We spent most of yesterday getting all we could out of the beach out front of our hotel. Just another beach, but of course, there were also some spectacular Silurian turbidites (mostly Bouma bcd, some cd, not much for traces) with some really well expressed folds.
OK, from now on. No more Geology.
Our travels today included a shockingly small array of conveyances. A taxi and a passenger ferry. From the outside the ferry looked very smooth and sleek, and it was pretty fast.
From the inside, it was nothing short of a fiberglass tomb, with a paucity of impossible-to-access emergency exits and the water line distressing close to the sealed, plexiglass windows, waiting to take an entire load of passengers to the bottom of the Straits of Malacca at the slightest provocation...
Shiver me timbers!
...which brought us to Georgetown, on the island of Penang. This is a ~300 year old trading area, one of the first beachheads of western imperialism (or "opening of trade routes"). It has a funky mix of colonial buildings and uber-modern highrises. It is fun to be back in a real city again.
A couple of day here before heading to KL. (We already decided last week that Singapore was no longer in the plans, and it looks like KL will be as far south as were get before we fly back to Bangkok.) Yikes! thinking about home already!
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What!?! No More Geology! C'mon, Pat, that's the only reason I'm reading this blog. Well, as long as you're still making fun of Germans and 'mericans....
Anyhoo, it's been fun vacationing vicariously through you two. Certainly looks like some of the world's most spectacular scenery. Vancouver has had...uh...less than optimal weather conditions while you've been gone. The snow *should* be mostly melted by the time you get home, though.
Oh, and the curling team could use your help. We're suffering badly without you. We managed to earn our first points in Div. A last night thanks to the 2 greatest words in the English language: De-Fault.
See you soon kids!
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