Today marks the celebration of Deepavali, the Festival of Lights, which is widely observed by Hindus around the world. Deepavali is a public holiday in Malaysia.
Tag: street
Stewart Lane: The Alley Cafe
Tucked along the small alley of Stewart Lane beside the famous Kuan Yin Temple in George Town, The Alley cafe is a rather hidden cafe that is popular locally with its churros and cronuts. The cafe itself is actually housed in a former Chinese paraphernalia shophouse called Kedai Gaharu Keat Seang.
For more ingo, please refer to is Facebook page here; https://www.facebook.com/thealleypenang.
Sungei Ujong Road Street View
George Town Street View: Town Hall Park
A small park featuring wooden sculpture located between the Penang Town Hall building and Dewan Sri Pinang.
Penang Street Art (The Lego Panda Mural)
This mural was spotted at an alley along the side wall of the Visit Malaysia Tourism Penang office at Beach Street.
Link to the mural’s location; http://travel2penang.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/penang-street-art-map-part-8/
German Heritage Trail in Penang (Part 2)
Another German Heritage Trail signboard at the Esplanade promenade area, part of an initiative to highlight more than 10 sites in George Town.
Penang Street Art (Pink Monster)
Spotted this ‘monster’ at a parking lot in Chulia Street.
George Town Street View: Kampung Kolam
Kampung Kolam is actually used to be a small village that was named after a large granite tank that was present back in the old days of the house of Kapitan Keling. Kapitan Keling was the head of the local Tamil Muslim community during that time and the tank had been supplying water to the poor back then.
Light Street: Bank Negara Building
A street view of Light Street with the Bank Negara (National Bank) at the foreground, and the Penang state court house at the farther end. The Bank Negara building was reportedly built with the Brutalist architecture style in the late 1970s.
George Town Street View: A Tribute Bus Stop
A bus stop with wishes and prayers written or signed by the public for the lost of the Malaysian airplane MH17 some time back.
