Science Trip to Alor Star

First day of the school holidays, and I followed a group of Biology/Science teachers and students to Alor Star for a study cum holiday tour.

Paddy Museum and Science Centre

We visited the Paddy Museum (well all you see is all about paddy). The thing that impress me and most of the visitors (and worth of the entrance fee of RM3) is the 36-degree mural painting the wall of a dome. If you have the time, you can sit and watch the picture while the whole platform rotates slowly.
The bad thing is you are not allow to (actually you have to pay) for bringing in the camera. I mean why charged for taking pictures while in most places don't.

The Science Centre (Northern Region) is next to the museum, so we walked there. I do not find Science centres to be impressive because most of the exhibits are toy-like and catered mostly to the kids. This Science centre is small comparatively to that in Singapore, so to me it is not worthwhile.

Alor Setar Tower and the Ecobrown Rice Mill

We detoured to a place where there are stores selling crystals. I assume the crystals came from the surrounding hill. Anyway, I bought a small piece of white calcite (I think) for RM3.

Then it is lunch time in Alor Setar Pacific Shopping Complex. After filling our stomach with food, we proceed to the Alor Star Tower. A five minutes lift ride to the top enable one to have the aerial view of Alor Star.

Our last stop is the Serba Wangi Rice Processing Plant. There we are introduced into eating the  Ecobrown Rice which most of the teachers bought in kilos.

I would say it is a 12-hours trip well spent for the start of the holiday.