Jubilee Clock Tower Georgetown

Someone (Rick Steves, I think) argues that travelers should stop for a "time out" every so often, a mini-vacation from traveling. Today was my vacation. I woke up at 8:30 and just enjoyed being in a lovely room in a renovated Chinese mansion. My room is small, compact, but nicely decorated and comfortable. The Yeng Keng is small - 20 rooms - but …

Finally arrived afta a flight from bangkok to kuala lumpar a 10 hour wait and overnight train then ferry!! Arrived in georgetown, waiting for tourist information to open, which was useless. Wondered round to find a hotel, eventually found a hotel called tune hotel, which was cheap and quite nice. Spend day in Got free bus around town sightseeing, …

DAY 1
After an ever enjoyable (and mind numbingly tedious) 5.5 hour journeny from the glorious Cameron Highlands, here we were. Georgetown, Penang the alleged 'food hotspot'.
Nothing was too hotspot about our arrival. We hopped off the bus waaaay out of town, or rather we were all ordered off the bus to the shout of 'all off, all off, last …

One Month in Penang - June 28 to July 25

Georgetown on Penang Island in northern Malaysia was 'founded' in 1786 on behalf of the British East India Company by British trader Francis Light. Its colonial roots are now preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage site.


We had heard that Georgetown on Penang is one of the …

Hello again! Olly isn’t feeling very inspired to blog so it’s me again!

We arrived in Penang on Monday (13th) after what we considered to be a very short flight from Phuket. It was supposed to take two hours but actually took less than one – more on that later! The first thing I noticed is that Malaysia is very English …

The bus to Penang was our first economy style bus. Not to be a snob but this bus was not to my liking! The engine was loud, there was the continuous scent of fuel in the air, and it was just slow. Luckily enough for me, I caught a good lock of shut-eye. The funny thing about the bus journey was that we didn't get dropped off exactly …

There's not really a lot to say about Georgetown, it is a fairly small city with unique architecture. Due to the early settlers being a mixture of Indian labourers sent during British rule to help with construction and immigrants from neighbouring countries, the city is rich in ethnic diversity. The heritage trail was interesting to follow to see …

... Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion     Ben's Vintage Toy Museum Penang     Day 2 Escape Adventure Play      Queen Street     Cannon Street     Day 3 Jubilee Clock Tower   Ibox Museum of Glass Penang ...