Penang Hill & Farlim Night Market | Malaysia Travel Vlog

This is so special I think I could be here  for hours seriously I know ah oh hey nope nope Marshall watch the water bottles be careful okay we made it okay now that we are rested not overheating  and have some water in our bodies we’re going  

To start trying to walk around this place  pretty much we’re just going to try to see   a nice overview of the city and then go to  what is called the habitat it’s supposed to   be a good little like nature walk through  the through the forest huh there’s a full City  

Up here no I’m saying we’re going to go  to the edge of the hill and look out over   Penang over Georgetown no there’s not a full City up  here I’m realizing I don’t know what this place is we can see this Tower that’s sticking  out this is where we’re staying we’re  

Staying well no we’re not staying in that  that’d be so much out of our budget we’re   staying in that neighborhood though there’s also a Sky Deck west I don’t see that on here though I don’t  see either of the things that I’m looking for on here okay this way

I think we are supposed to be down there Google  Maps is not being friendly up here which is weird   because this is like a super popular spot we’re totally supposed to be okay how what are you doing come here my millipede go look in

I was just trying to show this sign  that I made it and you called me a millipede I don’t know what that is I don’t  want to get that close now we have a thumbnail   so I was fully unprepared for finding monkeys  on our hike up here but here I did see that  

They’re monkeys so we may encounter monkeys  again hopefully they won’t attack we have no   water B well oh we did get more plastic water  bottles but they’re tucked away so hopefully   hopefully they won’t attack so I did not know  that it cost money to get into this part of the  

Park so we paid 120 ringgit which is a little  bit less than $30 so it’s pretty expensive but   I heard I’ve heard great things about this  this was what I was looking forward to most  

For coming in this park we made it all the way  up here we didn’t pay for the funicular which would   have been the same amount of money if not a  little bit more I think so why not so we have  

About an hour to walk through this and in an  hour the shuttle that’ll take us back to the   front of this park stops in an hour so we have  an hour and it’s 1.6 km so got to kind of walk   with purpose but it shouldn’t be too bad

They saw us walk in all of those bugs just started making noise at once that was so loud  yeah and now they’re gone I don’t know how well the camera is  picking it up but you can see the   ocean you can see a little cruise  ship or some kind of boat at least  

Out there in the distance with the haze  the water just kind of blends in with the sky we found more monkeys there’s  one right here there’s one climbing there’s   one right behind this tree a bunch over there  that just moved oh gosh you’re already unfazed  

By the monkeys I’m not unfazed you see  their jumps look at the jumps that’s so cool   oh I hope you can see that on this camera  whoa that was an insane jump there’s monkeys down down at the  bottom I also didn’t realize until just  

Now that this platform is just crates and  you can see straight to the bottom so I hate that this is the same view  that we had from the skywalks earlier   but even better I think we’re uh yeah at  the highest point right now just about

So we’re getting very close to 6:30 which is  when we were told the shuttle stops taking   us back and this is pretty much the last thing  that we wanted to see so we’re just going to   turn around and walk back through everything  that we just walked through hopefully that’ll  

Get us to the entrance fastest hopefully we  won’t be waiting around for well this way we   won’t be waiting around for a shuttle that  may or may not come because there’s 10 minutes left on our way to food yeah we’re going to go  get food I was going to say we may not have  

Anything eventful for a little while so  the next time you see us may be at a night market these guys are literally they’re they’re  stealing trash yeah like we I was we literally   walked up saw the trash I was like who does  this and and then I was like oh the monkeys  

Do this they menaces one of them took a like a  I don’t know what it was but it looked like a   burger wrapper and ran off into the jungle  look at him look at’s he’s eating absolute   menaces they’re going to see your teeth and  no don’t come near me don’t come near me  

Oh there go there’s another coming oh oh my gosh  look it has a baby on it it has a baby holding   on to the oh I don’t that’s so cool wow that  little baby is just latched on that’s adorable wow

There’s the Mom it was literally 5 seconds  after I said probably nothing interesting is   going to happen they are literally right here  so we’re having to walk back through their   territory yeah there he is we’re having to walk through their  territory to get back I am so terrified like I  

Have never seen monkeys before I’ve been waiting  this trip I thought we were going to in Thailand   and we didn’t and here it has taken approximately  3 hours for me to be terrified of monkeys they’re   still adorable but they’re vicious they’re awesome  to watch from a distance yeah so quick opinion  

Was not worth $30 for the two of us I liked the  monkeys if we hadn’t seen the monkeys before then   yes would have been more worth it it was still  cool though to see them again but since we did see  

The monkeys and such close proximity before  no yeah that’s fair we survived our hike   down with no more monkey attacks it took a little  over an hour right at an hour from the top of the  

