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Georgetown Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Georgetown, Malaysia
Tacky Tourism and Colonial Buildings
This is a top pick! ... coast of the island to the resort town of Batu Ferringhi - what a shock that was! Basically we stayed 4 nights then moved onto Georgetown, we only managed 4 nights in such a place because Matts parents were staying in that resort, we had a hire car to get ...
Melting Pot
This is a top pick! ... struggle with, the community reveled in the idea of being “same, same, but different”. Our first day in the Georgetown neighbourhood was an endurance test given the heat, humidity, and a smog you almost needed to machete your way ...
A charming little town
This is a top pick! A quaint, colonial town with a hint of charm, that's Georgetown, a.k.a. Penang, Malaysia. I don't know why I really wanted to make a stop here on our way to KL, but I really did. My motive was the Heritage Trail, for which I was mocked ...
Kek Lok Si Temple
This is a top pick! ... the soggy first day. We started at Kek Lok Si Temple, which our guidebook said was the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia. I believe that, because it's a predominantly Muslim country. But wikipedia says it’s the largest in Southeast Asia. That I ...
Best Food
This is a top pick! ... Lucy couldn't stop shooting at the old buildings. As much as these are disappearing to fast in both Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, Georgetown is overloaded with them. We had a look at various Taoist temples, and everytime I went up the stairs, if there was ...
The Bang Was In Penang.
This is a top pick! ... of fire crackers filled the air. The smells were of incense, gunpowder and combined with the notorious smell of Georgetown drains. The Lion and Dragon costumes are very intricate and usually have around three to four teenagers ...
...we roam around, around, around.
This is a top pick! Our second full day in Georgetown we also wandered around. We grabbed some lunch (which for Jackie ended up being cold chicken and rice with anchovies on it, didn't quite finish that meal) an then tried to find a bus that would take us to the Penang Hill. ...
A wander round the city
This is a top pick! I arrived in Georgetown around 7.00pm. Penang is an island off the north west coast of Malaysia and is reachable by a 17km bridge (said to be the longest in southeast Asia). I eventually managed to find somewhere to stay and get some dinner before I ...
Penang
This is a top pick! ... 't feel too well when I get up, noodles or rice just do not cut it for me... and the right place we found!! Georgetown White Coffee house... the place where drama unravels! We miss our trucks already now that we walk along side open sewers streets, take ...
Island Ride Almost Wipes Out New Team Member
This is a top pick! ... atmospheric building and room to park the bikes. Showered we headed out to sample hawker stall food and check out a bit of the Georgetown. Food was great – Nasi Goreng (spicy rice with little salty fish) and we also got some takeaway iced coffee and ...
Eating in Penang
This is a top pick! ... a laksa and it went down well. After that, I went over the mountains until I reached a town with the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia, or so the book states !!! There was a huge statue standing, and loads of things to see in the various buildings. ...
Salamat Datang - Welcome!
This is a top pick! ... just so tired. Never fear though, readers, the adventure did follow! We spent the afternoon having a bit of a walk around Georgetown. We were centrally located, and I'll have to admit, I was a bit surprised by the narrowness of the streets ...
I've arrived in Pinang, Malaysia
This is a top pick! Pinang is a small island, and so is really a great example of small island life in Malaysia. It was colonialized, so the main square has all these great colonial administrative buildings in it. There are also a lot of colonial buildings that ...
The halfway stage!
This is a top pick! ... quality of this particular one was appalling and it was hard to hear over the noise of the traffic. When we came out, Georgetown was a different place. The streets were full of dogs, prostitutes and lady-boys and Pip remarked that he couldn't tell the ...
Butterfly farm and night market
This is a top pick! Version traduite plus bas Dec 31st, Butterfly farm and night market The butterfly farm is quite small, yet holds beautiful plants with lots of flowers for the butterflies to feed off them... lots of kids too who try to catch the butterflies, which is too ...
Monkey Business in Malaysia!
