Penang For The First Time

I had been to so many places in the world after all these years but this is my first time in Penang. It is a working holiday and all paid for, room service and all. Well except the running around expenses to get the best shots. The weather wasn't that friendly nowadays. Everyday looking up at the sky looking for my friend the sun. I had one good shooting day though which was Saturday. Armed with my phone camera and my old DV videocam, I experienced Penang through my lenses. All the still shots here were shot using my phone camera including the panoramic shots which were sticthed together by ArchSoft Panorama Maker.

Looking through my hotel window on the first day:

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Looking through my hotel window on the second day:

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On the way home we stop by Bukit Merah Laketown in Perak:

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Wish You Were here

I have been given a project to shoot promo video about travel and holiday in Malaysia. For this 3 months I will be going all over working and experience the places and food, virtually for FREE. Kind of living in a postcard for a while. Last weekend I was at Desaru Damai beach. The place was quite quiet, nice place if you need some peace. Either sitting at the balcony looking at the ocean or just hang around the pool. The food wasn't that great but there are places nearby to choose. There is also a fruit farm nearby, quite unique, complete with monkeys. I was hoping to see the full moon rising at the horizon but missed the date by two days. Instead I went for a boat ride on the river in the evening to watch fireflies. It was like watching Christmas tree by the river. When I came back to the hotel the moon was high up. It is always a beauty to watch the moon.

Damai Beach Hotel:
Bigger panoramic photo:
http://www.freewebs.com/johaziz/Personal/Desaru%20Damai%2020Hotel_lores.jpg