Penang Hill The funicular rail car fills with tourists, all taking the easy ride up Penang Hill: for the views and tourist attractions at the top. We stand at the front, the steep rails snake up in front of us, thick cables quiver to pull...
Penang Street Art Penang’s George Town has become a flourishing street art hotspot; a safari through the old town streets reveals cats, children and words of wisdom: all bringing life to crumbling walls and plain buildings. It began when Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic was commissioned to...
George Town, Penang My heart races as the ferry crosses the narrow channel from peninsula Malaysia to the island of Penang; I have dreamed of returning to this multicultural jewel for six years. The ferry deposits us on the fringes of George Town, Penang’s capital,...
The Bangkok to Butterworth Train: The International Express from Thailand to Malaysia. Penang: it is one of my favourite places on earth. This small island in the north-western coast of peninsula Malaysia is a melting pot of culture; feed your eyes, your belly and your...
Halloween Chinatown Cashew Nut Cookies These pumpkin-shaped cookies are inspired by my travels in China and Malaysia; I was happily writing up our travels in Penang, Malaysia – reminiscing on the sights, smells and foods of this multicultural island – and simultaneously wondering what to...
