Back to Penang

From Gerik, we came back to Penang. I have been staying with Fiena in her dorm at Universiti Sains Malaysia (literally: University Science Malaysia). The campus is beautiful, especially its mosque.

Universiti Sains Malaysia Mosque

Fiena, Hide and I took a day trip to Penang National Park (in Malay, Taman Negara Pulau Pinang).

Park Entrance

It was very hot and very beautiful.

We walked for about an hour, to a lake and a beach.

The next day was relaxing. We went to an Aidul Fitri "open house" celebration at the Uni, which involved lots of people and food. Quite festive and nice.

After feasting we walked around a lake on the campus. In it were many large lizards (not sure what kind). We were quite "lucky" and got to see both a lizard eating a turtle and two lizards fighting. Unfortunately, I am unable at the moment to upload videos onto this blog. So nice pictures of the lake will have to suffice.

Beautiful

Looking innocent...

Peaceful

No blog entry about Penang would be complete without coming back to the subject of food.

First up: ice batur campur, a delicious dessert of shaved ice with various toppings and flavors. Simply amazing and a Penang classic.

And lastly, roti tisu, an incredibly large, sweet, oily Indian snack. I'm sad to say that we couldn't finish all of it!