【步行记】环绕槟岛八十公里（上） Round Penang Island 80KM On Foot (Part 1)

步行环绕槟岛八十公里

不知什么时候，我开始有了步行环岛的念头。起初，这念头只是个想法，后来慢慢变成了一个想要完成的小小梦想。如果你问我为什么会有这样的梦想，我会告诉你说我想体验一下不同的经历。我把这趟环岛记录在部落里并不是为了想证明什么，而是为了让我老时可以看回我青春时的疯狂经历。当然，我也希望我的环岛故事能启发大家，做自己想做的事，而不是做别人想要你做的事。很喜欢曲婉婷的歌曲『没有什么不同』的那句“谁说我们一定要走别人的路”。我告诉自己人一生就只活那么一次，所以我一定要活得自在，走在只有少数人会走的路上！

在出发之前，我做了一些基本准备。我带了一些干粮，两罐红牛，两件雨衣，一本记事本，钱包，手机，相机架以及相机。我大概在谷歌地图看了看路线，过后在记事本里记录了每个小时将会经过的地标，然后就出发了。原本是计划在凌晨两点出发的（为了避免夜间走山路），不过最后还是提前十分钟出发（等不及了XD）。二十分钟后，我来到了通往皇后湾的天桥，上图（敦林大道）是从天桥上拍摄的。我在这趟旅程里的照片记录了时间（根据相机时间），好让读者们清楚知道我从一个地点走至另一个地点的所需时间。

Since long ago, I have this idea of round the Penang Island on foot. At first, the idea was merely a thought, but as time passes, it became a small dream of mine. If you ask me why would I have such dream? I would say that I want to experience something different. I jot down this trip of mine in this blog as not to prove anything, it is just a note to remind me of the crazy things I have done during my youth. Of course, it will be better if this little trip of mine can somehow inspire others. I told myself that I only live once, so I must live the way I want to and walk on a narrow path that was less taken.

Before I departed, I have made some preparations. I brought some buns, two tins of Red Bull, two raincoats, one notebook, wallet, mobile phone, tripod and camera with me. I glanced through the routes on Google Maps and jotted down the checkpoints that I will pass through for every hour. The original plan was to departed on 2 AM (to avoid walking on the mountain road at night) but I have departed 10 minutes earlier (cant wait for it XD). After 20 minutes from departing, I reached the flyover before the Queensbay roundabout. The above photo (Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway) was taken on the flyover. I have recorded the time (according to my camera time) in all my photos for a better understanding about the time taken for me from one point to reach another point.

槟城大桥（5公里）是环岛的第一个地标，而我越过槟城大桥时时间少于一小时，所以我是走快了。其实凌晨两点从家里出发时，对于一个怕黑又怕鬼的我而言（跟我去看过鬼片的人都知道我有多胆小吧？），真的是有压力的。想要克服心中障碍也是这趟环岛想达到的其中一个目标。刚出发不久确实是有点害怕（脑海会出现鬼怪之类的画面），不过走了大概十至二十分钟后，害怕的感觉不见了（之后的行程都没害怕的感觉）。原来，只要勇敢面对恐惧，害怕就会离你而去。但我万万没想到的是我只需要那么短的时间就克服了那藏在心中二十多年的怕，还真的有点意外呢！

 The first Penang Bridge (5 KM) is the first checkpoint for the trip and I have used less than one hour to reach there, which mean that I have walked faster than Google Maps estimation. To tell the truth, I was actually a coward that was afraid of dark and ghost. So, one of the objectives of this trip was to overcome my fear (those who has watched horror movies with me should know how cowardly I was). During the first few minutes after departing, I was actually stress (all sort of horror scenes started to appear in my mind). However, after 10 to 20 minutes of walking, the fear that was built within me disappeared (and I ain't feel afraid for the rest of the trip). The thing is, one just have to face their fear to overcome it, but what I didn't expected was that I have actually overcame my fear in just few minutes!

