My Journey By Bus (Perak, Pulau Pinang, Perlis and Kedah)

A book that shares the local bus experiences in Perak, Pulau Pinang, Perlis and Kedah.

How long since your last journey by bus?

My Journey By Bus, is a journey by bus literally to 35 places throughout Perak, Pulau Pinang, Perlis and Kedah. Imagine a scorching hot day and suddenly a breeze is blown in to cool you down as the bus makes its way through kampungs with trees on both sides of the road. It was indeed a special bus journey. With music from the radio in the background, the passengers alight individually. Just like a movie, the silver screen the bus window, the characters the passengers, and the motion effects, well the actual movements of the bus! How FuFu, the author slowly learned to enjoy exploring Malaysia by bus. You would see the same old bus signboard used for umpteen years, the door that makes an ear-piercing sound when it opens or closes, as well as the cushion seats, the round ‘PUSH’ buttons, the wooden and zinc flooring, and the windows that can be pushed up or down, left or right. All these are unmistakably classic buses which you can’t see any more in the cities, as they are replaced with new air-conditioned buses. After completing this journey, FuFu noticed that our bus system was good. At least the bus coverage is better than what he had in mind, not only from cities to towns and from towns to villages but tourist destinations can also be reached by bus, some bus journeys are truly fantastic. Many thanks to bus drivers and bus conductors, although they do repetitive work, they still do it diligently and take pride. A bus ticket gets you places, and an open heart gets you hidden Malaysian experiences.

So, let’s hop onto a bus today!

Author: Lam Ching Fu