What's Next?

Wow! That was a good night sleep. As soon as we reaches the hotel before midnight, we got the boys changed and not a word came out from them. They were clearly tired from the travels and the swim. It was just past 9am now, and they were still asleep.

I had breakfast with my Dad earlier while Anita and my Mum was having theirs now. We probably be heading to the mainland again, this time to Kepala Batas and possibly visiting my Uncle there. I wouldn't mind that as I would be able to see my Kampung as well. Maybe have lunch there. Anita wanted to bring some cooking spices back to KL and my Mum knew just the place.

To Sungai Petani

I am not going to deny that I am rather tired at the moment. After the trip to the butterfly farm, we had lunch at Batu Feringghi, at one of the Indian outlet there. What unique was that the joint actually do fusion of eastern and western food. And they dis not do that badly at all. We has some tandoori and tikka masalla. Yes, it was adjusted to the western palate, but the taste was definitely there. Shame about the price though. It was rather expensive! Comparable to KL rate.

Straight after lunch, we headed back to the hotel. The boys were buzzing for the pool. We obliged and spend more than an hour there. Understandably, Irfan was asleep when we travel to Sungai Petani to visit my Auntie. We planned to have dinner there.

Ikan tiga rasa ...... Nice!Unfortunately, my favorite store was closed and it was currently past 9 pm and my Aunt and Mum were still out ordering dinner. The children were getting restless and tired. It was going to be a horrible night!

Telok Bahang Butterfly Farm

After the boys finished their breakfast in the room, all of us drove up by the shore towards Telok Bahang. The destination - the Butterfly Farm. It is located further up Batu Feringghi, way past the now iconic, Hard Rock Hotel. Right in the end, a left turn just before you see the famous dam.

It was a bit further than I remembered. The weather was overcast, making the visit pleasant temperature wise. The Park was well signposted from the City Center. Parking was a squeeze even for a working Monday like today. Entrance was more expensive than I expected as well. An adult Malaysian cost RM27. My parents qualified for Senior Citizens, hence half the price. They did not charge my children. For a foreigner to enter, it would cost them RM39 per head. Good thing we did not bring our maid along ....

The size of the farm was more or less comparable to the Farm in Kuala Lumpur. Maybe just a touch smaller, but there were definitely more butterflies there. And the butterflies there were much more photographer-friendly. At least they tended to stay still a lot more. Unfortunately, Idlan was rather grumpy around butterflies. He imagined them as moth, and stood well away from them. To the exit he went. But the exit was not the end.

We were taken to an exhibit area, about moth and butterflies. Complete with video presentations and at the end, the obligatory gift shop. But the marking ploy here is definitely much better than the KL Butterfly Park. The staffs were a lot more friendly too.

We ended up buying T shirts and soft toys. And the soft toys were themed. Irfan got himself Jurro the Caterpillar! Complete with a gift bag ....

Handsome fellerOne of the mascots - OnyxDefinitely a destination I would recommend to those willing to take the scenic drive. I snapped close to 200 frames there, ao don't forget to bring your macro zoom ......

Plans for Today

Breakfast was done. I went down first with my parents and Anita went down separately later as the boys were still asleep. It was almost 1 in the morning when they finally calmed down and fell to sleep. It looked like we probably had to order room service breakfast for them for tomorrow. I'm still not sure what time they would be up.

Plans for today? The wearer was rather gloomy. The plan to walk out with my camera had to be delayed. Depending on what time the boys getting up, we would decide them. Driving around to Batu Feringghi still felt like a great idea.

As for now, I had to content myself with watching morning talk shows on RTM. Keeping that up, I might start to puke. Why must everything start with the letter 1? 1Malaysia, 1Sekolah ...... Zzzzzzz

End of Day 1

It was midnight and my boys were still wide awake. Both were excited with the trip to Penang and the size of the suite. They just couldn't stop themselves from running from one end to the other.

Earlier tonight, we managed to have dinner at Padang Kota before visiting my grandmother. She appears very frail and had lost a lot of weight. Her appetite was down and this was not helped by the fact that she has had new dentures fitted in. And I don't think that they were fitted well.

After a long chat, we finally headed back to hotel and reached here at around 11. Time to hit the sack soon. We may be heading to Teluk Bahang tomorrow with the camera on the ready.