22/08/2007

The Hunt for the Perscription Goggles

[Friday 8/17]
Well I'm itching to go SCUBA Diving over here at some point. Unfortunately for me I don't have any more sample contacts to wear Diving. My buddy Mike has some prescription goggles though so I figured I'd see if I can get some here. The Hunt was on!
Three guys from work know of a SCUBA place up in Georgetown. We figured we'd head up there after work Friday and see if they had prescription goggles. We headed out of work shortly after 5pm. I volunteered to drive, I saw the guys get a bit nervous but they were ok. As we were cruising down the coastal highway for all of 300 meters, we came to a stop. D'oh! Its Friday on Penang! Everyones heading off the island to the mainland. The traffic is atrocious!
Well we suddenly had 2 hours on our hands to talk and listen to music. Nothing like jamming to Aerosmith's Walk this Way with the guys ;) We had some good conversations too!
Well we finally made it Georgetown, now to find parking! Our stomachs growling, driving down one-way streets, I came to a red-light and I wanted to turn right. Naturally I began to turn right on a red, ahhh, stop! Can't do that here! Not only can't you turn on red, defiantly not right! We drive on the left silly! Other interesting driving tidbits not in my renters book (which I didn't get by the way, just a set of keys and go!). It's Illegal to use your cell phone while driving. Illegal to eat and drive. Wearing your seat belts in the front seat is compulsory, wearing it in the back seat is not. Strange, but true!
We finally found a place to park, we found the SCUBA shop, it was still open! Whew! Well I managed to pick them up. A mear 270MYR ($77USD). I think thats cheap.
Now that our hunt was done, time to get some food. We found a quick place in an alley to eat up. Quite good! I had to be cautious with the food, as tomorrow was a big day for me. Hiking a Mountain!

1 comment:

ladybugblue said...

When I first started reading, I wondered if it would be easier to get contacts than prescription goggles, but it sounds like it wasn't! Way to go - it will be great to hear about the mountain!