Day 94 – April 8 – Penang, Malaysia
Photos
Time lapse of arrival at Penang
Where we are docked at George Town
Welcome band as we walk through the cruise terminal
Once more, Kelsey and Jan ready to excurse (?)
Long shot of a 13.5 kilometer bridge built to connect Penang to the mainland
I thought I could get a video panorama of the bridge but this cruise ship didn’t cooperate
You don’t see road signs like this at home!
Market along the road offering fresh fruit – don’t see any durian
Looking down at the farming area of the island
Market along the winding road in the hills
Fruit to sample
And other items for sale
Spices were also for sale
We went to Entopia – a butterfly farm
So did a school class and they had cool hats!
This is a Tiger Bat Lily
You’ll see lots of butterflies – don’t know the names of any of them
The butterflies did like to land on people
Jan and Kelsey with butterflies on them
Jan had another one on her shoulder
Jan and Kelsey gave butterflies to this boy
I even had some land on me
Some of the butterflies raised at the farm. Purple left of center at top is $1,700 US.
Next stop – Craft Batik
Selfie outside the workshop
Cloth in process in the shop
Stamps used for stamped designed material
Video showing how the stamp is applied
Fabric with painted design drying
Applying paint by hand
Applying pain by hand
Thai Buddhist Temple in Penang
Panorama of area outside Thai Buddhist temple
Large reclining Buddha
Foot of the Buddha showing sign that produces flowers when it touches earch
Urns behind the reclining Buddha
Statues near the Buddha’s head
Women and dragons
Secondary temple on site
Buddha inside the secondary temple
Temple site
Closeup of one of the dragon heads
Burnese Temple across the street from the Thai temple
Buddha in the Burnese temple
Dragon and roof of Burnese temple
Statues behind the Buddha in the Burnese temple
Sail away from Penang
Kelsey and Jan wearing their batik dresses and the decoration at the entrance of the restaurant
Yogi – our cabin steward – with us on one of his last days before Yacht Club change