Malaysia Trip - Part 3

Waiting for us when we got to S.P. were Po-Po, Jia-Jun and Khuan-Ning, soon to be joined by Theng-Theng and the K.L. aunts.

In the S.P. house, H-M, her mother, and the K.L. aunts

Henry and his cousin, Khuan-Ning.

Henry in the kitchen giving the Cambodian maid some tips.


H-M and her two K.L. aunts.

After a short rest in S.P. it was back to Penang for a little more sight-seeing - a visit to the Penang Chingay festival. Chingay is an art form in which participants perform acrobatic tricks with impossibly long flags. (Short video - here.) Other cultures also have flag-related sports, for example the Swiss 'Fahneschwingen', although the Swiss flags are substantially smaller.

We decided to cross over to the island by ferry rather than use the 13-km long Penang Bridge.

A Penang ferry.

All the ferries are named after Malaysian islands and our ferry was Pulau Penang.

Pulau Penang, Penang.

The Chingay competition was held on the Esplanade. Here a photo of the Town Hall - note the size of the Chingay flag.


Happy-Ning taking a photo.


Thomas still feeling the tropical heat.


Group photo with Theng-Theng, Kwan and the boys.


Entry of the Chingay teams.


Drummers.

After the end of the show we went back to Khuan-Hoong's place, our residence for the night.

Night-time view from Hoong's flat.