走在敦林大道上时，一路上有车辆来往陪伴着我（槟城人三更半夜都不睡觉的！）。当然，此时也少不了一群在高速公路上飙摩哆车的党员！

There are cars along the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway that accompanied me throughout the expressway (Penangites really no need sleep one!). Of course, the motorcycle racing party came to join in the fun as well.

走着走着突然看见有车辆打双灯停在路旁。这个时间车辆突然故障应该是最糟糕的时机了吧？

On the way, I saw a car with double signal parked at the roadside. This could be a really bad timing for a car to breakdown at a time like this.

走了将近两小时，我在新新关仔角小休片刻，为之前的步行做个记录。过后我随着新新关仔角一路走下去，我发现到一路上都有人（槟城认真的是不用睡觉的！）。有的来拍拖、有的来钓鱼、有的来聊天、有的来拍照。

I walked for about two hours and then I reached Karpal Singh Drive. I rest for about 5 minutes and jot down some notes regards my earlier journey. Then, I walked along Karpal Singh Drive and I saw people along the way (Penangites seriously didn't sleep one!). They were there for dating, fishing, chitchatting, and photographing.

原本以为可以通过新新关仔角抵达更远的，怎知到头来还是必须回到这个路口（Bali-Bali饮食中心那里的天桥处），结果只是在新新关仔角里绕了一圈，最后回到原地。这个路口其实是途程上的第二个地标（10公里），绕了一圈回到原点时是凌晨四点零七分，和预计时间差不多。

At first I thought that I can reach further by passing through Karpal Singh Drive, who knows in the end I was back to where I came. This junction (flyover near Bali-Bali food court) is actually the second checkpoint for the trip (10 KM). By taking a mistaking route, I ended up reaching the checkpoint seven minutes later.

凌晨四点半，我踏入了乔治市。这个时段，城里一片宁静，与之前的高速公路迥然不同。这里看不见半个人影，偶尔只有一两辆汽车经过。虽然曾经在乔治市里待到凌晨，不过那时是神诞庆典，非常热闹。像这么冷清的乔治市我还是第一次亲身体验。

I reached George Town at 4.30 AM. The town was quite with no one around. The cars passing through were way more lesser than that of the expressway. Though I have ever stayed until late night at George Town, but that was during the deity's birthday celebration so the town was quit lively. This was the first time that I was in such quite George Town alone.

走到接近姓陈桥时突然感觉有水滴在身上，没多久就下起了毛毛细雨。当时看见姓陈桥前的咖啡档口已经营业了，所以打算在那里先吃个早餐再赶路。不料，才走进咖啡档就开始下大雨了！真的感觉很幸运我在下大雨前走进了咖啡档口。

When I was near to Tan Jetty, I started to feel rain drops on my body. Soon, the drizzling rain started to pour down. At that time, the coffee stalls in front of Tan Jetty was already opened for business so I decided to have my breakfast at there. Surprisingly, just when I was about to sit down, the heavy rain poured down all over the place! I was really lucky to have went into the stall before the heavy rain come!

不知是上天想跟我开个玩笑还是什么的，我才坐下不久，点了一份早餐和咖啡乌，那突如其来的大雨突然就停了！整场大雨我看最多也只下了三分钟而已，上天是在为我的旅程洗地吗？

Soon after I sat down, ordered a breakfast and a kopi o, the sudden heavy rain was stopped! The heavy rain was at most last for three minutes only! If it was not a joke by the God, then he must be cleaning the road for my trip.

我不怎么喜欢雨后的道路，因为道路都积满了污水，走过时会将脚弄得脏兮兮的。

I don't really like the road after the rain as it was all wet with the dirty water. Certainly I will get my legs dirty when I walked on it.

来到这个钟塔时已经是凌晨五点，按谷歌计算的话我应该要抵达基督坟场了。这时又开始下起了毛毛细雨，但我依然继续前进，因为细雨不足以影响步行。

It was already 5 AM when I reached this clock tower. According to Google Maps calculation, I should be reaching the protestant cemetery by now. The rain started to pour down again but it was not a big deal as it was just some drizzling rain. Thus I continued moving forward.

