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An island to swirn about, no doubt: BANJIR
  • Updated By RoyJava on July 16, 2005
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    The flood (banjir) after heavy rains is one of the happiest memories of tropical areas. Penang's climate describes an equatorial one, a pleasant mix of warm, sunny days and occasional cooling rain storms, with August through November being the wettest months generally ...

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    We all enjoyed a truly tropical storm with the flood afterwards. At some places the rainwater rose up to more then 1 metre. Special fact was the red colour of red earth of Penang. It's stunning! We splashed around, because the temperature isn't like in the Western countries. It still is hot! Boy, how a memorable Penang time we had!

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    An island to swirn about, no doubt: Stormy Weather Approach
  • Updated By RoyJava on July 16, 2005
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    Yes ... when the rains falls down it really can be a stormy weather! With very dramatic thunder storms too but it doesn't last long.
    Thunderstorms are common in the Tropics though can come in a very quick way. Penang belongs to the Tropics, too, so the equatorial climate is of a pleasant tropical mix of happy, sunny days and some coolings rain storms.

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    We got real "lucky" to enjoy one of those tropical rain storms. I remembered my childhood at Papua New Guinea. When the sound sudden went perfectly silent; the birds, crickets and all creatures imposed silence on everything; the air went pitch dark, cloud-capt, and the sudden scudding clouds; the ocean went grey-green and no-waves-at-all... the "tjemara"-tree branches just started to whisper ...

    Then the "Lampor" passed by! The lull before the storm! At Java it's said the Javanese Spirit-queen Nyai Lara Kidul moves inland and will take bad people, virgins and unlucky fellows to Her kingdom beneath sea-level ... We loved these moments just before the rain would fall down in heavily dramatic multitude. Time to rush home, though we went for a warm shower. The falling rain is quite warm, you know ...
    thanks Penang, for this great experience

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    An island to swirn about, no doubt: Riding waves!
  • Updated By marimar_72 on November 19, 2003
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  • Beaches with high waves!!

    The best memory of Penang was at the time I went with my sister(also my favourite sisy),we rented a Jet-Ski by the hour....(and though I`m used to doing this back home)only waves in Penang were much higher than back home.which made my mom worried about us two (she was watching us from the beach as she can`t swim)and waiting anxiously for us to come back to her safe and sound :-)

    We still giggle about the look on my mom`s face.................I only stopped when I had a daughter of my own!

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