Penang Travelogue

Hey all! I finally have time to write an elaborated post of my 3 days 2 nights travel to Georgetown, Penang.
I brought my mum with me as a post Mother's Day celebration vacation trip!

Old shoplots

Famous Taugeh Chicken Rice

Was hungry so we had a pre-dinner of bean sprout chicken rice. 

 I only arrive in Penang via a direct flight at 4.30pm so by the time I reach my hotel it's already 5pm so we went to search for food.

Penang Tower

 Shoot while exploring the place for the very first time!

Kueh Chap place

 First dinner at Restoran Kimberly, Kueh Chap duck meat. Delicious and big portion and it cost us RM7  a bowl. I recommend ordering a bowl for two to share because we ordered two bowls and no room left to try dessert after.

Duck Kueh Chap

Georgetown street

I love walking down the street doing street photography and Penang is so clean! I was homesick then so it reminds me of my hometown Kuching. 

This British building caught my eye 

Antique signboard

DAY 2

Pretty dot ceiling at breakfast place

Cha Koay Teow ,Cha Koay Kak and Penang White Coffee

First morning breakfast!

We discovered this place by chance and coincidently few of my friends on Foursquare checked in this place before so here we are at Sin Seow Fong Lye Cafe.

Lo Mee and Har Mee. 

Last day morning breakfast

We went to visit the Peranakan Mansion and get to know about the Baba&Nyonya culture and history.

The ticket is RM20 per person for adults and RM10 for children

Somebody is having their wedding photos taken here too. 

I only know that the owner of the Mansion then had 2 wives.

I love the many patterns on the floor of the Mansion

The entrance 

Jewellery for sale here

My fav shot from this visit! A working antique camera!

Actually a lot of  antique in the Mansion and some of them are still usable!

Which Peranakan specs do you want? 

We went on the Trishaw to the Peranakan Mansion 

Before the visit to the Mansion we went to hunt the Murals in Georgetown so scroll down~

Old school car park machine

A night out with Penang Bloggers~

The waitress has shaky hands - huhu 

I also met Henry and Camy and other Penang Bloggers at Piknik!

Round mirrors

Piknik Interior

Fun times! 

Here's a random journey through Penang streets - by the way all photos here are taken by film camera except some normal looking photos which I believe you can spot =P

I absolutely love the clean and well conserved. Reminds me of old streets in Kuching (that I hope our State Government will conserve and not tear every old buildings down). 

on the right side of the street from Tune Hotel 

We are here in Penang for 1 1/2 days despite the 3D2N itinerary.

Very cool Mural of a woman smoking 

Mint outline of old building is so cute!

Cute Building 

I love the retro buildings and funky colours!

The shops are so old that the windows are slanted 

This is the walk in the Mural area!

Yap Kongsi 

Ice cream shop

Wired comics

Bicycle Lane

I wish I did rent a bike to go around but my mum do not know how to cycle so end up we use Beca.XD

All sorts of shapes and size for buildings in Georgetown

Poor dog

After walking around aimlessly for 15minutes, we gave up and paid RM30 per hour for  Trishaw.

Reaching Up - Reach for the window? 

Cannon Street

Low fence just the good old days

One thing I noticed in Penang is there's a lot of temples!

Antique shop! 

Unfinish Lion Dance

The whole of Georgetown I suppose have hidden Murals~

The Little Children on a Bicycle Mural - Contrary to popular beliefs of long queue, I did not have to. 

I went to Penang on weekdays so that explains why there's not a lot of people showing up at the Mural.
Located at Armenian Street.

Boy on a Bike 

Ah  Quee Street

Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur 

Ah Quee Street just next to the Boy on a Bike Mural but the walls are falling apart so we can hardly see the dinosaur.

Brother and Sister on a Swing 

Gat Lebuh Chulia now known as Step by Step lane and was painted by local Penang artist, Louis Gan.

Kids Playing Basketball

By the way at this street, I saw locals selling Mural inspired souvenirs - notebooks, notepad and other stationeries.

Mural at Jetty

We are here to see the Children in a Boat mural but it was completely faded so we bought souvenirs here instead!

Boats at Jetty

The village houses are so near to each other.

A lot of movies shot here and some interesting signs 

Temple outside the Jetty

While on the Trishaw 

View from the Trishaw

So these photos pretty much sums up what I did in Penang. To sum it up in words: Walk, Eat, Explore,Eat.
I will be back Penang! I have yet to try the famous Penang Laksa and desserts.