So our latest month has been spent between the two Islands of the coast of Malaysia. Langkarwi (again because we loved it 😍 so much last time) and Penang

Our initial impressions from George town weren’t good due to there being lots of rubbish and the overpowering smell of raw sewage you become accustomed to after travelling around South East Asia for a while. After our initial disappointment we quickly discovered the beautiful parks and surrounding scenery of Penang.

We spent about 3 full days exploring Youth Park where they had a swimming pool, splash pool, a skate park a play area and ice cream! All of it was free except the ice cream.

Aimee found a leaf the size of her (that later became her pet which in turn caused much upset because she wanted it to have legs and walk )

We spent a day exploring Penang hill which if you are ever there is a must do. It’s a funicular rail way that takes you up a steep hill with an awesome view point at the top and from there there is board walk you can do above the tree tops.

We went to Penang Quarry where we found an unexpected waterfall with small fish swimming in the pool (free).

The children got busy catching things to observe. I love it when they play like this and are really engaged.

Another thing to do in George Town if you are travelling with children is a science museum called Tech Dome which is part of complex of different activities, including a soft play, Jurassic encounter, bumper cars and aquarium amongst other things. We spent 8 hours here! It cost £50 for me and the children for the whole package of entertainment and it was money well spent.

After 10 days in George Town we moved on to Batu Ferringhi where we enjoyed the national parks. We saw many monitor lizards, black faced monkies, though we did get accosted by macaques which have quickly become our least favourite animals in S.E.A (though it’s not their fault they associate any type of bag as food and have opposable thumbs).

After a Macaque climbed it’s self up Aimee to try ane steal her softies the children armed themselves with sticks

Was still had a fun day and there are many different trails and hikes to do there.

One other thing to mention is that Penang, only being a small island of 10 miles wide attached by a bridge to mainland Malaysia had many delicious vegan restaurants to offer if you are interested in that sort of thing. The one we found that we really liked was called Pinxin Vegan Cuisine.

Penang gets our thumbs up.