Saturday, January 14, 2017

Malaysia (Georgetown-UNESCO) Jan 2017 D1 - Part 1

Day 1 - Part 1 (12/1/2017)

Subang Jaya (home place) > KL Sentral (LRT train-Rapid KL) - 35 minutes

Subang Jaya LRT station
KL Sentral LRT station

KL Sentral (KTM ETS Train) > Butterworth (09.00>12.45) - Rm44 (Platinum seat- Senior) - new electric train services, air-conditioned, cosy, comfortable, average speed 80-150km per hour, approx. 4 hr from KL > Butterworth


Ferry Crossing from Butterworth ferry Terminal > Penang Island (Rm1.20)


Accommodation (2 nights): Casa 56 Inn, Love Lane (Georgetown UNESCO Heritage Zone), Penang Tel +60-42635055 - RM32 (US$7) dorm + free breakfast


My lunch in Georgetown

Wanton Noodles - Rm4 + Hot barley water - Rm1.50
Fried oysters - Rm10

My dinner in Gurney Drive Hawker Center

Royak - Rm4 + Wumo Cha Cha - Rm3.50
Assam Laksa - Rm4

Going British - following the British heritage trail


1) Weld Quay (1880)



2) Wisma Kastam (Customs Building) - formerly the Malayan Railway Building (1907)



3) Swettenham Pier (1904)



4) Church Street Pier (1897)


5) Queen Victoria Memorial Clock (1897)


6) Fort Cornwallis (1786) - entrance fee Rm5 (senior)

Captain Francis Light, founder of  Penang


7) Cenotaph - World War 1 Memorial (1948)


8) The Penang High Court Building (1809)


9) City Hall (1903)



10) Convent Light Street School (1852)


11) Penang Museum


12) St George Church (1818)


13) Cathedral Of Assumption (1861)


14) Goddess of Mercy - Guan Yin Temple (1880)


15) Sri Maha Marianman Temple (1833)


16) Kapitan Keling Mosque (1801) - the oldest mosque in Penang, first built by the East India Company's troops. 


17) Acheen Street Malay Mosque (1808)


18) God of Prosperity - Tua Peh Kong Temple (1860)


19) Yap Temple (1894)


20) Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi's Clan Temple (1873)



21) Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi's Clan Temple (1873)


22) Cheong Fatt Sze Mansion - The Blue Mansion (1880)


23) Penang Teochew Association (1870)


24) PG Gold Museum


25) Lim Clan Jetty, Weld Quay - The Clan Jetties is a part of the Heritage Trail of Penang. There are now 6 jetties left after a century of existence. The Chew jetty is the most popular one with long walkway & a temple. 

Lim Jetty in 1910

The Clans Piers on the Waterfront, Penang in 1945


26) Pictures of Other Heritage Buildings in Georgetown


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