A Day Out... Penang Butterfly Farm

Been a while since our last trip to Penang. This hols have absolutely been filled with activities and things to do since its start. I actually have not had much time for my things actually. So it was good to 'get away' as a family.

Instead of our usual shopping haunts we went to the Komtar area instead. School term is around the corner... so it was only natural that we went bag hunting. Have not been to Komtar for quite some time. Still don't like the place cos it's too big.

My boy managed to convince his little sis to go a Nerf as her present for her improved grades last year. I'm usually not one for 'violent' toys but we relaxed it this round. Shooting games have certainly gone tech these days. The 'bullets', though fly far don't quite make themselves felt upon impact. The set we got for them was more for target shooting. And the darts make this whistling sounds when you release your trigger. The target board is also able to tally the points based on your accuracy. In another game, it tells you which part of the board you are supposed to shoot. I told my girl that this is a boy-game... but she was sold by the big bro. These days, both of them get along very well... something which we're glad to see.

We went to the Butterfly Farm too. Son was the one who was keen to go. For us trips to places like this actually beat going to the shopping complexes all the time. They get kinda boring unless you have things to buy. And window shopping doesn't quite appeal to me most of the time. Still haven't gone past that wandering around without anything in mind to buy kind of activity. 8) Some people are born to window shop. I don't think I make that cut yet.

The Butterfly Farm is actually quite nice. Son even managed to buy some specimens for his school project. Apparently it's hard to catch bugs these days. Many kids today don't do the 'catch-bug' thing these days. I remember catching spiders to 'duel' with friends' or bros' when I was Primary going. We'd chase grasshoppers, horned beetles; even ladybirds were not spared. My kids don't go for such hunts just for the fun of it. They feel squirmish about it. 8(

There're always new things to learn from places like this. Golden pupa.... not sure from what butterfly though.

And I learned the name of this butterfly, Atacus Atlas. In April this year, on our morning hike we saw a huge one at Pokok Sena. This place has quite a lot of live exhibits of the different bugs. And it is also well kept. Apparently too this is one of the largest butterfly farms in the world! Fancy that! We noticed an Eco Park adjacent to it. Will bear that in mind for future trips.

Dinner was here.... End of the World Seafood Restaurant in Teluk Bahang. This place is their new location, though. The old place was a wooden building which was literally at the end of the world with a sea view but was taken back as the area was gazetted as forest reserve.

So, how's the food? The sweet sour crab was good. Crab meat was firm. Sauce was not overwhelming. Enjoyed it even though eating crab is a messy business.

The steamed fish was delicious too. Fresh and firm! Sauce complemented the fish.

Can't say the same for the mantis prawns though... We ordered the deep fried in batter version. One medium sized and 3 small ones came up to RM50. I enjoyed my Tanjung Dawai mantis prawn experience more. Seafood these days is no longer cheap.

But all in all, it was a nice trip out even though Penang was rather congested at this time of the year, this being school hols. Come to think of it, the island has become more lively lately... LGE seems to be doing a good job there.