Wat Chayamangkalaram Georgetown

Sad to leave the Perhentian Islands but glad to be on the road again. Penang is a 6 hour drive across to the other side of the peninsular. Arriving just after dark the place looked much like any other big city with high rise buildings, bright lights and shopping malls. I wondered if I'd made the right choice, didn't really want to go from idyllic …

Today was our half day city and temple tour with Terry, although he obviously loved our company because it turned ino a six-hour tour extravaganza!






Terry picked us up at 10am and we headed to Wat Chayamangkalaram, otherwise known as the reclining buddha temple. It was pretty stunning outside as well as inside …

Day 2- 13th October
A visit to Penang is incomplete without a visit to the world famous Thai, Burmese & Chinese temples. People come from far and wide to see these beautiful monuments which have become major tourist attractions. We decided to start our Penang trip by paying a visit to the Wat Chayamangkalaram temple also known as the Thai …

When I was preparing the trip (from home) I checked many blogs (specially from Tripadvisor) to find the way to travel from Melaka to Penang by bus. I was getting a little bit anxious as I couldn't find any info... oh well, the day arrived and I/we arrived in Melaka... I went to the tourist info desk and they told me where to go and what bus line to …

Our First day in Georgetown.

We woke to a beautiful fine morning. As a group of 13 people - all at differing hours. Some up early - who headed out into the streets around the vicinity of the hotel, others of us took the opportunity to rest in a bit after our big day of flying yesterday.

It seemed that Georgetown didn't really come …

... loved us instantly as we do her. Such a placid lady, and JoJo sports the biggest cheekiest grin. First stop is Wat Chayamangkalaram (http://www.malaysiasite.nl/buddhaeng.htm) a Thai Buddhist temple built in 1845 on land granted by Queen Victoria as ...

... man mit einem Lift aufs Flachdach fahren, oben beten und die Aussicht geniessen. Gleich gegenüber finden wir das Wat Chayamangkalaram (das sind Namen!) mit einem 33m langem, liegenden Buddha und lauter Gedenkbildern und Urnen von verstorbenen Personen ...

... pain free and far easier than was made out, we took a trip to two of Georgetown's best known temples - Wat Chayamangkalaram, a Buddhist temple, and Dhammikarama Burmese Temple. Chayamangkalaram contains a massive reclining Buddha that takes up ...

... up with the noise in the guesthouse and stopped watching after a while. In the island, we visited reclining Buddha (in Wat Chayamangkalaram Thai Temple), Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple (just in front of the Thai Temple), Snake Temple, Penang ...

... and thus was called “Mister David” for the next six hours. First stop was to be the Thai Buddhist Wat Chayamangkalaram Monastery, with its naga serpents, giant bodyguards and gigantic mediatation hall.  Residing inside the latter is a ...

... the jetty and we should come across it! Amazingly this plan worked and a short walk later we were on the 101 bus to Wat Chayamangkalaram or Sleeping Buddha to you and me! Matt soon regretted not getting a taxi when, upon pulling into Komtar Bus Terminal, ...

... we couldn't resist buying some original and coconut coffee, lovely! The reclining Buddah was next, the Buddah was in a temple called Wat Chayamangkalaram which was built in 1845. It's lying down with a length off 33 metres, its head is propped up ...

... from our hostel. Pretty much every night we were in Georgetown would end here! On our first day on Penang we went to the Wat Chayamangkalaram Temple to see on of the biggest reclining buddha's this one was huge it's about 30 metres long and is godplated. ...

... these beautiful monuments which have become major tourist attractions. We decided to start our Penang trip by paying a visit to the Wat Chayamangkalaram temple also known as the Thai temple of the Reclining Buddha. The temple was built in 1845 on land ...

... the most important day for Buddhists because on this day, Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and died. we're off to Wat Chayamangkalaram to see the 33 metre long, Gold plated Reclining Buddha. There was a festival there for this special day. ...