Sunset at Penang, Malaysia Today

Having a great time relaxing during these festive holidays?  Why not head to the park with your loved ones near Taman Wira at Telok Air Tawar at Seberang Perai Utara between 7.00pm to 7.45pm for a stroll along the seafront facing the sea and Penang Island.  You can catch a beautiful sunset like the one captured on the pictures below.

 You can see the northernmost tip of Georgetown on the left of the sun while it goes down on the horizon beyond the Strait of Malacca.

 The beach front on this part of the mainland is polluted due to the soil erosion as can been seen from the mud that covered the sandy beach and the drains that flowed into the sea.  The pollution was brought about especially by reclaims of lands and deepening of the channel for the construction and expansion of the North Butterworth Containers Terminal project by the Penang Port.

 You can access to this place through Taman Robina too.  There is a children playground for the kids.  There are a few hawkers stalls selling drinks and snacks.  It is rather sad when you see the leftovers of the packaging materials such as plastic bags, straws and empty plastic bottles and drink cans being left strewn all over the places by the irresponsible visitors instead of dumping it at the rubbish bins.

 The sun is blocked by the clouds.  So you cannot see it touching the horizon for the day. Have to come again and hope for a clear sky on the next visit.

 Here are some beautiful Pine trees lining the beach front at Telok Air Tawar, Butterworth next to the Royal Malasian Air Force (RMAF) and formerly Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) staff quarters which is towards the right of the above picture.

 The Butterworth channel is where you can cross over to Georgetown by Ferry at the Butterworth Sultan Abdul Halim Ferry Terminal on the mainland to the Raja Tun Sir Uda Ferry Terminal at Penang Island.  By the way, the ferry terminal at Weld Quay, Georgetown is named after our Malaysian statesman Raja Tun Sir Uda who is the grandfather of renowned Malaysian political blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK).  His blog is Malaysia Today.

 The Penang Island as seen from the picture here looks like a body of a turtle with its head lying on the north which is on the right.

 The sun just disappeared behind the clouds and beyond the horizon with the colors in the sky change hue

The North Butterworth Container Terminal of Penang Port is seen here brightly lit up and jutting into the Butterworth Channel as it loads and unloads containers to and from ships calling at the port.  It is one of the money making machines for the Penang State coffer.  
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