Park to down at the bottom where we started so  definitely wasn’t nearly as bad as the hike up we   just got out of our grab at the Farlim Wednesday  Night Market we’re starving we have not had   anything since lunch it smells amazing so we’re  going to go walk around and find some food

Decided to start out with Marshall’s favorite  thank you 40 a dollar not bad not bad this seems   like it could be pretty spicy what is it oh that’s  smells good it smells like a spicy peanut sauce oh yeah

How does this that’s amazing yeah how does it compare to  satay in Thailand way more peanut flavor yeah um sweet   oh I’m glad we got food and I’m glad you like it  you go oh gosh that’s very peanuty that’s not spicy no  

Not at all I was expecting spicy m I’m so happy  to have food in me yeah I think I think that’s   some of the best I’ve had yeah one of my favorite things in Thailand was banana roti which  

Is pretty much just like a crepe with banana  in it and then some milk and chocolate on it   it’s so so good some of them had eggs oh yeah  some of them had eggs in it and we just walked  

By something that looks kind of similar but it’s  it didn’t look like it was called roti so maybe something different oh what is it oh that sounds great thank you what’d she say she said banana  sweet corn and coconut yeah that sounds amazing  

I’m so excited you know what I think this going  to be exactly like what our favorite snack in   Thailand that we still don’t know the name of we  still don’t remember we we took video I’ll overlay  

It but yeah we love the snack in Thailand that was  like these coconut milk balls and sometimes it was   just coconut milk and sometimes it was coconut  milk with corn and so I think this is going to be  

Exactly like that I don’t know I think this one’s  banana it literally is just a little pancake I love yeah this is literally just this  is just the roti that you like if it   had like the the coconut milk the  sweet milk or whatever it was and  

Chocolate this would be the same try it that’s  so good what is this this one she did not say sweet corn what is that  it looks like like minced meat I have no idea   what it is it doesn’t smell like minced meat  though no not at all it could be like Taro  

Is that it looks like that right I don’t know  I have no idea what that is but it’s really   good I think I like this one better than  the banana yeah awesome okay now your turn   and then the last one which should be sweet  corn oh wow that’s amazing the coconut corn  

Oh oh is it coconut corn no whatever that  is is where I thought she said coconut she   must not have said coconut okay cuz I don’t  think there’s coconut in any of these they’re   all delicious though it’s a great food night so  far we’re liking the Farlim Wednesday Market

This night market has a totally different  feel than than ones that we went to in Thailand   those either were were they were more permanent  it felt like they were under roofs or they were   like in the middle of a street that was set  up and put down every day or whatever day they  

Did it but this one like we’re in a little  lot it feels here more like you’re walking   around a Fairground or like you’re walking  at a carnival in the US that’s more of the   feel here as opposed to like walking down a  street in Thailand pretty cool I like it

Thank you well we don’t know half of what’s in here  he added a bunch of different powders it wasn’t   like in Thailand I I mean I’m sure they have  this here too but it wasn’t like in Thailand  

Where they pretty much just like flop a fruit  in there and a little bit of juice or something   it smells delicious it smells wow that is so  sweet definitely the most unhealthy one that   we’ve had I am so fine with that that’s perfect  this has been such an exhausting and fun day  

And I think we’re going to end it here we’re gonna go rest  I’m glad neither of us had to go to the hospital   to get rabies shots from getting attacked by monkeys we only lost one cup in the process oh I still feel bad those things were vicious but  

We’ll see you in our next video hopefully still in  George Town because we have a lot more to do here

Today we got to explore the amazing Penang Hill, watch monkeys as they jumped between trees, and indulge in some delicious food at the Farlim Wednesday night market!

In our last video, we took a hike to the top of Penang Hill due to the wait time for the funicular being nearly two hours and costing more than we wanted to spend. This turned out to be an incredible decision because we got to interact with our first monkeys which was completely surreal!

In this video, we picked back up where we left off: at the end of the hike, sweaty and ready to see some more beautiful scenery. At the top, we took a nature walk which gave us some magnificent views of the greenery! We hoped to see some more monkeys on the bridge but that was yet to come…

The massive trees at the top of the hill provided an optimal playground for the countless monkeys roaming around looking for trash left behind by tourists. Their swinging between trees was truly a spectacle and one we will not soon forget! We were able to head onto a sky walk which gave us a unique vantage point to view the menaces. Speaking of them being a menace, when we descended the sky walk, we found them digging through the trash and saw our first mother with a baby holding onto her stomach as she walked around finding food.

Following all the monkey excitement, we headed to the Farlim night market for some quick bites and great smoothies which was the perfect way to end our extremely tiring day!

This was really a special experience and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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Filmed December 27, 2023
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00:00 catch up from last video
00:32 top of Penang!
02:53 the Habitat
08:40 Farlim Night Market

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