Penang, Malaysia Travelogue
In mid-October I took a long weekend to Penang, Malaysia. Penang is an island off the Malay Peninsula at the very north part of the country, almost as far north as the Thai part of the Malay Peninsula. Just a few photos to give you a sense of this magnificent island, with lots of great natural beauty and the city of George Town, an urbanscape built in the late 1800s. George Town has been restored and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Loved my visit and would definitely return. One of the coolest places I visited was the Entopia Butterfly Dome. It's a gigantic tropical garden of colorful flowers covered by a dome, filled with zillions of butterflies. There are so many inside they land all over you, especially if you dress in yellow and the butterflies think you're a gigantic flower, as this woman learned. At the Tropical Spice Garden. This garden of several hectares, contains hundreds of tropical plants, including a multitude of spices and edi...