走着走着，雨势逐渐变大。我快步行走，希望能找到可以避雨的地方。后来我在天桥下避雨，这时的我全身几乎都被淋湿了。我从背包内取出雨衣（幸好我早有准备），穿上雨衣后继续雨中漫步（这一点都不浪漫！）。时不时我会经过一些昏暗灯区，当时又下着大雨，真的觉得自己有点可怜。经过的司机都忍不住看我一眼，我想此时他们应该都在想着：“农历七月不是过了吗？”。

The rain is getting heavier as I continued walking. I stared to walk faster hoping I can find somewhere to hide from the rain. Soon, I saw a footbridge and I stopped beneath it. I took out the raincoat (luckily I have brought it) from my bag and wore it. Then, I continued walking under the rain. From time to time I passed through places with dim light. At that moment, I feel that I was pitiful. All the drivers that passed through me will stares at me at least once. I bet they were thinking that "wasn't that the Hungry Ghost Festival ended already?".

早晨六点，我抵达关仔角。这时雨已经停了，所以我在这里休息了十分钟，做个记录。天还没亮，就已经有人在这里晨运，有年轻的，也有老年的。我走到这里时部分脚被拖鞋磨伤了，伤口因为雨水的关系感觉有点刺痛。

I reached Gurney Drive at 6 AM and the rain has stopped. I rest at there for about 10 minutes and do some record. Though the sky was still dark, there were some joggers jogged along the seaside already. After a four hours of walking, part of my legs were injured due to the friction between my legs and the slippers.

Precinct 10是途程中的第四个地标，理应是早晨六点抵达的，不过我却迟了半个钟。刚刚在关仔角时我把雨衣脱了，心想应该是不会再下雨了，怎知走到这里时又开始下起毛毛雨，所以我又把雨衣穿回。接下来的路程都是下下雨就停，停停下又下，所以我都一直把雨衣穿着不脱。

Precinct 10 is the fourth checkpoint of the trip. I was supposed to reach there at 6 AM but I was half an hour late. Before this, when I was resting at Gurney Drive, I have took off my raincoat as the rain has stopped, but when I reached here, it started to rain again so I wore back my raincoat. Afterwards, the rain stopped and then rain again and then stopped and so on. So I have decided to wear my raincoat all the time.

早晨七点，天亮了！这时雨依然一直下，而我的相机也严重中水了（幸好过后没事）。我抵达了丹绒武雅的游泳俱乐部，也就是我在槟城步行过第二远的地方（最远的是步行到美湖）。还记得上次步行到这里时是为了庆祝【我的故摄生活】一岁生日的，我在游泳俱乐部后面的海边用贝壳为她拼了一个“故”字。

It was 7 AM now and the sky has it's light came through! It was still raining at that time and my camera was getting all wet (luckily nothing bad happened). I have reached the Penang Swimming Club by this time and it was the second furthest place that I have walked on Penang Island (the furthest one was when I walked to Gertak Sanggul). I still remembered that I came here to celebrate 【My Life Via Lens】 one year old birthday.

接下来的地标就是这栋Flaming酒店啦（23公里）。按计划步行的话是必须在早上七点抵达的，不过我却迟了差不多二十分钟。依上一个地标看来，这次是走快了，一小时内就抵达这个地标了。现在我的脚已经不怎么感觉疼痛了，应该是习惯了。比较麻烦的是老天还一直下着雨，拍照时真的事很担心我的相机会出状况。

The following checkpoint is this Flamingo Hotel (23 KM). According to the plan, I should have reached here at 7 AM but I was late for about 20 minutes. According to the previous checkpoint, I have used less than one hour to reach this checkpoint, which means I was walking at a faster pace. Right now, my legs weren't feel so painful as I have get use to the pain. The troublesome thing was the rain as it was really inconvenience for me to take photo in the rain.

