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| Up early today, leaving the hotel around sunrise for a taxi to Penang Hill. | The road is open but busy with people and lorries everywhere taking down all the stalls from the huge festival of Thaipusam. Yesterday would have been crazy. | Lots of folks in traditional Hindu garb. | Near the Botanical Gardens, a pretty stream winds through some trees.... planted by Starbucks :-) | Bob next to the stream. We arrived early for the hike so we're wandering around the Botanical Gardens entrance. | ||
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| Pretty bridge across the stream. | Purple flowes on the trees, orchid-like. | Bamboo! | Interesting hand-made-looking broom. Leaves get swept up every day. | Chickens (here ya go Annie, bird pictures) | ||
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| Tai Chi in the park. | Sign on a huge tree, well over 100 feet tall. | Truly huge tree. | Arch of flowers. | More pretty flowers. | ||
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| This handbill is literally stapled to the leaf. | We're meeting across from the Moon Gate. 11 folks today in the Monday Hiking Group | Pretty mushrooms on the path. | There are a few signs here and there, mostly the leaders knows these trails inside and out. | We came up that way and OMG it was steep! | ||
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| Huge ants here. This one was an inch long. | Stopping for a water break. | Good views of Gorgetown and we're still going up. | unzoomed to show how far away we are. | The hiking group checks GPS for how high up we are. | ||
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| Flat trail for a little bit here. | Foliage keeps changing. | More good views. | ||||
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| A great ovelook for a group photo. | Water break and pulling out the cameras (phones). | |||||
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| Selfie time! | Lady in front is Claire, group leader extraordinaire. Fun group! | Starting on the downhill, we took a much gentler sloped trail down. | Another gorgeous overlook. | |||
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| Station 5. | Yes, exercise equipment up here. | |||||
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| good spot for a nap. | More exercise equipment, with people using these! | Our hiking group taking a break. | ||||
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| Looking back uphill at Station 5. | "5" | |||||
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| We then passed Station 3 on the way down. | Yet another gorgeous overlook! | |||||
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| The darker tree-less spot is a cemetary. No trees in cemetaries here, and the brush is burned down yearly. Otherwise... jungle. | Down at the bottom, walking back to the juice bar. Lots of stalls being taken down. | |||||
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| Gorgeous clothing! | At the juice bar for a well-deserved treat! | Posted on the wall. | Awesome Principles to live by! | Claire's recommendation for Ho Chi Minh City - yes taking a picture of a picture on her phone :-) | ||
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| Catching a ride back to the hotel with Michelle (THANKS!) Tons of stalls being taken down. | Many are sponsored, like ths one from Motorola | |||||
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| Back in Bayan Lepas, Agilent and Keysight buildings. Avago is right next door. | Intel too. For Keith :-) | ||