Penang, Malaysia

Q is once again prepared for international travel. All he needed for the entire 10-day trip to Southeast Asia was a backpack, sleeping back, and a few pages of Sudoku puzzles. No checked bags, and no shorts (he had to borrow my shorts... Q could not believe that a city located on the Earth's equator could have a warm climate)



Guess what he is trying to consume now...



The infamous jello-in-a-paper-bag that is quite popular in the Chinatown outdoor markets.



I <3 beaches with non-freezing water.



Beach on the island's northside



The Floating Mosque (Malaysia is more than 90% Muslim), built on some beautiful beach... next to a sewage unit







The "floating" secret revealed...



Chinese loooove turtle soup...



This was a Buddhist temple complex up on the central hill of Penang Island.











The temple complex.



Lanterns + pagoda.



Pumpkin trees! I think the desired effect was to make the pumpkins analogous to their rows and rows of Chinese lanterns.



Someone flipped their mini-truck on the way here.



On the top story of the pagoda. I nearly forgot what a pain it is to ascend these things...



Overlooking Penang city from the temple.



Bubble-eyed goldfish at a huge aquarium fish store (3 stories) in town. They had just about any freshwater fish except piranhas.



Dude with a monitor lizard, packing it up to carry home I guess after a day of street performing.