After discovering George Town the previous day I used the local bus to visit some other sites on the island.
First was Suffolk House - where founder of George Town Francis Light lived. The house has is lovely and has been beautifully restored. I was the left to my own devices to look around the house which also has a top end restaurant. Although the house looks great now, it was the before and after pictures (see below) that impressed me the most.
After this I went to the huge but slightly disappointing Kek Lok Si Temple, a huge colourful temple complex. It's one of the biggest in Asia and has a Chinese influence. In every room there was something for sale and it felt like a big Buddhist shopping mall in a temple.
Penang Hill offer views of the city and the peak contained a deserted old convalescence home that that British used.
In the evening I visited the beautiful E&O Hotel in George Town and drank and expensive E&O Sling in bar there. Ate some Wanton Mee noodles and sank a few Chang at the hotel.
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| My hotel was on Love Lane, the names comes from colonial times when many naughty couples used to hook up here |
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| The incense queue |
Suffolk House
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| So impressed by how by how they salvaged this house |
Kek Lok Si Temple
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| Kaya Bao (Coconut Bun) |
Penang Hill...
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| I like the clouds in this picture. Butterworth is on the left across the water, and you can also see Penang Bridge stretching away across the water. |
Abandoned convalescence home
The E&O Hotel
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| An E&O Sling - hits the spot |
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| Another day another Indian bread of some sort |
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| Wanton Mee |
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| Worth borrowing |
