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A hotel lounge is still a hotel lounge, no matter how glossy and airbrushed it may be. People wait here for other people. The effervescent staff fortunately provide some saving grace. A local band, Impact (All-Girl), belts out... more
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Locally known as the "only railway station without a rail." its clock tower is a beautiful sight, deeply engraved in the minds of older day-ferry passengers as a defining and romantic element of a trip to Penang. The building w... more
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Real Travelers who've been here
Hustler said
…??Off to the botanical gardens, jumping on the local bus with a lunatic of a Malaysian bus driver, who wakes me up… continue reading »
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Real Travelers who've been here
Wanderlust Mugfords said
… the funicular up the 900metre Penang Hill for some excellent views of the island and its infamous 13km bridge… continue reading »
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Considered the earliest and today the only Burmese temple in Malaysia, one Nonya Bentong purchased it from George Layton for only 390 Spanish dollars in 1803. Visitors should not miss the Sasana Vamsa Sima Shrine Hall to see th... more
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Real Travelers who've been here
Chris & Catherine said
… such as the British Fort Cornwallis, the Chinese clan house 'the Khoo Kongsi' and the Kek Lok Si Temple but there were… continue reading »
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Real Travelers who've been here
Suzie Barnes said
…. We visited the Kek Lok Si Temple, which is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia, which… continue reading »
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Real Travelers who've been here
globalchoirboy said
… of the day was at the snake temple. The temple snakes were taken out that day and put in a tree because… continue reading »
Georgetown Travel Experiences
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Penang / Georgetown
To be honest we didn't see much in Penang - we arrived on a late night flight so by the time we made our way to our hotel (which we had b... Continue reading »
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A couple of days in George Town, Penang.
It was another comfortable bus for the six hour ride from the highlands to Penang Island. A pretty cool ride out of the high mounta... Continue reading »
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Georgetown, Penang
After spending an unmemorable day in Kota Bharu on the east coast we headed back across the peninsula to Penang. It was an eight hour bus... Continue reading »
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Malaysia, Penang Island: Colonial and Chinese Inf...
After all the effort we went through in order to change our Malaysian itinerary to include a couple of nights in Cameron Highlands, we en... Continue reading »
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Miniature Continents.
Hello my marvelous and greatly missed peeps at home!Now...I'm writing this from Laos no less...that means we are about as far behind... Continue reading »
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