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Travel Blogs from Pulau Penang
September the 11th
... insurance. Provided by Anglia Ruskin. Is it not worth asking me about this first? I'd learnt from yesterday and explained my situation to her, then provided my insurance details. Ridiculous.
The only real plan I actually had for today was to go to the university for my induction.
After some demographic questionnaires on what students like and their favourite colour (?) with other serious waste of time questions, there followed ...
Eating in Penang
... of Indian roti sliced up and served with a curry sauce, and in Langkawi I also had it cooked with egg—my favourite breakfast yet.
In fact, food is the definite star of this stop. We did explore the historic centre of Georgetown and looked at the Chinese clan houses, Hindu temples, and mosques; we admired the Chinese houses with red lanterns, huge burning incense sticks, and ancestor altars tacked to poles. We were temporarily taken back to India as we walked through ...
Colourful and Characterful
... are 9 or 10 and I managed to snap pics of a few of them.
The two obvious cultural areas are China town and Little India, which has now been officially ...
Georgetown
... to colonise the island), the Penang Art Gallery, the Penang State Museum and the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, the very beautiful and ornate former home of the 19th-century merchant Chung Keng Kwee which now holds over 1000 antiques and collectables depicting the life of the Straits Chinese.
In the evenings we wondered around Little India where the South Indian immigrants have made there home. It was ...
Cultural melting pot of food
... an indian's front room that opened on the street.The standard of the oldest profession in the world has gone up by the way.
Day 2
Chew jettys Built in the mid-19th century by immigrants from china was the first visit today.(Need breakfast). These are wooden homes built on stilts out into the sea. Makes it more real as people still live normally in each of these dwellings. Felt like we were interfering ...
Location
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Other places to stay in Pulau Penang
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Bayview Hotel Georgetown Penang
25A Farquhar Street, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $60 -
PARKROYAL Penang Resort, Malaysia
Batu Ferringhi Beach, Batu Ferringhi | 4 star hotelfrom $112 -
Holiday Inn Resort Penang
72 Batu Ferringhi, Batu Ferringhi | 3 star hotelfrom $232 -
Sunway Hotel Georgetown Penang
Tlalpan Sur/South, Georgetown | 3 star hotelfrom $135 -
Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La
Batu Feringgi Beach, Batu Ferringhi | 4 star hotelfrom $160 -
Bayview Beach Resort
Batu Ferringhi Beach, Batu Ferringhi | 4 star hotelfrom $79 -
Copthorne Orchid Hotel Penang
Tanjung Bungah, Pulau Penang | 3 star hotelfrom $140- Please, dont go...
- Wouldnt go back
- Building site in desperate need of some clenaing!
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Hotel Equatorial Penang
1 Jalan Bukit Jambul, Bayan Lepas | 4 star hotelfrom $80 -
Crown Jewel Hotel
Jalan Tanjung Bungah, Batu Ferringhi | 3 star hotelfrom $73 -
Evergreen Laurel Hotel
53 Persiaran Gurney, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $78 -
Cititel Penang
66 Jalan Penang, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $70 -
Hard Rock Hotel Penang
Batu Ferringhi Beach, Batu Ferringhi | 5 star hotelfrom $115 -
Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort
527 Jalan Tanjung Bungah, Tanjung Bungah | 3 star hotelfrom $68 -
Georgetown City Hotel
1-Stop Midlands Park, Burmah Road, Georgetown | 3 star hotelfrom $95 -
Traders Hotel Penang
Magazine Road, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $102 -
Hydro Hotel Penang
Miami Beach, Batu Ferringhi | 4 star hotelfrom $58 -
Gurney Resort Hotel & Residences
18 Persiaran Gurney, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $77 -
Vistana Hotel Penang
213 Jalan Bukit Gambir, Bukit Jambul, Bayan Lepas | Hotelfrom $79 -
Naza Hotel
No.555, Jalan CM Hashim, Georgetown | 2 star hotelfrom $34 -
Eastern & Oriental Hotel
10 Farquhar Street, Georgetown | 5 star hotelfrom $300 -
Tune Hotels. com Downtown Penang
100, Jalan Burmah, Georgetown | 2 star hotelfrom $18 -
Northam All Suite
55, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $69 -
G Hotel
168A Persiaran Gurney, Georgetown | 4 star hotelfrom $154 -
Independent (SPHC) Mutiara Beach Resort Penang
1 Jalan Teluk Bahang, Pulau Penang | 5 star hotel -
Lone Pine Hotel
97 Batu Ferringhi, Batu Ferringhi | 4 star hotelfrom $177 -
Tanjung Bungah Beach Hotel
505 Jalan Tanjung Bungah, Tanjung Bungah | 3 star hotelfrom $36