Sorry my blog posts are a little mores sparse. Our presentation and final exam is Wednesday so I've been using my free time to study and prepare. But here are the highlights from Sunday August 10.
Sunday morning we started out by riding up Penang Hill on a cable car.
At over 830 meters, Penang hill is the highest peak in Penang. At the top we explored for a couple hours and saw a mosque, Hindu temple, a variety of plants. It is amazing how religion is integrated into everyday life here in Malaysia. It makes me realize how secular America is. I am soaking up all the beautiful sights of temples and mosques now while I can.
As we left I picked up some soursop ice that was delicious and reminded me of Ecuador and all the tropical fruits there.
Stopped at flea market and I bought a rice tamale looking deal but it had shrimp in it! I threw it away and crossed my fingers the one bite I had wouldn't make me sick. So far in the trip no one had gotten food poisoning and I didn't want to change that. The flea market was pretty crowded and hot and it Reminded me of going to the swap meet at home. To help me cool down I got some Lychee juice for only one Ringot, about 30 cents!
The rest of the afternoon we drove by UNESCO historical sights. One that we stopped at was a Chinese wharf with little shops that were on the water.
By that time we were pretty hungry for lunch and stopped at India street right in front of a vegetarian restaurant for a 5 Ringot lunch. You can't beat the prices here in Southeast Asia.
One of the highlights of the day was stopping by the chocolate and coffee museum. We got to try so many samples of chocolate, including fresh Durian chocolate. My favorite was the Tiramisu White coffee and the hazelnut dark chocolate.
I really enjoyed our next stop where we walked around taking pictures of all the street art and got some henna. It was a burning hot day so of course I hydrated with some coconut water.
When we got back to the hotel, a group of us did laundry down the street and studied while we waited. As we walked back to hotel we saw a dead cat perfectly laid out at the base of a tree which was a little unnerving.
For dinner, Jenna, Zoë and I ate at the Thai restaurant that we ate at on Friday night. The waiter acted like he understood us but when he brought out a water bottle instead of watermelon we didn't know what to expect for dinner. The whole time our waiter and another waiter were busting up and we weren't sure why. Thankfully it all worked out, but it was an experience for sure. We ended up ordering three main dishes, mango sticky rice and coconut ice cream all for under $20 US dollars.
We were exhausted so we went back to pack, and enjoy the stunning lightening storm from our room.
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