Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia – 2012
While leaving Perhentian Kecil we met a couple who was traveling to the opposite side of the country. We quickly analyzed our options and decided it would be fun to travel with someone else for a while so we hopped on a bus with our new friends Nat and Ariane. Penang ended up being a great break and I slept in the same bed for more than two nights in a row for the first time in a while. It makes a big difference.
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- Rainforest…what rainforest…we got these big ass logs at Walmart! Gotta go, byeeeeeeeeeee.
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- Hitting up Penang on a whim, traveling with a cool couple we met on our way out of Perhentian Kecil.
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- Just wash one…washing both might actually do something.
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- Everyone in this picture is a normal human being…
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- This sign is partially cut-off. It says, “Don’t feed the pigeons unless you’re Chinese.”
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- “DON’T SPIT ANY WHERE”
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- Warmland had a cozy-looking sign but it was never open…in some ways, this mirrors the letdown called life.
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- A gigantic palm tree painted on the side of these apartments. It was so realistic.
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- w e l c o m e t o t h e f u t u r e. i n t h e y e a r 1 9 9 0 e v e r y t h i n g w i l l b e w o n d e r f u l a n d t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y a d v a n c e d.
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- I often feel like reject item except nobody even offers me two ringgits.
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- A piece of Georgetown’s mild-mannered Chinatown, where we stayed for a little under a week, recuperating from a stressful vacation.
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- Staring out window, watching things go on, feeling trapped in my head… Welp, that’s all I got for now! Safe travels in your very own mental prison!
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- Monkey friend relaxing and contemplating life from a tree branch. Despite what it looks like, he is not smoking a joint.
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- Determined to learn a human language in order to communicate and administer help to a suffering population–Homo sapiens–a cute monkey practices expressing the vowel “o”.
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- “Malaysia Top 9 Bee Man” Maybe this is the career I’ve been searching for all these years.
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- Shawna showing a big piece of lettuce she found in her salad. She’s constantly bragging about being a vegetarian.
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- They had bathrooms for “gents” and “ladies” but none for regular old “dudes” like me!
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- Just your average monkey antics. The one monkey said, “hey don’t drag me by my tail,” but the other monkey did it anyway. Monkeys…
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- Ariene being hassled for some change by a little monkey. She didn’t give in…that girl sure has got a strong will.
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- Penang Botanical Gardens, hands-down the coolest place we went while on Penang.
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- There were a couple of times I felt like this monkey but I handled myself with grace and a sense of calm detachment instead…
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- “Hi, I’m a cute startled lizard. You may think I look farmiliar…my cousin sells car insurance in America!”
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- Fancy wing display to attract a mate that will invariably leave you feeling crushed. You’re better off just conserving your energy.
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- Smiling leafhopper. That’s what a lack of consciousness does for you…
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- Yeah monkey, I can relate. Why don’t you come down from that tree and we can share some peanuts and talk for a while.
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- Beware! Moronic visitors feed monkeys causing them to become aggressive when sensible people follow instructions!
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- Pleasant refuge from the man-made world. After experiencing such a beautiful place full of nature I became temporarily interested in living again.
