Year’s End Vacation 1: Sitiawan

After a couple of weeks planning for it and applying for leave, it was time to execute the end-of-year vacation plans.

Lunch en route

Lunch en route

We exited the highway near Selama and proceeded towards Taiping using the Federal roads. There was a convenient new road from Taiping to Changkat Jering. We stopped for lunch at the food court at that town.

Lunch panhandler

Lunch panhandler

There was a cat who asked for food at the restaurant. Later, we headed for Beruas. It was quite a long winding road to reach Beruas from Changkat Jering, but soon we found the turnpike into the new West Coast Expressway which would theoretically be a faster route to Sitiawan.

Approaching Simpang Empat

Approaching Simpang Empat (Click to expand image)

The WCE Sitiawan exit was near the original (and once upon a time, the only) road to Ayer Tawar.

Dinner with Atok and Opah

Dinner with Atok and Opah

We had dinner with Atok and Opah that evening.

Mallwalking in Aeon

Mallwalking in Aeon

The next day we went to the Aeon Manjung mall.

Sitting on a swing

Sitting on a swing

I could not locate a copy of the Rise of Skywalker Visual Dictionary at the bookstore there.

Sushi

Sushi

We did try out some sushi though.

Visiting babby

Visiting babby

Later that day Wan Ngah and family came a-visiting from the city for an hour. They left shortly. The next day, our vacation would begin in earnest.

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Khairul Hisham J. is a freelance artist, writer, editor, translator, English language teacher and a long time tabletop role-playing game player and gamemaster.

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