Love Lane Georgetown |
Love Lane Georgetown |
Love Lane Georgetown |
Generally most mojitos in Malaysia were quite bad.This was one of the exceptions and the best on this trip. "Olive" in UPS. |
Always interesting to read about my home country in foreign newspapers. This is from malaysian "The Star" |
Kek Lok Si temple |
To get in and out of Kek Lok Si you have to pass a lot of trinket stalls |
Kek Lok Si temple. A nice feature in the heat is the elevator... |
The goddess of mercy, Kuan Yin watching over Georgetown from Kek Lok Si. |
Kek Lok Si temple |
Kek Lok Si temple |
Kek Lok Si temple |
Kek Lok Si temple |
Kek Lok Si temple |
A hearty brekfast is necessary to get through todays heat wawe challenges |
Got your message... |
Banner in Chulia Street |
Masjid Kapitan Kling |
Fort Conwallis |
Some street in Georgetown |
A nordic symposium probably could be useful. But why HERE - 10000km away from any nordic country!? |
Chea Kongsi - chinese clan house in Lebuh Armenian |
Penang is known for its street art. "Kids on Bicycle" by Ernest Zacharevic probably is the most poular and most photographed. |
Money changer |
Hock Hin Keong. Better known as the "Snake Temple". |
Making new friends at the "Snake Temple" |
Green pit vipers in the "Snake Temple" |
Where I had my breakfasts and occationally dinner. On a bus stop in Chulia Street... |
The bus terminal by the Quay. Penang has a very convenient bus network. Buy a bus pass! |
Plenty of space (most of the time) and working a/c in the Rapid Penang buses |
Some would say it is well deserved, but 10000RM or 2 years in the slammer seems a little over the top to me. Nobody cared anyway |
The funicular to Bukit Bendara (Penang Hill) |
Penang Hill |
View from Penang Hill |
View from Penang Hill |
The funicular to Bukit Bendara (Penang Hill) at the top station |
From the walk between Penang Hill and the Botanical Gardens. Don't want too close contact with this guy... |
The road from the top of Penang Hill down to the Botanical Gardens. 800m drop in 5 km. Had to zigzag most of the time. |
The road from the top of Penang Hill down to the Botanical Gardens. 800m drop in 5 km. |
The road from the top of Penang Hill down to the Botanical Gardens. 800m drop in 5 km. Had to zigzag most of the time. |
The road from the top of Penang Hill down to the Botanical Gardens. |
My first laksa. |
The clan jetties |
The clan jetties |
The clan jetties |
The clan jetties |
Hean Boo Thean Temple |
After a super hot day, I always had a pit stop here for 2 glasses of lime juice to gain strength for the last 300 m back home. |
Some street in Georgetown |
View from my balcony at Hotel Mingood in Jalan Argyll |
This Malindo Air ATR-72 took me to Kuala Lumpur Subang |