走了二十三公里，行走开始变得有点吃力了，于是在路途上找了一个地方坐下休息，享用我的干粮。我吃了两个面包，而水就没喝到半滴了。原本想要喝一罐红牛的，不过想到之后路程还很遥远，所以决定留到走远些再喝。休息了十分钟后，我继续赶路。

Have been walking for 23 KM, I started to feel slightly difficult to walk. So, I rested at somewhere along the way and ate two of my buns. As for drinking water, I do not bring any with me. At first, I was thinking of drinking a tin of Red Bull, but come to think of it I still have a long way to go so it is better to save it for later. I rested for 10 minutes and then continued my journey.

再往前走些就来到了丹绒武雅水上回教堂。遇见这间水上回教堂之前我对它抱有很高期望，遇见后就有点失望了，并没有我想象中的美。目前为止见过最美的回教堂（加上天空）是在玻璃市港口的Masjid Al Hussain。

Walking further down and I came to the Tanjung Bungah floating mosque. Before I met with this mosque, I have a high expectation towards it. After I met it, it turns me down as it was not as beautiful as I thought it would be. So far, the most beautiful mosque (with sky) I have seen is Masjid Al Hussain at Kuala Perlis.

过了水上回教堂就要开始进入山路了，也就意味着我已抵达峇都丁宜。这时是早上八点，按计划我是应该要抵达The Ship了。

Passing through the floating mosque and I came to the mountain road, which means that I have reached Batu Feringgi. The time was 8 AM, which according to the plan I was supposed to reach The Ship by now.

走在山路上变得吃力很多，尤其是上坡路。因此，我的步行速度减慢很多，在这里拖了不少时间。

It was more difficult to walk on the mountain road, especially those road that were going up the hill. Thus, my walking speed has been pretty much slow down and I have dragged a lot of time at here.

一路上看见右边有美美的海边，可惜我必须赶路所以没得下去看看了。

The beautiful beach was seen on my right hand side along the mountain road. Too bad that I don't have the time to enjoy the beautiful scene.

再走不远就看见了这个号称是亚洲首座潮野水上乐园，不过还真的是一点都不吸引我咯。据说小孩的门票是每两小时RM30，而大人的门票是每两小时RM40，有点贵。

Walking further ahead and I saw the so call Asia's first sea water adventure park, but to me it wasn't attractive at all. The ticket price for children is RM30 per two hours and Rm40 per two hours for adult. It was quite expensive.

在路旁看见了这个凸面镜子，先来个自拍好了。虽然这条山路并不长，但我的确走得有点辛苦。每次步行最忌的两样东西就是山路（走过最斜的是通往亚依淡水坝的山路）和烈日（走过最热的是步行到巴眼色海的时候）。

Saw this safety mirror at the roadside and it is time for selfie! Though the road wasn't too long, yet I was starting to feel tired. The two most unfavorable things in a walking trip is the mountain road (the most difficult mountain road I have ever walked is the one going up to Air Itam Dam) and the super hot sun (the hottest sun of my walking trip is during the time I walked to Bagan Serai).

通过了山路，终于来到下一个地标，The Ship（29公里）了！抵达时已经是早上九点，比预计时间足足迟了一小时，都是山路的缘故。

Soon after passing through the mountain road I came to the next checkpoint, The Ship (29 KM). I was one hour late than the planned schedule and the mountain road is the main factor that caused this delayed.

在很多人眼里，这可能只是一座普通的桥，但对我而言则是一个回忆。还记得上次参与社服联系营时，我们一大班社服人曾经在这个桥上拍照，回想起来还真的是有点怀念啊！话说，这座桥就在Hard Rock酒店的旁边而已，上次来的时候我竟然没有发现到，感觉自己的观察力有点差咯~

This may seem to be a normal bridge for many people, but for me it is a precious memory. Last time when I joined the She Fu camp, we have took a photo on this bridge. It really brought back the happy memory when I saw this bridge. By the way, I have never noticed that this bridge is actually located just beside Hard Rock Hotel!

不远处看见一辆直升机停泊在空地上，不过也不感觉惊奇啦，毕竟这里是有钱人地区，直升机只是他们的小玩意儿。

I saw a helicopter parked on a opened field not far away. The helicopter doesn't surprised me as this is the rich people area and helicopter is just one of their toys.

