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Big city with charm

George Town

The view from our tent

We spent relaxing days on the small Coconut Island! To enjoy the last days with Gerlinde, we treated ourselves to something that is actually above our planned budget - all the...

.... is one of the largest Buddhist temple complexes in Southeast Asia and - like the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona - is still under construction. Our highlight was not necessarily...

Finally the time had come, I had to give away my nail scissors, I wouldn't have thought that would happen in Malaysia, after all I have already flown around the world with them....

Since November 2022, entry to Penang National Park 🏞️ is no longer free! Tourists pay 50RM per person, while locals pay only 10RM. We didn't enjoy our second visit to Georgetown.

My Chinese zodiac sign: the Goat

Although the journey via the mainland would have been cheaper, we opted for the shorter and more enjoyable route via ferry. This took us from Langkawi to George Town on the...

A little hike that turned out differently than expected.

Often it is the people and encounters that determine whether one remembers a country positively or negatively. And at this point, I can already say that Malaysia will remain in...

Today, it was time to wake up at 7.15 to catch the bus to Penang after a quick breakfast which included toast with passion fruit honey and a fresh mango. At the bus station,...

George Town - Penang, Anyway, the fresh air was good and hiking was perfect. Nevertheless, I got back on the bus and reached Butterworth after a good 4 hours. Specifically, the...

Today we woke up early. The jetlag is still greeting us 😊 After breakfast, we drove off with our rental car. Ryan found a great spot. So great that we suddenly ended up in...

When we were informed at the airport that our flight was already one hour late, the signs were not particularly good. Thanks to the delay, we could only check into the hotel in...

To get to know the rest of Penang a bit, we drove to 'Taman Negara Pulau Penang', the national park there, on Friday of our second week. At the entrance, we all had to register....

George Town is the largest city on the island of Penang. The city has so many contrasts - colorful, beautiful, historic, hip, lively, multicultural, and many more...

Again this weekend, we were on the road, this time to the island of Penang in the northwest of the country. So on Saturday morning, we got on the bus again and this time we were...

Last year, just before Christmas, we decided to fly home on the island of Penang. So we've been here before, we knew what to expect, and we were excited because we had very good...

The last island we visit on our island hopping tour is Penang. Here, too, we travel from Langkawi by ferry and then take a car from Uber to the rented apartment in Georgetown....

The island of Penang blew us away. Not only because of the sweltering 37 degrees Celsius outside temperature and high humidity, but also because of the diversity of this place....

After reluctantly saying goodbye to our visit, we had to leave Thailand as our visa was about to expire. The next destination was Malaysia!!

06.07.-09.07.2017 Overnight, we drove from the east back to the west coast to Georgetown, on the island of Penang. The city is a UNESCO World Heritage site and has street art...

That describes our stay in George Town pretty well! Georgetown is the capital of the island of Penang, used to be a British colonial town and is on the UNESCO World Heritage...

Yes, today it was all about 'A day at the beach in Golden Sands Resort'. Since Penang is more of an industrial city and the mosques and pagodas were closed, we decided to have a...

Exploring Penang on foot in one day

14th - 20th Jan '19 This time I have almost exclusively art pictures for you, because in Georgetown you can find big paintings or small sketches on the walls of every corner. We...

Day 5 (March 11, 2023): Our day started relatively early again as we wanted to take the ferry from Butterworth to Georgetown at 8 am. Georgetown is the oldest British settlement...

A few days ago, we continued our journey to George Town. At around 1 pm, we took the ferry from Ko Samui back to the mainland to Surat Thani. However, we had to wait at the...

Today we visited our second port in Malaysia, Georgetown. It will also be our last port in Malaysia. The planned stop in Langkawi was cancelled because Cunard allegedly had...