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Georgetown Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Georgetown, Malaysia
Great grub in Georgetown
... temples and the smells of curry filling our noses. All this while the Muslim call to prayer is being transmitted. Georgetown is a perfect example of Malaysia's multi-cultrism. You also have the old British side to it all with manicured lawns and stone ...
Georgetown - sore calves and feet
Its time to stop larding about on beaches and so we headed off to Georgetown in Penang for a few days after Christmas. An absolutely fascinating place, a really culturally diverse mix of Malay, Chinese and Indians make up the population living alongside ...
Chinese New Year
Having heard that Georgetown was 'the' place to celebrate Chinese New Year, I headed back here via Langkawi, only to discover no one really knew when or where the main celebrations were! After being here for six days, I was killing time on my ...
Many wonderful and relaxing days in Penang
... . In addition to the fancy shopping malls, the skyscrapers and huge cities, and the western chain stores and eateries, Malaysia has an impressive infrastructure. The water is clean and the highways are impressive. I’ve also been ...
Captain Birdseye.
... such as notebook, newer mobile etc with skype/email/internet possibilities. Communication has been difficult, though interestingly, here in Malaysia it seems about 25% the cost of NZ and easier to access. You were right! 2) Not taking a better ...
Penang
Etape suivante : 3 jours à Penang. Parcours à pied des ruelles de Georgetown, ville inscrite au patrimoine de l'UNESCO, avec de vieilles maisons en ruine en côtoyant d'autres parfaitement renovées, un quartier de Chinatown plein de ...
Culinary Heaven
... best food in all of Malaysia which in itself is known for having some of the best in the world. Because of Malaysia's history as a midpoint between Indian/Chinese trading routes the food has an interesting blend of those cultures as well as the food ...
Fast Schneefall in Malaysia
Die Weiterreise nach Penang stand von Beginn weg unter einem schlechten Stern. Schon das Ticket organisieren war eine Tortur. Das Auffinden der Bahnstation, gefolgt vom nach Hauseweg, einfach (fast) alles ein unmögliches Unterfangen. Und das bei 35 ...
Georgetown
Our final city in Malaysia was Georgetown, which was established as a British settlement in 1786 making it the oldest one in Malaysia. Today the town is a slow paced town with a traditional Chinatown, Colonial sections, and even a beach (although we ...
Day 55
Had a wander down to the shopping mall today - how bizarre to hear xmas carols playing. Not like Slade or anything, but full-on 'Away in a manger'. Particularly bizarre given that this is a Muslim country and 98% of them don't celebrate Christmas. Went ...
A Hectic Business Trip In Penang
Arrived in Penang pretty early, ths flight which was supposed to take 1 hour landed in 40 minutes. Thats good news. The Penang Airport in under renovation and all the debris and smoke got into me and started a mild flu....hate it when that happens. From ...
Monkeys, mokeys, monkeys.......
Hello, josie here. Well today was very exciting, cos we saw monkeys!!!!! as usual i ve fucked up yet another computer trying to put my fotos on it, but i promise i ll work out how to do it soon. haha. Anyway, today we went to the botanical gardens, ...
lots of food, lots of walking...
A quick stopover to visit Georgetown (Penang), Malaysia. Here we found lots of good food, Chinatown, Little India, and a few ferry rides. It took some serious foot walking to figure out how to leave this island and make it to the Perentian ...
Scootermania!
... walk was closed already. Scooted back to the Hotel and loaded all our bags and packs onto the scooter. Fully packed back to Georgetown to return the scooter. While Pinang is not too exciting except for the old buildings and temples it is a heaven on ...
Penang: Butterflies and a really steep hill
... mode of transport this time. Normally we opt for foot power, but the farm is a little out of reach at 25 kilometres from Georgetown. 4 ringits was the fare, which was a bargain. We both sat and starred out of the bus window towards the strait ...
Searching For Solace in Penang
... coach station just south of the centre of the island. As I approached over one of the longest bridges in the world, I could see Georgetown, my destination, up in the north of the island and figured that it wasn’t too far to walk. After getting the ...
Penang
Let's face it - we're never going to write anything here, and no-ones ever going to read ...
On the road to Mandalay
... night on the sleeper train and 18 hours later I pulled into Butterworth, the train and ferry port for the island of Penang in Malaysia. Penang is an old British colony and it has the feel of it, there are many old colonial buildings housing a varied mix ...
Penang - food glorious food!
... been enjoying in India itself. We spent the next two days with Nienke and Ricard, on Tuesday following a historical walk around Georgetown, introducing them to the Malaysian game Congkak at the museum and taking the train up to Penang hill. After quite ...
Scooter adventure!!
... we would not get too lost among the Jalans, Lebuhs and Sungais. Made it out of Batu Feringhi headed East along the coast toward Georgetown. The whole strip is built up, and down the base of the hill we found the Floating Mosque on the beach front. Very ...
Another Study Day!
This morning we slept in, ahhh it felt so good to feel cold at night. But when we went downstairs to pay for tonight we found out that our room had been reserved for the night so we had to move to another more expensive room downstairs. Well, at least it ...
Day 44
Went for a wander round some of the main 'attractions' today. Hmm, Penang is a bit of a strange one. Part British heritage, part colonial, part Chinese, Indian, Muslim, oh and maybe a bit Malaysian. All the government buildings look straight out of ...
Penang
... ,stuff on sticks, soups, noodles, rice dishes and things that are hard to categorize and don't forget beer! By comparison Georgetown has mostly restaurants and hawker areas. Hawkers at onetime were street seller who have now gathered and moved to ...
The Island State
Penang, island, state, city. Took an afternoon bus up from Ipoh, after another wonderful meal prepared by Soh. We got into our hostel fairly quickly and easily, and then had a wander around town. Caught some alright Chinese, which ...
Turtles in Temples!
We had a mini bus transfer to take us from the Cameron Highlands across to Penang - It's an island joined to the mainland by a 13km bridge. After looking around a few guest houses we checked into Love Lane Inn, where Jimmy the owner was very helpful ...
In Which I Dance
As is becoming the norm out here, the journey to the former British port island of Penang was again far from faultless. This time, the bus decided to breakdown halfway into the journey leaving us standing around in the hot hot heat for a good ...
Day 54
Another 12.00 wake-up today. Man, I'm gonna end up sleeping this trip away. Went for a little wander and noticed that it's much hotter here than before I left to go to Langkawi. Which also means that it's the perfect time for all the blisters on my back ...
Chillin' in Chinatown!
... speak but they kept filming what we were doing. T'was a bit strange but how and ever, you never know we might be famous in Malaysia! Georgetown in Penang was not our cup of tea, we just used it was a stopover but we had a goodtime and made the most ...
Markets and Food of Penang
The very interesting look and feel of the people and the morning and night markets around Georgetown. I'll spare you the smells (meat and fish sitting out in the markets) and sounds (hocking up phlegm and yelling in Hokkien). Dim Sum is one ...
Penang
... temperature. Had to go and steal an extra blanket from another berth and put on some extra clothes to be able to sleep. Georgetown doesn't like it has changed too much in the last 50 years. Lots of colonial style buildings with their original paint. ...