过不久我又走回山路了，在那里看见一个路牌，上面写着离峇六拜还有三十七公里，心想应该已经快走到一半了吧？过后看回记事本是才发现原来离一半还有整十公里，要过了直落巴巷水坝才是一半。

Soon, I was back to the mountain road again. I saw a signboard on the way and it was written that Bayan Lepas is 37 KM away. I was thinking that perhaps I have been walking half of the trip already but when I checked back with my notes I just realised that I have another 10 KM to go to reach half the trip.

连续走了三十公里，体力真的消耗不少。途中看见这个大伯公小祠，于是便在那里坐下休息，补充体力。我吃了一个面包和喝了一罐红牛。看看天空感觉应该不会再下雨了，所以我把雨衣脱了。休息了十分钟，给大伯公点个香后就告别他了。我离开后才想起后天就是大伯公的生日，我忘了对巴大伯公说声生日快乐了。

I was really tired to have walked 30 KM continuously. I saw this small shrine of Dua Pek Kong and I have rested a little at there. I ate one bun and drank one Red Bull. I looked at the sky and it seems like the rain has stopped for real this time and so I took off my raincoat. After rested for ten minutes, I bid goodbye to Dua Pek Kong and continued my journey. After I have left the shrine, I just realised that two more days later was actually the birthday of Dua Pek Kong. and I forgot to wish him a Happy Birthday. Oops~

与大伯公道别后我觉得步行变得轻松多了！心想会不会是大伯公给了我力量？不过我还是比较现实的，步行会变得轻松是因为心态转变了，遇到大伯公后我很感恩，感恩他让我有个地方休息，心态也变得积极了。

After parting with Dua Pek Kong, I felt that my walking became easier. I was thinking was it that Dua Pek Kong has lend me some strength? But deep down I know that this was actually caused by my attitude. I was thankful for meeting with Dua Pek Kong and that gives me a positive attitude, which became a source of my strength.

不过人始终还是要回到现实的，才走了几分钟我又慢下来了，在这种情况下很难一直保持着积极心态。

In the end, I still have to face the reality. Just after a few minutes of walking and I began to slow down my pace. It was really hard for me to be optimistic under these circumstances.

走着走着，突然看见有条小路可以通往海边。我二话不说就走进了小路，来到了海滩。这时我开始后悔了，海滩的路没有那么好走，没有山路那么固体。不过算了，至少我有美美的海景可以看。。哈哈~

On the way, I saw a small road that was connecting to the beach. Without a second thought, I walked towards the beach. When I reached the beach, I started to feel regret. The beach wasn't as solid as the mountain road and it was hard to walk on. But still, I was able to see the beautiful sea view and that was more than enough to keep me moving forward.

在沙滩上看见这两只黑狗，还真的是有够享受的！

Saw these two dogs lying on the beach. They really know how to enjoy themselves!

穿过海滩和渔村我来到了直落巴巷交通圈。来到这里时我已经很口渴了，所以便买了一瓶1.5公升矿泉水。开始时我不带水是因为不方便携带，不过现在没办法了，水分不停流失，没有补充水分的话似乎很难撑得住。

After passing through the beach and a fisherman village, I came to the Teluk Bahang roundabout. I was really thirsty when I reached there so I have bought a 1.5 litter mineral water. At first, I decided not to bring water with me because it is inconvenience for me to carry it. But now, it seems that I really need some water as I was continuously dehydrating.

这个玩具博物馆是另一个地标（34公里），原本是应该在早上九点抵达的，不过我却迟了将近两小时。话说，这个玩具博物馆是我所知道在槟岛上的第三间，其他两间分别在乔治市打石街以及峇都丁宜。

This toy museum is another checkpoint (34 KM). The plan was to reach here at 9 AM but I have been late for almost two hours. By the way, this is the third toy museum I have seen in Penang Island, the other two are at Acheen Street and Batu Feringgi.

