Malaysia Update

Day 69      Penang

I booked a tour yesterday because Jemma and Steve had and they said to do it too so I thought it'd be a good idea. I got up for breakfast at 9am and I got to have marmite for the first time in 3 months - sooo good! And in Thailand I had picked up some snack size pots of nutella so I used that too, mmm. We went down to meet our guide and it turned out to be just the 3 of us and our tour guide was this little old Malaysian man who was really sweet. He was also the driver and he put on his little headset with microphone so that he could speak to us through the speaker system. Firstly we went to the snake temple. For some reason it didn't occur to me that it would mean there were actual snakes there..? They had real snakes all around the temple. Then we went next door to a snake farm.. I don't know what posessed me to do so but I got into a cage with a 24ft python and stroked it if that's the right word to use for a snake. I really don't know what's compelling me, of all people, to do these things?!? Next we went to Kek Lok Si temple which was really cool. It's all on this hill/ mountain thing and so is on many levels. It's really funky and has beautiful views over Penang. Also we went on the first inclining lift in Malaysia which took us up to another level of the temple complex which had a HUGE statue thing right on top of the hill, oh and some fishes. It was really lovely. This was the point at which I decided I quite like Malaysia. After that we went to a Thai temple and a Burmese one where we had fun taking photos doing the same poses as the buddhas. Next we went to a clothing factory which was weird and had some of the most hideous creations known to man. Then we went to a botanical garden which was lovely, acres of lush greenary. Moving on we went to the chocolate factory thing with all the chocolate tasting for free!! SOOOOOO GOOD. AMAZING in fact. I bought some crunchy coconut chocolate things, really really yummy! I loved this place - the only thing that stopped me buying a ton is the amost 40 degree heat whereby transporting chocolate around is just not possible - you know what this means guys, no chocolate presents for you! I'll just let you know how good it tastes. Next was the coffee tasting and then tea and last of all honey and dried fruits. Mum would have loved it. It was such a good day trip and all 3 of us were glad we booked it  (the others didn't even see half the stuff) so it was a really really good day. After that we went for dinner at the best curry house in town, it was so good! We then went back to the hotel and sat on the rooftop with some drinks. To sum up, it was a very good day! BYE.x