"ATR Teambuilding 2011: Cycling @ Georgetown!"

This year's dept teambuilding is a rather unique one: cycling tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Penang! We started at 8AM and it didn't take long to reach the first stop, Chew Jetty:

A long walk to the end, where we can see the jetty. I don't know if it was me or what, but I was sweating buckets that early in the morning!

Next up, Cheah Kongsi:

We had a tour leader who was giving a lot explanation about the history of each places and the significance, but I wasn't really paying attention becoz of the sweltering heat and at the same time, trying to snap some pics :P

Like this one... hehe.. framing up the picture using the barriers, to give it a sense of depth...


Our bicycles parked..


Everyone was crowding at this tree... must be very valuable becoz it was chained!


ah.. some figures close-up


After that was a well-needed stop for breakfast! The heat was really getting to me... and had to wear these safety jackets some more...


Next:


These places are great for snapping photos. Here I have my favourite model #1 to pose for me... hahaa...


Another pic to showcase the 'framing' effect... did it work? u be the judge!

Favourite model #2.. Ok, u can see clearly I wasn't paying attention to whatever the tour guide was saying becoz I can't describe what are the places we stopped. The routine is like, u cycle a few hundred metres through the heritage part of the city and stop. What's nice is that u get to zigzag around the maze of inner roads that are very difficult to access by cars. There are shortcuts everywhere!

Ok, this I remember.. it's one of the last places where handmade joss-sticks are produced by an old man...



Our last stop is the Nyonya house. If it looks familiar, it's becoz we took our wedding photos here! :D


Ok, back to the starting point and return the bicycle. It's a rather different type of teambuilding, I must say...

But the highlight (and reward for all the hard work) is of course, lunch at E&O Hotel!



Favourite model #3.... haha..

Bike rental costs RM60++, corporate rate. Check out their website, probably they can do a better job explaining the World Heritage Sites!