往前走大概五百米左右就来到了槟城逃生冒险游乐主题公园。这是个我一直想要去的地方，感觉很刺激。但是由于入门票太贵了，所以到现在都还没去过。

Walking further a bit and I came to the ESCAPE Adventureplay Theme Park. This is one place that I have always wanted to go as it looks very challenging! However, due to the expensive entrance fee, I have yet to step foot into it.

在逃生冒险游乐主题公园隔壁是蝴蝶公园。这时我想起了两位超怕蝴蝶的朋友。哈哈~

Next to ESCAPE theme park is the Penang Butterfly Farm. I thought of two friends of mine who are really afraid of the butterfly when I passed through here.

在蝴蝶公园旁边呢则是直落巴巷森林公园，但我从来没发现过他的存在！这个时候天气开始变热，地面上的积水开始蒸发，让周围温度上升不少。

Next to butterfly farm is the Teluk Bahang Forest Eco Park and I never knew it's existence! The weather started to turn hot and the water from the ground started to evaporate. The steam was making the temperature around to rise.

接下来呢就要随着一条斜路走上直落巴巷水坝了。这条斜路我走得蛮吃力的。一路上看见两位脚踏车骑士也在很努力的把脚车骑上水坝，经过彼此时我们眼神对望，脸上露出微笑。这时我又有了新的念头，好像对脚踏车感兴趣了~

 After passing the forest eco park, I have to walk on the slanting road all the way up to Teluk Bahang dam. It was kinda difficult to walk on the slanting road given my condition at that time. On the way, I saw two cyclists were doing their best cycling up to Teluk Bahang dam. When we cross each other, we looked at each other and smile. At this moment, a new thought came across my mind - hmm, maybe I should buy a bicycle next time.

这就是那条长长的斜路啦。走在路上时我觉得有点困，多数是因为天气热的关系。

This is the long slanting road that I was having a hard time with. While walking on it, I felt sleepy and I think it was mostly caused by the hot weather.

在斜路上走了大概十分钟（但我当时却感觉很久！），我终于抵达直落巴巷水坝了！曾经在傍晚时分来过一次，当时看见很多人在这里跑步。

After 10 minutes of walked on the slanting road (but at that time I felt like I have took pretty long time!), I have finally reached Teluk Bahang Dam. I have came here once in the evening and I saw many people were jogging at there.

当时的天气很热，所以我决定在水坝休息片刻，记录我之前的行程。坐在那张椅子上时真的很想小睡一下，炎热天气真的让我很困！小休大概十分钟后我又继续前进了。

The weather at that time was very hot so I have decided to take a rest at the dam and make some notes for my earlier journey. I really felt like taking a nap when I sat down on the bench as the hot weather really made me felt sleepy! I rested for about 10 minutes and then I continued my journey.

我走到水坝尽头时正好中午十二点，依然比预计时间多出了两小时。来到这里，也就是说我的旅程已经走到一半了！我真的有点难以相信我竟然一个人孤零零连续走了十小时，这已经几乎是我步行最远记录的一倍了。有时候我真的觉得我很强，想要做的事就一定会做到底，不过这也是我的缺点，过程中很多时候都把身子累坏了。

I reached the end of the dam at about 12 PM, which is two hours later than the planned schedule. And yes, I was here meaning that I have completed half of my journey! I find it hard to believe that I have actually walked alone for 10 hours and the distance is twice of that of my furthest record. Some times I do really think that I am so strong that I will try the hardest to get the thing I want, yet this is my weakness as well as I don't care if I torn my body in the process.

好啦，上半段就先写到这里为止。接下来将会走到浮罗山背，直落公巴，峇都茅，然后就回家了！但是，接下来的路真的不好走，身心都疲惫到一个极限。

Alright, let's stop at here for the part one. For part two, I will be walking along Balik Pulau, Teluk Kumbar, Batu Maung and then HOME SWEET HOME! However, the next half trip wouldn't be as easy as the first half. Both my body and mind have been extended to their limit in the second half trip.

噩梦才刚要开始而已。

The nightmare has just begun.

下篇 Part 2