Today I am blogging early, because I am done for the day already, and it's not even 2pm. That't not to say I haven't had a big day though.
I got up bright an early with the sunrise and headed out for the day. I'm still amazed every day just how hot it can get so early. From the second there is sunlight, it is hot. Even before sunrise, the humidity is crazy!
I really love Penang, so I wanted to see as much of it as possible, so I decided to walk to the things I wanted to see today, so I could take in more of the place.
I walked along the waterfront for a while, and go to the Reclining Buddha and Burmese Buddhist Temples. They were incredibly bright and sparkly!!
My personal favourite, other than the 33 meter long Buddha were the sparkly, multicoloured, mosaic dragons protecting the entrance.
I also tried to throw a coin into a spinning fountain. It had various buckets with different things written on them, such as "Good Grades" or "Health", and on my first go, I threw a coin straight into the "Good Luck" bucket. I'm predicting a lucky day!!
After the temple, I just walked around for a while, zigzagging my way back to the hostel. I found a heap of really cool buildings, including the most picturesque university ever, and an old school house that is definitely haunted, with an old protestant cemetery I want to buy and renovate so badly, It had trees growing through it though, so I think it might be too late!
Last night I also had an explore and ended up at what I am fairly sure was a school play, so some sort of talent show. The kids were actually really talented, and it was held at the Chinese Town Hall. I got free food and had a chat to a very proud dad who was there to see his daughter.
I didn't stay until the end, because it was getting late, but it was really awesome. On the walk home, I saw them burning a heap of these giant incense poles, filling the street with sparks and smoke. It was fairly imposing, and pretty awesome to see.
Tomorrow, I leave Malaysia and head to Thailand xx