Penang 12.02.2013 - 16.01.2013

Sooo we had a week off for New Year and so we decided to take off and head for the Island of Penang-famous for its amazing food!! We took the overnight bus arriving at 6am-a very sleepy day followed!! First day we spent getting lost as its much bigger than you think so getting places takes a good hour on the bus! Also the Malay people are lovely but you ask them directions for exmaple, instead of saying they dont know they will give you some...so you could end up anywhere!! Anyway on day 1 we took a quick trip to the beach which sadly got rained off but was still warm enough for us brits!!














 Day 2 and we decided to head to the National Park for the day-One of the smallest National Parks in Asia! We hiked for about 1h 30 through the forrest/jungle to the beach-a very welcome site!! Here we saw some baby turtles and chilled in the sea before drying off on the beach (yes I got sunburn!) We then took a boat woth a crazy guide who had incredible eyesight-he pointed out eagles and kingfishers in the trees we couldnt have hoped to spot! He drove us to 'Monkey Beach'- which only had 2 monkeys on it!! The hike back was tougher and more Jungle-y, and we got chased by some angry monkeys with a french couple! Still we got back very tired but in one piece and had a great day!

My Clothes drying from a coconut tree!!

 

Kingfisher