Added another UNESCO World Heritage site into my list of travelled places. Georgetown, the historic capital of Penang island, is listed by UNESCO in 2008 for its unique architectural and cultural townscape.
The City Hall colony building in white. It was a stormy day with huge waves hitting the wall. Fyi, the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami hit Penang in 2004.
The City Hall and the Old Town Hall are well-preserved British colonial buildings since 1903. It was drizzling, a bad weather for us to take any photo. Look at the puddles of water on the field.
Queen Victoria Clock Tower was presented to Penang by a local millionaire in 1897.
This semi-spherical sculpture is located next to the Clock Tower.
Kapitan Keling Mosque was built in the early 19th century and is the most prominent historic mosque in Penang. You see all these iconic buildings around Beach Street.
Look at the cannon over the wall and you know it’s a fort. Fort Cornwallis was built in 1793, but due to its strategic planning errors, it was unlikely to defend the city from invasion!
Chinese temple with beautiful carvings.
Old shophouses.
Rows of shophouses in Georgetown.
Remember this place at Gat Lebuh Aceh. You can taste very nice Assam Laksa (Penang Laksa) at the stall located in this corner. Fyi, Assam Laksa is made of mackerel soup with a sour taste of the assam (tamarind), fish flakes and other ingredients such as lemongrass, mint, pineapple slices, chilli, sweet prawn paste etc. The stall was not opened that day due to public holidays. I didn’t eat any Assam Laksa in Penang cos of that!
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19 Comments
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Hoyeah!!
Looked awesome lor!!
Hehehe~
@Zara: Congratulation! Yes u r first! LOL!!! XD
great pics!!I love the chinese temple pic so much
@ivana: small temple with intricate carvings.
hey nice photo… i like it
Nice pictures, make me missed Penang so much.
hi eunice, thank you very much for this tour. you make the world more beautiful thru your photos. i particularly like the semi-spherical sculpture. it’s a modern icon in the middle of a world heritage site. my brother never told me about this when he went there.
I like the contrasts – modern sculpture in among the older stately buildings and not far from forts and cannons.
@peteformation: same here
@dong ho: right!
@Mark H: Yep, all are around the same area.
nice snaps, I like it, would like to see more
Oooooooooooooooooooooh! I thought like Georgetown Georgetown. I think its a school in the US. I don’t know
Good to see that I’m a little smarter today because of your posts! Thanks!
@sanket: sure, seeya again.
@chris: haha yeah the place was once ruled by the British that’s why.
you might as well want to visit the UNESCO world heritage sites in the philippines. we can tour you around.
@dong ho: Okay, if I get sponsor for my flight ticket and hotel accommodation in the Philippines hehehe
very historical building. i lake to visit such place. i heard there are many in melaka, heritage and historical places, have you published some in your blog?
@dede: Went Melaka before but didn’t take many photos. =) Next time…
To think people are paying millions to own Sentosa properties for the seaview filled with containers and ships… *roll eyes*
@wealthjourney: guess what? I am going to post my Sentosa trip soon! Agree! There are containers, constructions, everywhere in Sentosa.