Tuesday 4 December 2007

Penang's Botanic Garden

In between taking part in the Penang Food Hunt 2007 on Saturday and attending the closing ceremony on Sunday, I awoke early to make a dash to the Botanic Garden. I had expected the place to be full of people and I wasn't wrong. The garden was filled with people. People walking the grounds, people jogging and people enjoying the cool, morning air. I looked rather out of place.


People also call this place the Waterfall Garden or the Monkey Garden. But it'll always be the Botanic Garden to me. This is the artificial waterfall in the middle of the garden. The real one's hidden away from view. I didn't have the time to explore much, so this is one of the more acceptable pictures from my camera.


The stream that flowed through the Botanic Garden. In the morning light, it was really beautiful.


Can't remember where I walked but it was pretty dark and damp. I noticed this white flower standing bright amidst all the dark foliage.


Finally, emerging into the sunlight, I caught sight of the morning sun's rays setting the trees aglow. Wonderful. I want to go to the Botanic Garden again and this time, I assure you, I'll be there for a longer while.

4 comments:

TZ said...

It's has been a long time i have not been to Penang Botanic Garden. How's the monkey there? I like the garden which reminds me of the English Garden in UK :-p Of course different type of flower.

SS Quah said...

TZ, I didn't see any monkey during the short time i was there.

TZ said...

Where is all the monkeys gone? Don't tell me the animal department killed them...

Recently there was a case in Mont Kiara where the animal department trying to kill the monkey... it was raised as a concern and discussed @ RedBreakfast (RedFM104.9).

SS Quah said...

TZ, nope. The monkeys are still there. I just didn't see them at that time of the day, that's all.

But if you really want to see the monkeys on my blog, here's a link to it --> http://ssquah.blogspot.com/2007/10/private-joke.html