War Musuem

[Tuesday Oct 16th]
Today we headed to the South East corner of the Island and visited the War Museum. The story of this place is interesting. They just found an old British base here around 2000. They've been cleaning it up, restoring it, and opened it as a musuem shortly there after. The grounds have been reclaimed quite nicely while keeping all the new forest growth present as well.

The British built a fort here in the 1930s. During WWII Penang was taken over by Japanese. Interestingly the day the Japanese attacked was December 8th 1941, the day after they attacked Pearl Harbor. Quite strange.

Alot of the commentary at the museum was dedicated to the WWII usage of the facility as a POW camp and of the atrocities that occurred there.

It was fun to walk around, walk through the underground bunkers and command centers. See the emergency escape routs. Walk where the huge guns used to sit (The British destroyed their armaments before giving up the Island). See the living quarters and cooking facilities. Read about how base life was before the war.

For you 'Lost' fans, you'll like this photo. Its looking down and escape hatch. Does it remind you of anything? It reminds us of 'The Hatch'. Makes us feel like John Locke...