Penang, Malaysia

We stopped at a local butterfly farm. There was a huge down pour of rain that day; I was worried that this would make it hard to view the butterflies. I was wrong and it even made the pictures more interesting with rain drops on the flowers and leaves.











These are called monkey cups-- monkeys will drink from them after a rain shower because they fill with water.



We also visited a batik (a wax and dye process on fabric) factory, which was just outdoors under some tarps. It was neat seeing the artists at work, up close.






We also stopped by an old fisherman's village. It was raining pretty hard then, so these shots are not in sharp focus.






A Buddhist Snake Temple--filled with venomous and non-venomous snakes. Here's even a shot with Jeff and the snakes. He didn't dare get any closer to these Vipers out in the open.