Blogs are a labor of love. I keep reminding myself of that fact as I struggle to get the photos into the right format for downloading. Van had to extend his latest trip to the States by almost a week so I decided I had time to visit Penang Island. It's actually an island that you can drive to across a very, very long bridge. It's about 3.5 hours north of Kuala Lumpur, a couple hours from the southern border of Thailand (or at least it looked like that from the map). While I was there I had two of the most beautiful sunny days you could imagine. I am now an even darker shade of tan - this will become really irritating to those of you who will be experiencing winter while we are still at 90 degrees and 90% humidity. The beaches looked a lot like the beaches on the east side (Penang is on the west side) with the exception that because they are so close to the mainland it is more murky and there is more pollution. Never the less, it is still beautiful. Below are some of the photos of the beaches on the west end of the island.
Photo of the para sailers and the hotel beach. I really wanted to try the para sailing, but I figured it would be so much more fun if someone was there to hear me scream. So, I'll wait until Van or the kids are with me to experience the fun!
Below, sunset from balcony of Park Royal Hotel, Batu Ferringhi Beach, Penang Island.
On the second night I was there, a huge thunderstorm rolled in. The photo below was taken at midnight (although the lightning lite up the sky like daytime). The thunder was so loud, it made me jump a couple of times. It was fun to watch the storm from my balcony. I was excited to get a photo of lightning!! :)
On the way home, I took a 25 KM trek (in my car) to find the waterfall that I had passed on the way to Penang. I can't tell you how large it was, or how beautiful, and the photos don't do it justice. Oh, and the sound made me smile. It was absolutely worth the trip! I'd love to go back when the light is better. It was bright on the top and shadowy on the bottom.
Below, the upper part of the falls. I hiked up the stairs and took this photo from a suspension bridge that spans the falls. It was very, peaceful and wonderful.
On a sad note, they don't treat dogs well in Malaysia. I think it's a religious thing. One of the religious groups consider them unclean. Anyway, there was a really skinny mother dog with pups (about 7 weeks old). I saw her and the puppies out of the window at the restaurant (that said they had the best steak in town). I ordered the mom a steak thinking it would help make milk for the puppies and gave it to her after I finished dinner. She and her family were living in the rocks by the beach like a den. When I was walking on the beach the next day I heard one of the little puppies yelping so I checked it out. He had wedged his head in between the rocks and couldn't move. I tried pulling on him, but he yelped so loudly I quit because I was hurting him. I dug for 45 minutes, but couldn't get under the rock that was holding him captive so I had to leave him like that. I felt so bad. Maybe someone will come along who is strong enough to move the rock or maybe God has another plan. It was the only sad part of my trip.
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