Ramadan is an excellent time to visit Penang, Malaysia!
It was still pitch-dark outside, when the first morning Azan, a Muslim call to prayer, blasted through our hotel room. The voice was crackly and old and the speakers were amplified to...
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Street Food in Penang, Malaysia, Pt. 4, Nasi Kandar
Penang street food is world renowned for its quality and variety. It’s a real challenge to taste all of the island’s specialties, but a fun challenge. Sometimes a taste for a certain dish...
St. George’s Church, Penang, Malaysia
Happy St. George’s Day! Yes, April 23rd is the traditional day that St. George the great slayer of dragons, is remembered. It is “traditionally” accepted that he died on this date in 303...
Fisherman Village, Teluk Kumbar, Malaysia
Teluk Kumbar, located on the southern side of Penang Island, is an excellent place to make early morning seascape photographs, and observe fisherman in their daily routines of mending and untangling nets, and...
The Floating Mosque- Penang, Malaysia
The Floating Mosque, or Tanjung Bungah Floating Mosque, was built in 2004, to replace the old mosque that was damaged by the deadly tsunami disaster of that same year. While it’s not...