Traders Hotel Penang

... to settle there. Each street was reserved for a different nationality- Europeans along Light Street, Chinese in China Street, Indian traders settled along Chulia Street. Although each street had its own ethnic group, there was no segregation. It seemed ...

It was good to be given 4 days off but the night flight over to Penang was a little scary. We flew through a lightning storm, and you could see sparks jumping off the wings, like little fireflies. The physicist in me knows all about Faraday cages and how ...

... a pokey but charming little 2nd hand bookshop before heading off to another Chinese food stall for dinner. And that's it for Penang.The hotel provided us with a little relative luxury (and free broadband) before going back to the shack ...

... between 18th and 20th Century. Due to its functional trading location (sitting on the NE corner of Penang), it evolved into the capital, and attracted settlers/traders from all over the world - Chinese, Indians, Burmese, Europeans, Armenians, etc. The ...

... for its wonderful food, colonial buildings, ecclectic Chinatown and its military history. The island has important strategetic positioning for traders and has been home to just about everyone: the Dutch, Chinese, British, Siamese, Burmese, Indonesians, ...

... (who else...) as an open trading post, as stopover on the silk & spice route in between China and India. Chinese traders flooded in, and Indians as well and the city today is fascinationg mix of three major cultures - Chinese buddhists, Indian hindus ...

... . The whole scene was a bit odd. And then it became more so when I noticed the sign above the entrance to the building: Coffin Traders. And now it was just awkward. Apparently I was attending a funeral. And with that, it was time to go. I was getting ...

... samosa and noodle vendors. Despite it being a popular tourist centre, there is none of the calling and pestering of Thailand's traders. As such, it's a wonderful place to wander, to admire the peeling, cracking, pastel paints on second-floor shutters, the ...

... for larger chariots. We went back down the next day but there was hardly anything going on apart from a few traders. At midnight the chariot leaves Waterfall Temple on its return journey to Little India marking the end of the ...

... in Georgetown is an aesthetic blend of decaying streets of wooden Chinese shop fronts, Indian traders and smoking temples. The Eastern & Oriental hotel is a magnificently opulent 19th century luxury built by another nationality not encountered since ...

... her name, although this doesn’t mean we didn’t like her or really appreciate all of her very useful advice), to Traders Hotel which has a 33rd floor indoor swimming pool and bar with great views straight out to said towers. Not wanting a ...

... the fancy shopping malls, never doubting that we were in foreign territory there, and headed up to the 33rd floor of the central Traders Hotel to take a birdseye view of the city below and the mammoth Petronas Towers just across from us at the KLCC Park. ...

Today saw us leaving the glorious ambience of the Traders Hotel as we set off north for the Cameron Highlands, which once more entailed battling the wonderful gentlemen touting for custom at the Puduraya Bus Terminal. Perhaps having booked in advance may ...

... , and the best part is we went shopping while some stores are about to close! After the mall crawl, we headed to the Sky Bar in Traders Hotel to meet up with one of Mai's relatives. Well, I'm not sure if that's Mai's aunt, but I had fun there. The view of ...

... going our seperate ways tomorrow and have to be at the airport by 5:55am so she wants him to bed early. Phil and I are off to Penang for 2 nights, whilst Mum and her friend are off to Cambodia for 4 nights and Nan and Pop are going to Langkawi for 4. ...

... at the rank, who then drives you wherever you want to go inside that zone. I asked the driver to take me to my hotel, Traders, which is in the centre of KL and about 40 minutes from the airport. The view from my Deluxe Tower Room was ...

... returned slightly south and visited the Cameron Highlands today and then later driving back past Taiping and onwards to Penang. Cameron Highlands are certainly an impressive range of very green forest/mountains and extensive agriculture and tea ...

... had playing (not West Ham btw). After several days of retox and detox our final morning in KL was spent booking a bus to Penang which was harder than we were led to believe as the station was chaos with hundreds of vendors. Eventually we found one and ...

... trade between Asia and Europe. Trade history is fascinating, and I particularly love maps of trade routes. It’s amazing that traders would take great risks to journey across the world to acquire products abroad which they could sell at home, and ...

... view) before going out for some dinner. Final day in KL today, before we head off to Ipoh to spend the night before continuing to Penang.  We have booked to go up the Petronas Towers at 3:45pm - so will take some pics from the sky bridge. We both ...