The Beautiful Island of Penang - Malaysia

Well things have certainly changed in Penang since we were here last, but yes only for the better.
Several of our friends come here often and I think we might consider coming back again too.
Today we did 2 excursions.The first was a visit to the Spice Gardens, situated about 45 minutes drive from the port along a very scenic route.
The gardens were very nice and to top it off they put on a cooking demo. and we got to taste the food which was really nice.
On the way back we passed some beautiful beaches and coves and then had a bit of a look around the City.

The Queen Victoria clock tower and below the High Court of Penang.

This is the elegant Eastern and Oriental Hotel built in 1885 where we had afternoon tea during our next excursion which was on trishaws, a great way to get about George Town the Capital City of Penang. Below is the Christmas tree in the foyer.

The pool area in the front of the hotel

This was taken at the Spice gardens

A lovely example  of a type of Palm.

A lily Pond

The chef at the cooking demonstration.
On our trishaw tour we went to the Chinese Temple which was very good and then onto the Penang Museum. We are not great fans of either, but quite enjoyed them. On the way we went through Little India and an example of some of the shops is shown below.

There were about 26 trishaw's in  our entourage and below you can see some of them.

Poppy and Tutu in there new mode of transport. Might get them to peddle us to Orange for Christmas!!

 A little Cove and beach and below some fishing boats moored close by