This is a top pick! ... wonderful christmas break?? Did anyone do anything exciting? Did anyone make any new year's resolutions? I'm in a small city in Malaysia called Georgetown! Hehe! I really love Malaysia, it's a wonderful country. It's absolutely beautiful, the weather is ...
Sightseeing Penang
This is a top pick! ... car before collecting us and taking us up the steep hill all the way to the top where the dam is, and what a view over Georgetown! She dropped us off at the highest area of the temple, next to an enormous statue of Buddha under a concrete gazebo, which ...
Panang
This is a top pick! ... we had no qualms at handing over our treasured passports only to be told we would not get them back until we had reached Langkawi, Malaysia. At 9.30 we were all instructed to board some long tail boats which then ferried all 30 of us to what can only be ...
Head cold: it must be the weather !
This is a top pick! ... about 20 km east of Ipoh and about 150 km north of Kuala Lumpur and about 130 km south of southernmost Thailand, in Pahang, Malaysia. At 1.500 m above sea level it is the highest area on the mainland, and enjoys a cool climate, with temperatures no higher ...
Morning Tour of the Highlands then to Penang
This is a top pick! 09:05 We started off the day on a half day tour this involved going to Brinchang town to the Chinese Sam Pou temple. We have some Saudis with us, both women in full burkas looking slightly intimidating, except that one of them seems to refuse to let go ...
Jalan Sehala
This is a top pick! Sleeping in and cold MUCH better. It is noon when we leave our hotel and we walk back to the centre of the city. I find a bar with SANDWICHES. Can I please have a sandwich? I love fried rice, tom yam soup, Chinese, Malay and Thai food but I long for a ...
Penang
This is a top pick! Not the best time this time around in Penang, arrived and spent the best part of 2 hrs wandering the streets with both my packs looking for the Indonesian embassy, being too stubborn to pay for a taxi there. Got there, and like the others, it was bloody ...
Cheerio Malaysia, its been a blast.
This is a top pick! ... heart-strings slightly). Then got the poor little bike up to the highest point in the highlands for some views. So now in Georgetown, and have pretty much just been mucking around. Had a look at a few old buildings as you do. Not much point ...
Hawker centre
This is a top pick! ... by the British, named on 12 August 1786 to commemorate the birthday of the Prince of Wales, later, King George IV. The capital Georgetown, was named after King George III of Great Britain. And that is where we are staying. We know, we can only ...
Happy birthday Wes !!!
This is a top pick! ... today we go to the Kek Lok Si Temple. This was the reason to come here, I need to see the statue of Kuan Yin. She is a Buddhist goddess, 30 meter high and completely made from Bronze. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kek_Lok_Si_Temple ...
Malaysian Madness
This is a top pick! ... were met by the proprietor, sat there with his belly out drinking Californian Shiraz - oh to be a guesthouse owner eh??? Alcohol in Malaysia is expensive compared to the rest of Asia so we assumed he must be doing alright for himself! It's reduced our ...
Little India.
This is a top pick! Day 208 ; When we got moving today our first place on the list was Fort Cornwallis. Had expected Georgetown in general just to be an interesting place, buildings, culture etc although on arrival and trying to find things of interest in the local area ...
Off to Georgetown...
This is a top pick! ... late too, had some English films on though so got stuck into them. It was dark and peeing it down when we arrived in Georgetown at gone half eight I think, settled for the first taxi and the first place chosen out of the book. Ended up at a ...
Georgetown
... acostomed to the arch in the back the backpacks give you, we find a really nice hostel on the infamous Love Lane of Georgetown Pehang (noted for its numerous brothels, given only slightly away by the seedy back rooms with scantaly clad... could be female, ...
The rustic island
... the sensationalised idea in the press that Muslim = extremeist or immigrant. The ma, called Bakr, was not alone. Indeed, thoughout Malaysia, it is not uncommon to see a Mosque alongside a Hindu temple and a Chinese Buddhist temple. This form of ...