24 September 2023, Sunday After the action-packed day yesterday, we had a lighter slate on our plate today, with only two main sightseeing objectives – Penang Hill and Kek Lok Si Temple. Yesterday night, I had pre-purchased tickets for our Penang Hill visit, because I read that the queue to take the funicular can be […]
Category: Revisiting Penang 2023
23 September 2023, Saturday For our second day in Penang, our main agenda was to visit George Town. The historic core of the city was prescribed a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Malacca City in 2008. Penang and Melaka were the two historic port cities along the Straits of Malacca during British colonial rule […]
22 September 2023, Friday (Exchange rate: S$1 = RM3.40) Rise and shine! It was finally time for our short family getaway to Penang, a former British colony located on the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. I have been to Penang twice as a child, in 1987 and 1991, when I was 5 and 9 years […]