Penang Day 1 (15/2/2014 Saturday)

Although i know that this was way overdue, I still wanna share the highlights of this trip. Yeah, Penang it was!! My stay in Penang was 2 days 1 night and the amount of food i consumed was unimaginable. HAHA.

I reached Penang around 2 something and used a cab to go to my hotel, which was Banana Boutique Hotel located at Chulia Street. I decided on Banana Boutique Hotel because of its strategic location in Georgetown, which is a very popular tourist spot and it is only a few minutes walk from murals and most importantly STREET FOOD!!
The hotel's website:
http://www.bananaboutiquepenang.com
   

Exterior of hotel

The hotel gave an ancient vibe, decorated with exquisite antiques. The hotel was formerly a mansion which explain its house like design. After checking in, I was in a hurry to hit the street and hunt for street food. First i hopped off to look for the famous Penang Chendol and asam laksa at Kimberley Street. YES!! MY STREET!! 

Just look at the amount of people lining up!!! OMG!!! Just at the coffee shop beside this stall I had Penang fried kway teow and asam laksa. The asam laksa was the best of what I had come across!!

1st row: Duck Kueh Cap, Shaved ice, some kueh with cabbage

                            2nd row: Asam laksa, teochew chendol, fried kway teow

After filling up my stomach, I proceeded to Armenian Street to start my street art hunting. 

I was only able to find about 10 street art or murals due to lack of time. As it was a weekend, I was forced to line up among enthusiastic tourists and fight for my turn to snap a picture at these places. I did not have a map or anything, I just hunted the whole street and follow the crowd. Just join in when you see people swarming to one place! I could say that I was impressed by all of the murals as they are found at the most unpredictable places. There was so many FOOD all along the streets so you can eat while you hunt for street arts so no worries. A lot of unique shops could be found too such as The Owl shops, some random souvenir shop to shops that sell hand-drawn tees. 

If you got tired of walking, you can always opt for trishaws or bikes. Trishaws and bikes are counted at an hourly rate and the prices are quite reasonable.

To sum up what i did on this day, it's basically just eat and eat and eat and eat plus searching for street arts! Stay tuned for part 2.