I had been there long long time ago when I worked in Penang as an engineer for the Semiconductor industries. Recently we went there again starting from Northern of Penang, went trough 2 hills before reach 3rd one Penang Hill (Peak) and when downhill again.
We went trough couple of bush trail, jungle trail, 30m 75 degress rope climb, rock climb, bike trail & single tar road for Jeep track.. Faced giant jungle aunts, mosquito, snakes, lizards and bugs, and likely prehistorical dinosaurs foot prints! Is a pretty challenging as friend of mine said.
From top of the hill we can see entire Georgetown (World Heritage Site), opposite site main land Butterworth as well as paddy field & another mountain..
The paranormal view is what we have taken while early of this month. The (12 sided Geometric block) building at the midst is Komtar where Komtar” stands for Komplex Tun Abdul Razak – (2nd picture from top) Abdul Razak was the second Prime Minster) still the tallest building in Penang total of 65 story. It was built in 1974-1986 when it completed with total height 232m (761.2 ft). In 1983 while building still under construction, 43rd floor caught Fire and destroyed all the floors above. Fireman unable to put the fire down due to its height, and the flame burnt out after 8 hrs. I was not there luckily, but good friend of mine Bok Sim told me as he was just 5 years old, but his brain still have the horrible fire scene from the TV and local newspaper at the time.
HK Snob
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nice sharing.
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