On the 21st of July 2007, I spent the entire scorching day in a Tourism Malaysia treasure hunt… that didn’t exactly follow the convention of a treasure hunt in the modern sense. We’d have to go to Point 1 before getting the location to Point 2. Doesn’t that sound like the movies, and how a treasure hunt is like?

Our first stop took us all the way to Malacca. On the way, I spotted many battered vehicles.

Omak Den Restaurant, where we were to get item #1…

Mango Spice (on the left). On the right is item #2.

We were running short on time having deliberated much at our first few stops. Nabila proved to be an excellent driver.

Beetle mania!

At least over 10 spotted in Banting. Madness!

Istana Bandar, Banting. One of Malaysia’s historical monuments.

Oh well.

Another well.

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Memorial. The place is so clean and well kept, you’d be glad taxpayer money went to this.

His Cadillac Fleetwood.

His little adorable train. Built like a tank and self-contained.

We then ended in Taman Tasik Titiwangsa, where I sniped this with my 600mm F11 combo…

…and this.

We won second place! What beginner’s luck. About the prizes I am not really sure, as the prizes seemed to have changed from what was written to something else for the worse, when announced. Spot the haven’t-linked-in-blog-entry-in-a-long-time Hannna, Nabila the crazy 160kmph driver and her mom, who wanted us to pull out and give up. Thank goodness we didn’t!

I think we won tickets to ride the Eye On Malaysia, too. I guess I’ll find out when Nabila gets the prizes.