India_2015- At the top of Malaysia

This might've been the most breathtaking thing we did in Penang. There's this place called Penang Hill near the Kek Lok Si temple. Penang Hill is a resort at the top of a hilly-ish mountain, and it's supposed to have a beautiful view. We went to the Penang Hill at the perfect time. We went around 7 or 8pm, no line to wait in. We paid our tickets and then a trolley came down to the bottom, and took us up. Just saying, the trolly was amazing. It legit felt like we were on a huge roller coaster.

Once we got to the top, I realized what I was in for. I was staring at the most beautiful view of a city. And I've been to the "top" of New York City, Montreal, St. Louis, Pittsburg, San Fransico, Montrious (Haiti), Tirupati, and I guess you can count numerous amusement parks. But by far, this was the most stunning. I could have stayed here for hours, and I can only wonder what the sunset and sunrise would look like from here. The only issue was that I didn't have a camera stand, so I used my resources to stabilize the camera. Even the slightest shake would produce a blurry picture. Just imagine you were actually there...

This is a small portion of the city. You can actually see the two bridges that connect the Penang Island and Malaysia. This is much clearer than the picture above because I used a different night mode. Turned out much better than expected. 

This is at the Bhuddha temple (Kek Lok Si). I'm standing right in from of the huge statue, and I have a fantastic view of the city in front. Sorry for the smudges though...!

Ok I have to make a point here... To me, Malaysia is the wildest mix of places I have visited. Every small detail reminded me of a different place thousands of miles away. For example... 

• Roads in Malaysia look modern, like those in the U.S., but they're lanes are switched, resembling India's road lanes. 
• There are more cars than there are in India on the roads
• There are more motorbikes on the roads than there are in the U.S.
• Indian restaurants look just like they do in India. 
• When we entered the Island of Penang at night, it looked like we were entering Montreal in Canada (on the bridge with a view of city).
• Hotels in Malaysia look like Florida's hotels,
• The amount of greenery outside felt like we were in the Bahamas. 
• Shopping malls look like India's shopping malls
• The metro station look like ones in the U.S. 
• Even the food market looked like those in India

See what I mean? Craziest mix of places ever. And this ends our walk through Malaysia! Stick with me for one last post about Doha, Qatar!