Our first
Penang Bon Odori Festival! In the past we didn't go as the children are still small and it would be difficult to carry two children in the crowd. We finally made it this year. There's such a big crowd and the surrounding road from Weld Quay to Beach Street and beyond are so congested. We were lucky and manage to squeeze the car in at an awkward spot quite far away, but still not block other cars.
We finally reach Esplanade around 8pm on foot. There's still dance performance on-going.
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| The dance performance on stage. The stage with the MPPP building lighted up makes a nice background. |
The food trail, the crowd is maddening. There are long queues at the stalls. The few tables and chairs are fully occupied. I think the food is so-so only.
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| Burger with special crispy bun |
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| Both children like the crispy burger |
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| Trying Okonomiyaki, but they didn't like it |
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| Very ordinary ice-cream, but they still enjoyed it very much |
By the time we finish all the queueing for food, it's almost 10pm. Just in time to go near the stage for fireworks display. And it's spectacular, lasted so long in the children's eyes. They keep asking, why it is so long and the fireworks hasn't ended? We didn't manage to capture the fireworks nicely :P
After the fireworks, we made our way back. The roads are so jammed up, everything is almost a standstill. Even though the traffic jam is horrible, the children still say they want to go again. 人山人海 is true description of the Bon Odori Festival this time :)
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