Southeast Asian Vacation - Bangkok and Penang

Against more practical judgment (seeing as I have a blog and all...), I decided to put enjoying and experiencing this vacation above capturing it digitally.  Also, it was pretty steamy (literally) in a few places, so photography was rendered pretty ineffective for capturing the scenery.  There's more than enough documentation in case the memory fails, though, so I thought I would share a few.  These first are from a quick stop in Bangkok (mostly to eat and shop!) and then Penang, Malaysia (mostly to eat and...eat!).  I hadn't been to Penang since I was a wee one, and it turned out to be my favorite stop--the people are very gracious, and the food is absolutely delicious.  Did I mention you can gorge yourself for about $1/dish?  Heaven.