenge,the Peak(it looks so scary).

Lodge at Laban Rata for dinner and break then only to know that this was not the resthouse that we will be staying.Its actually Gunting Lagadan(no photo) which is another 150m hike...

Breathtaking view

and again..

The part that everyone has been prepared for, final hike to the summit.Went to bed earlier and the hike starts at 2am.The distance from Laban Rata to the summit is 2.7km which seems to be near but it took me 5-6hrs to reach the summit my bad for ignoring the training.

I didn't have any photo taken during the ascent to the summit because it was pitch dark.From 6.0km to 6.5km was still manageable but starting from 6.5km onwards it gets tougher.With the high altitude, air are so thin that i need to stop every 10 steps.At 7.5km untill the summit the gradient of the climb is around 50-60 degree and believe me 200m feels forever.

First light and im way off schedule.

Another 200m more to go but im like stuck on a treadmill!

Priceless experience

The summit was small thou which only fit 4-5 people at a time so everyone took their turns taking picture with 2 aluminum signboard

The rm1 peak

Now the descent,remember the 50-60 degree gradient which is scary when you can see the other way.Look at the signboard below.

There's nothing wrong with the board just that you need to tilt your monitor.

A big fat white rope that guide you up and down

This was like vertical limit.(the man in red was our guide Ah Tung,he runs up and down like spiderman and as fast as superman)

i'am impressed with those porter because they carry 40-50kg at least up the hill like as if it was a handbag and they climb faster than us only with our 2-3kg loads.

Mius Balinting is one of the many porter that provide their super strength service to the mountain.This fella runs 12km from his house to purchase a packet of salt for his wife and runs 12km back.The climbathon is 21km run up and down not 1 way.We took a total of 18hours to reach the top and down,these guys took 2hrs 40m!

Going for round 2?how about i wait you guys at the beach?

Event Horizon

Be prepared its near..

Springter..

Last month..

this month...
chill.

Boots of Travel

Shoes that brought me to many places..

LeCoq de Sportif

Adidas Italia

Onitsuka Tiger Mexico 66 Baja

Adidas 1609ER

the legacy continue..