On the move again

Hi all. I'm leaving Palau (Island) Penang this evening on a night bus (8 hrs) bound for Terrenganeau on the other side of the Mainland. Will be passing over Penang bridge (just visible in piccy above) which at 13.5KM is the longest bridge in South East Asia. From there a local bus to Merang and from there a ferry to Palau Kapas which is a very small island supposedly ideal for snorkeling. No Internet there so I'll be off radar for a bit. Should be cool as it's just too hot & sticky here. 35 degrees and 60% humidity.

Yesterday we went up to Penang Hill (formerly Strawberry Hill) via the funicular railway that was installed around 1800 to service the Hill station up there which was the first in Asia, even earlier than the Hill stations in India. Takes you up 700m above sea level in half hour. Wonderful views of all of Georgetown and the surrounding areas. It is so beautiful up there. The railway was installed so that the wealthy Europeans who colonised Georgetown could access the houses they had built up there where the weather is cooler & less humid. There are houses just dotted about here & there sitting in the middle of lush tropical forest. I've said numerous times on this trip "I could live here", so Lee & Lex tell me anyway, but I really could live up there - It is awesome. Monkeys sitting on the lampposts and sunning themselves on the rocks. Flora & fauna all around, lazy pace of life and great weather all year round.

Also done a canopy walk which was a bad idea on my part as it scared the living daylights out of me. Hundreds of feet up in the trees walking on a skinny board with just netting and a rope up to chest height to stop you plunging to the forest floor. And to top it all off I faced my fear of snakes after being persuaded to get "romantic" with this albino Burmese python. 10 Ringgit well spent I think!!!