Departing from KL Central

 On the ETS at the coffee bar.

 Vistana Hotel

At Dr. Abdullah residence.

Kembara KTM ETS to Penang 27-28 August 2017.

Wedding invitation from Dr. Abdullah Daud got the ball rolling. I was asked to organised a trip for our ex school mate to attend the wedding reception at Vistana Hotel, Bayan Lepas Penang. Since early booking was made I manage to get our preferred seating arrangement at the same time enjoying 50% rebated fare for senior citizen. Accommodation at Vistana was also secured at special rate as early was made. True to the proverb “Early bird get the best worms”.

On Sunday morning 27th August, 18 of  us made our way to Kuala Lumpur Central for 0900am departure to Butterworth. The four hours jouney was considered a fast one as the train was doing an average of more than 110km per  hour. Some time it reached speed as fast as 143km per hour on a straight stretch. What make the journey a memorable one was as many of us recalling nostalgically our younger days during our boarding school days at Sekolah Dato. Abdul Razak, Tanjong Malim. Same stories being told many times  but remain interesting.

We reached  Butterworth KTM station at one pm. Two vans efficiently took us to Vistana Hotel.  We had ample time to enjoy our meal at the same time meeting  other school mates who were already there. In the evening our host invited us to his residence for another hearty meal which Penang is famous for. Thank you Dr. Abdullah for bring such a fantastic host.

We checked out early from the hotel in order to catch the return trip to Kuala Lumpur. The train departed from Butterworth Station at 13:30 pm and reaching Kuala Lumpur Central by 17:35 pm as scheduled. It was a memorable trip for all of us.