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.
