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We took the train up there. Probably regret not reading the prices before buying tickets HAHAH. Paid the normal price instead of student price. And boy, was that train fast and packed. So many people and if you want to see the scenery, please stand up. Cause if you're short like me and you're sitting down, you're probably just gonna see people's backs, heads or butts.

Try to find out which lock is ours if you ever visit :D

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It's Owlsome ! :D There was an Owl Museum there. To me, it wasn't really worth visiting unless you're an owl lover. However, they spiced things up a little with a quiz form ! You have to find answers to the questions on the paper which is all around the museum, and if you get them all correct, you'd get a prize ! :D

Owl Feather Painting - This caught my eye. It's just spectacular.

There were so many owl things on display. From paintings, to wood carvings, stone carvings, feather paintings, and many more ! You'd be amazed. It's a small sized musuem, but the first of it's kind in Malaysia ! They even won the Guinness World Record for being the first Owl Museum in Malaysia ! Wish I took more pictures but I was too busy finding the answers for the quiz hehe !

Owls Hoot. If you can't guess.

And oh, they have binoculars up there as well ! It's so cute hehehe. I wish I knew where or what I was looking at though. To me, it just seemed like buildings, buildings, sea, and more buildings HAHAHAH. Definately a place worth visiting while you're in Penang. But I'm not sure if I'd go up there again though, maybe just to check on the lock heheh !

memories made,

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We got up early and went down to Ayer Itam market for breakfast. And a large one at that. First we had some asam laksa ! :D Boyfie said there was a better one, but this tasted pretty good as well. My mouth is watering just thinking about Penang food again. Weehoo. 

After lunch, we hopped on a bus and headed towards our next destination. The Penang Water Sports Recreation Centre. We told the bus driver the wrong destination so we ended up paying twice as much. But oh well. I guess having a few bumps along the way is normal for a trip heheh. We came here to kayak !! I've never tried it, so doing it for the first time felt really refreshing.

Above photo from PKSA facebook page, which is over HERE . You can go check it out if you want to ! It was almost high tide when we went for kayak. So the waves were a little bit rough. I think an hour would be fine already. We got tired pretty fast just moving here and there, and playing bumper kayak ! HAHAH. We also kayaked to the Floating Mosque located not too far away ! 

Group photo credits to PKSA as well ! hehe ! It was so sunny that it was hard to keep a straight face while taking the picture. Wearing sunglasses and closing eyes until it was done really helped. A LOT. Heheheh. Learnt a few things though.

1. Your arms will die.

2. A kayak boat is so heavy.

3. Let water into your kayak and you're gonna regret it.

4. Getting hit from a paddle hurts.

5. The sun bakes you.

Kay that doesn't help much does it ? HAHAHAH

Definately a place I'd remember in Penang. We spent so long just to come here, but we only kayak for an hour cause we got so tired. Hahah !! Kayaking consumes so muched of my energy I was famished by the time we reached home. I didn't even bother taking pictures of food and I just vacuumed everything. Oopsie. Heh.

Like every other forest, garden or park, this place was just stunning. Breathtaking scenery at every corner, it makes me wonder why they trek so fast. I kept stopping to take pictures until I had to worry about my camera battery lifespan. Not kidding. It's a ridiculously beautiful place. It's not often you get to trek and at the same, be near the beach. Heh. This is one feature unique to Penang I guess.

There was a mixture of paved cement trails, wooden planks, small bridges, ropes to hold and bare earth while trekking. I guess it's more like a walk and trek at the same time. I still feel unsatisfied that I couldn't enjoy the whole trek. I think I got annoyed halfway through. Maybe I'm too used to people knowing how to offer help or give warnings at dangerous or slippery areas. And also knowing how to check if the person behind you is doing fine. 

And I think I need a reminder to not wear my Nike sportshoes for trekking. This would be the second time I kept slipping almost everywhere. Sigh. Branded shoes not meant for treks. I think even my slipper would have been better. (but I'll take that back). And oh, this is one place where I wished my legs weren't so short. I had to climb over a lot of things and slow down cause my legs aren't long enough. Sigh.

On the other hand, the boat ride made everything better ! Maybe not if you have motion sickness. The boat was so worth the money heheh ! And see the coconut above ? We got cheated by the seller. Someone asked them how much it was, and their reply was "Satu lima". And we automatically assumed one coconut was RM1.50, which was too cheap to say NO. 

Jeng jeng jeng !!!

Turns out it was "Satu, Lima". Meaning ONE coconut for RM5. Wow. And it was because of that coconut that we kept the boat man waiting. He was probably pissed at us oops.

I think the most of the day was just spent being immersed with grenery. We dropped by the Botanical Garden in the evening. I got lazy of trying to keep up with the rest of them so I just split from the group. Well at least Jason and I were the only ones who drifted from the group hahaha. There's also a buggy ride for RM2. It just takes you on a short round, if you want to explore further, you'd have to walk.

But beware of monkeys !

This is like a flower haven, a garden haven. We walked past this garden when we first came in. If it wasn't for the buggy ride stopping us directly at the gate, I think I wouldn't have realized it's existence ! It's called the formal garden, but really, I'd call it a fairytale garden. It looked like it just came right out of a Disney movie !

There was a water fountain in the center, and a small building at the very end. I think this would be a marvelous place for an outdoor wedding or occasion. Even Jason agrees that it's a very gorgeous place.

There was supposed to be a Youth Park nearby, but we had no idea where it was so we didn't go for it. It felt incomplete. You can also trek up Penang Hill from Botanical Gardens, but it was too late and some of us (like the lazy me), who would rather call the van and go elsewhere instead of hiking again.

We went around Georgetown to look at the street art ! There was a lot of hype for this last year right I believe. It's great, but maybe not up to my expectations. All the previous hype made me expect so much more than this. There weren't that many murals on the walls. Though the cats were just cute hehehe.

With love ♥ credits to Hsuen :D

And oh. Jason's uncle came and brought some of us who could still eat around for some food ! We had more fried oyster and (finally) nice char kuey teow !! I'm sorry for the lack of food pictures. The day's activities took it's tool on my tummy I ate before I even managed to take pictures AHAHAHHA well the food's gotta go where it's gotta go.

Two more posts on Penang coming soon

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