We were looking on the map how to get to "Love Lane", where most of the low budget accommodations are. The locals were very helpful to point out the way. We got the last room at the Pin Seng Hotel.
After we checked in and dropped our belongings we walked around the corner where a lot of food stalls were as well as many people.
We tried a lot of different and liked especially the above stand with all different items on a stick and you dropped it in a hot broth and ate it with different sauces. The sticks were color coded, a price for every color.
In the morning we started to walk around town to see more of the many, many, many temples.
Here, admiring the Hainan Temple just around the corner from our Guesthouse, with I don't know how many buddah's in just this object itself.
In the steaming heat we kept on walking to complete our round.
We also reached the "Kuan Yin Teng" where we saw the biggest scented sticks in our life time. This are the "Bob Marley sticks" under the scented sticks! (judge for yourself!)
We saw some clouds coming when we reached the "Kapitan Keling" Mosque. (nothing to do with the beautiful and historic mosque)
The prayers were coming out of the speakers at the time we visited and the mosque looked absolutely lovely. There was also a Christian church close by, but not pretty enough to take a pictures of it. (so the prayers are much more worthy to listen to! Judge for yourself!)
It is just great to see so many different religious ethnics live next to each other or even together in peace and harmony. It also brings great diversity in culture and especially in a famous mix of food in Georgetown. (The guy below is a rising star, trying to do some advertisement for local food vendors. As of now he is not too famous. This might change soon. Stay tuned!)
In the evening we had dinner at the "Sup Hameed" hawker center, were we tried fish head curry, Laksa and Tom Yam with pork.
The next day was another hot sunny day, so we decided to visit the Penang Museum it was nicely air-conditioned, what a relieve. We went together with Sheena who we met the first night in front of the our hotel in Georgetown. She is this amazing girls with incredible stories!
The museum for 1 RM was very interesting and it was especially fun when we learned how to play the stone game also called "Congkak". (Robert won against his legendary teacher!)
We also walked to the area that is like Venice above water on timber. Just more Asian!
The street next to "Love Lane" called "Lebuh Chulia" at sun set. The food stands would be to the left.
We stayed one day longer as we decided to apply for a two month visa for Thailand. There were some changes for tourist visas in 2012. When you enter by land Thailand you only receive a 15 day visa. If you arrive by air you will receive 30 days. We would enter by land and as we wanted to do a Yoga retreat for up to 10 days, we needed more than 15 days in Thailand. The visa was easy to get. We applied at 9 am at the Thailand consulate and received our passport with a 2 month Thai visa in the afternoon back. It costs 110 RM.
While we we were waiting for our visa we went back to have lunch. We met Kathy and Mirco at our hotel who told us to have a banana leave meal at Veloo Villas. The restaurant is on Lebuh Penang in Little India and they even said the indian food here in Georgetown is better than in India itself. We can confirm this. (not that we've been ever in India, but the food is bloody good!)
I also met Sonia from Spain, she gave us great tips for our travels. She also has a great blog. It is more like a travel guide and very good information: see for yourself: http://www.viajesconmochila.blogspot.com/
More pictures from: George Town
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