We had another Celebrity excursion "Heritage Tour and Shopping". This was a bus tour that would take us around the island a bit, with a stop at a road side stand for fruits and spices, up to the Butterfly Farm and a stop at a Batik Factory.
We drove past this intricate decorated temple (but don't know which one it is).
We made a stop at a small village where the guide talked to us about some of the local flowers and plants.
The guide explained to us about nutmeg, the apricot shape that it looks like on the tree, then inside there is a kernel with a red membrane (the membrane is dried and ground to make Mace) and inside the kernel is the nutmeg seed - that's what we're used to seeing.
We bought a package of the candied shredded nutmeg fruit (above, right) something we'd never tried before sampling it here. It's tasty, with a mild nutmeg flavour to it.
The exhibit was nicely done, with a lot of greenery and water. It was also very hot and humid - but I guess the butterflies didn't mind. And there were a lot of butterflies, often fluttering right past your head.
Not just butterflies either, there were these ducks and a few turtles added to the mix.
The artists were very skilled, and drew most of the designs by hand.
One of the more colourful Batik examples.
Back into town, and the pier where our ride was waiting to take us to the next port of call.
From the ship, we could see a portion of the large modern city, but our excursion took us away from the city, so we didn't see much of it this time.
Phuket, Thailand < Penang, Malaysia > Port Klang, Malaysia
[Asia Adventure - Spice Route Cruise 2024]
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