Hi All,

We started off this morning with a fantabulous buffet breakfast down at the hotel restaurant. Highlights of breakfast included pancakes, chocolate pudding and doughnuts. After breakfast we went on a bus tour of the island. We learnt that the island looks like a pregnant turtle and that Korean prisoners built a pretty important bridge.

We began with our trip to Penang Hill which involved photos with snakes, a cable car ride, many photo opportunities and some temples. After Penang Hill we went to Kek Lok Si, a temple, that required a supposed 500 stair climb (although we only counted 386, Miss Prosser?). The temple was worth the walk, despite the sweltering heat that we battled to get there. After the temple, we jumped on the air conditioned bus (which was very welcomed) and drove to the botanic gardens nearby. It was here that we watched, but did not made eye contact with, a barrel/troupe/carload/cartload of monkeys (to avoid an epic monkey fight scene). We ended the tour and went back to our hotel for kids menu lunch.

After lunch, we went for a swim in the pool and beach (yay for Bree). Also, there’s waterslides with no age limit so we really lived it up, yay! We even got Miss Prosser involved in the waterslide, Penanigans. After our swim we all relaxed (and some busted out their robes and slippers) and saw a bomb sunset.

We went to the food court again for dinner and then looked at the night markets and did some shopping. After dinner and the markets we all relaxed until bedtime.

That’s it folks, we’re off for a night swim,

Caitlin and Jorja xx