Kama Travels #2 - Penang Street Art and Restaurants

Hello Steemians

This post will follow my last 3 posts about our month in Malaysia and I will talk about our time in the beautiful island city of Penang. We visited Penang for a week before heading to Langkawi and spent our time mainly in Georgetown which is the historic section of Penang. Georgetown is famous for being the first place the British ever settled in Southeast Asia and the downtown core is a designated UNESCO site. The city was declared a British colony in 1867 and was such until it was taken by the Japanese in WWII, after the war the British re captured it. In 1957, Georgetown was declared a city by Queen Elizabeth and became the first city in Malaysia's modern history. Today, Georgetown is a major tourist hub for Malaysia and many, like us, flock there to see the beautiful architecture, admire the street art, and taste the wonderful foods of modern Malaysia.

The city has placed these metal designs all over the city to point out bits of history about Penang

Penang and Georgetown

We spent most of our time wandering the streets of Georgetown soaking up as much of the city and culture as we could. Most of the streets in the core of the city are designed in a more traditional European style, with squares, churches and mosques all over and it is quite a wonderful city to just stroll through. There are loads of new trendy cafes everywhere and we spent more than one afternoon enjoying a coffee and watching the world pass by, it was wonderful.

The streets of Georgetown

The tricycles will take you anywhere you want to go for a good price

We had so much fun here

Street Art in Georgetown

As I said before, one of the big tourist draws in Georgetown is the street art, done by both foreign and local artists. The street art movement in Georgetown really grew into what it is today in 2012 during the George Town Festival when Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic created a series of 6 wall paintings depicting local culture, inhabitants and lifestyles. Since then the city is slowly being covered in beautiful murals and it really enhances the feeling in the city, it is so nice to see art becoming such an integral part of the society here.

More of the wire sculptures placed by the city to promote the history of Georgetown

No Smoking! Actually smoking is forbidden inside the city's core but it is not enforced sadly

Boy on a Motorcycle

We saw this picture so we went to the restaurant to try the pizza

There are a lot of nice Italian restaurants in town but we chose this one and it was sooo good. My boyfriend loves pizza and I ordered the spaghetti.

Little India

Georgetown, like most Malaysian cities, has a large population of Indian people working there and as such there is a community in the center of the core called Little India. We came to this neighborhood to eat but were drawn in by the bright colors, amazing smells, and wonderful smiling people that filled the street. If you ever visit Georgetown make a point to head to this district because it really is a wonderful little slice of India.

We had dinner at a Northern Indian restaurant and it was amazing

My boyfriend's favorite! Egg curry!

We also visited a vegetarian Thali restaurant, it was so cheap and so many amazing flavors on one plate

Love Lane

Another place worth checking out is Love Lane, its a small avenue off of the main street that is packed with small cafes and patisseries. Whenever the rain hit we headed down here for some good coffee and a little peace and quiet.

Fantastic tea here

We had a couple days of intense rain but it wasn't so bad, however we were always nervous to be caught in the rain so we didn't rent a motorbike to explore the rest of the island

All in all, our time in Georgetown was very memorable and I would love to go back for another visit someday and explore more of the island. I hope you all get a chance to come here one and day and see some of the wonderful sights we got a chance to see, Malaysia truly is a magical country. Thanks for reading!

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Hello，大家好。前几天我在这分享了吉隆坡和马六甲，接下来我要谈到的是槟城。在吉隆坡和马六甲呆了一个星期之后，我们从马六甲坐大巴到槟城乔治市，全程6个多小时，下午1点的车晚上7点多才到槟城。突然觉得自己笨了，应该先去马六甲再到吉隆坡然后再去槟城，这样子就会很顺路（总会有那么几次犯这种低级错误）。

槟城亦称槟榔屿，槟城因槟榔岛上的槟榔树而得名，有众多的名胜古迹。槟城也被称为美食天堂，食物种类从娘惹美食到小档口的油饭、炒粿条（河粉）及槟城叻沙等，同时这里还有很多印度美食还是广东菜。在槟城是华人人口居多，所以你会在这里见到很多广东菜，点心，到处都是熟悉的中文。我们槟城乔治市呆的这几天都在下雨（11月初），所以我们只能在市内走走逛逛，去品尝当地美食。

乔治城街头艺术：在乔治城的街头，散落着许多壁画，这也是吸引诸多人来槟城旅游的原因之一。这些壁画多数是由来自立陶宛的25岁艺术家尔纳斯，为乔治城节庆而创作的街头画作，这些壁画为乔治市古色古香的街道更添悠闲的艺术气息，成为乔治城最新的旅游景点。我们在其中一副壁画上看到一家意大利Pizza餐厅 - Barista，然后特地去试一下，结果发现他们家的意粉好好吃哦。

小印度：位于Lebuh King，就在观音亭的对面，是一条充满印度风情文化的街，这里有印度纱丽、香料、和十分地道的印度菜。对于我们两个这么爱吃印度菜的人怎么可以不去印度呢？？？我们去了两家印度餐厅，一家是印度北部的菜式，另一家的素食餐厅，印度人不吃肉但是他们菜肴还是可以补充人体所需的营养而且十分美味。

爱情巷：爱情卷是背包客的聚集地，这里有很多便宜的旅馆和小巷充满特色的咖啡厅。因为我们在槟城的这几天几乎都是下雨，所以我们经常到这里去品尝咖啡和赏雨。

我们在槟城呆了4天，几乎都没去什么地方，因为天气真的很糟糕，一直都在下雨所以我不建议大家选择11月份去。谢谢大家阅读我的文章，希望你们能喜欢或者你们有什么意见和建议也可以在底下留言。