Butterflies!!

Today we went to the Penang Butterfly Farm as our weekend excursion, and we have to say that we were most impressed with it. They have done a great job in putting together a very tourist friendly location that is easy to find, very clean and very professional looking. Besides the hundreds of butterflies, they also have: water dragons, an alligator snapping turtle, giant Malaysian millipedes (that you can hold), luminescent scorpions, some vipers, frogs, orchid preying mantis, and even some HUGE scarab beetles.

We all had a great time - Emily loved the butterflies and the lizards. She knows the spanish word for lizard (lagarto) and yells it anytime we see one. It's a very close race between lizards and dogs as to which one she gets more excited about.

Here are some photos from the day:

"Emily - I think the paparazzi have found us!"

All you had to do was dip a finger in the honey water and the butterflies would drop by and give you a few kisses. Emily wasn't the only one who enjoyed this part.

Looking at butterflies sure works up an appetite, so we stopped off at Tree Monkey a Thai-ish restaurant that "is nestled amidst lush tropical foliage overlooking the coastline, the Tree Monkey at Tropical Spice Garden offers guests a unique jungle dining experience." It's true. We liked the food, but loved the experience.