Monday, March 22, 2010

Exploring Kek Lok Si Temple (Penang)

Akhirnya aku sampai jugak ke Kek Lok Si Temple nie ....dah bertahun2 nak pi tapi always tak kesampaian ...last Friday, my sister and I sewa kereta and after breakfast and check out from the hotel, terus ke Ayer Itam ...and cari this temple ...ada le 2-3 kali kena stop and ask for direction tapi bak kata org kan, malu bertanya sesat jalan hehehe ...

The place was really nice ...masuk2 ajer kat kawasan temple ni, dia kenakan parking charge RM2, which I think is ok ....tapi masa tu panas dia tak tau nak describe camne ...terlampau panas sampai terasa kat tulang! tapi nak berjalan punya pasal, aku gagahkan jugak hahahaha ....kat sini ada 3 section: temple ground, mid-section and hilltop section. all in all, jenuh gak le nak berjalan ke semua bahagian...




arch over the main entrance - with its intricate designs(above) and gambar2 (bawah) kat kat mid-section



This Kek Lok Si Temple nie, according to history and the guidebook yang aku baca, was founded over 100 years ago ...banyak bahagian dalam temple nie ...ada monastries, prayer halls, pagoda, and nicely done landscapes ...yang nie semua gambar2 kat hilltop ...untuk naik ke sini, dia ada inclined lift (gambar akan dimasukkan ke blog rainbow) and it cost RM2 one way ...turun naik kira RM4 le ...




one of the prayer halls within the hilltop compound ...orang pun ramai masa aku pi tu ....and the devout Buddists can be seen praying there as well ...tourist cam aku nie pon ramai jugak ....but the main attraction kat hilltop nie is the Kuan Yin Bronze Statue ...kalau tak silap this section was opened in 2002 ...kira baru lagi le


tapi the landscape kat hilltop section sangat cantik, and very well maintained ....ada patung2 of the twelve chinese zodiak ...



and some nice hard landscape as well ...tapi shading kurang, sebab tu panas! I would suggest kalau nak ke sini, wear comfortable shoes ...sebab byk jalan2 ...and pakai topi ok ...aku beli topi kat situ ajer, takde pilihan in terms of colour, design etc...yang penting cover kepala aku tu ...both my sister and I had fun there ...cuma penat je lah ...menapak from one place to another..but i think it was worth it!

15 comments:

bemenwong said...

i could see the NEMO in the plastic bag

Ejin said...

hahahaha yes, we bought Nemo & Dory there ...

Liz Duan said...

cantik tokong ni..tak tahu lah if this is the same tokong ular i went to masa kecik dulu...lawa sgt topi tu lepas ni pakai pergi dusun ajer ok...

Ejin said...

tokong ular tu lain ...this one lain lah.

Yup, aku totally agree about the topi ..aku dah bagi kat emak aku utk dijadikan topi kebun :-)

fendifid said...

Ejin..nanti bagi full direction kat kak long...dia nak pi bulan 5 ni. Aku tak sanggup la nak menapak dalam panas...rasa nak lepak tidur kat hotel je....keluar pun sebab cari makanan. ha ha ha

Eat said...

Eh! Liz, aku pun pegi jgk Tokong Ular tu.. lawatan sekolah time darjah 6.. Yg sama kot..

Ejin said...

tokong ular ada satu jer lah ...and not this one..

Fend: tak yah bagi direction kat kak long. Bukan dia nak pi pun ...bagi direction to Queensbay Mall lagi effective kot ...

Liz Duan said...

amboi sedap mulut si ejin ni....nak kena cili adik sorang ni...tapi panas tu mcm kurang menarik lah pulek

fendifid said...

kah kah kah...ada je alasan kak long

Liz Duan said...

kutuk aku pulok....tapi mmg tempat ni d boom lah...

Liz Duan said...

Ejin...gambar2 kau tangkap ni semua cantik cantik...think you have that talent for photography lah....ke adik kau yg tangkap ni?

Ejin said...

aku lah yang tangkap gambar2 nie ...utk blog punya pasal, terpaksa ku sengetkan badan ke situ ke sini utk carik angle gambar yang sesuai LOL ...adik aku kata cam nak terkehel pinggang pun ada!

fendifid said...

nanti kak long tunjuk bakat photographer dia lak bulan 7 nanti...tungguuuuu.

Liz Duan said...

aku tahap kau jer lah fendi...asal dapat he..he..he...

Ejin said...

jangan blur sesado sudah hahahaha