We hired a guide and a mini-bus from the hotel to see various sites of Penang. Our guide spoke English very well and was able to give us the history of the area and many interesting facts.
Also known as the waterfall gardens due to there being a waterfall in the gardens.
The gardens are beautiful and relaxing except when one has to deal with the monkeys.
A few years after this trip Maureen & I took a friend from the UK around the gardens and the monkeys had become quite aggressive. Maureen & her friend visited the ‘ladies’ and I was holding both of their handbags because they had been warned of visits, even in the ‘ladies’, by the monkeys.
As they left the ‘ladies’ I was outside waving their handbags around our heads to frighten off the monkeys that were waiting.
The animals gave off a barking sound and would jump towards us before backing away – quite unnerving only having a handbag as a weapon.
Back to our group visit – we were shown around a small zoo – not one of my favorite pastimes because I have never been keen on zoos, even as a child.
Not sure what type of snake, but he didn’t look happy.
nor was the tiger.
Our next place of interest was the Penang Hill Railway.
When I was at sea, I visited Penang Hill in 1963, at that time the carriages looked like this
In 1977 the carriages were up graded and in 2005 they looked like – see below.
In 2010 they were upgraded again
Passing area
Always wanted to be a train driver.
Later we moved on to Fort Cornwallis
Details of the fort and the entrance below.
Inside the fort . . .
Every bit a soldier . . . .
It was an interesting visit but also it was very hot.
At the end of the tour the cold beer was very welcome at the hotel.
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