Tag: tropical

Penang Street Art (PICAF Site 2: Karpal Singh Drive)

These container art works can be found just beside the McDonald’s restaurant at Karpal Singh Drive, Penang.

First mural:

A container art mural featuring the work of Julia Volchkova, who is no stranger to Penang’s street art scene. The mural depicts a little girl who built her city of dream.

Second mural:

A container art mural featuring the work of Kenji Chai, a local artist.

For the rest of the PICAF art works, please go HERE.

Penang Isle: The Butterfly Farm

Located at the northwest end of the island in Teluk Bahang, the Penang Butterfly Farm is regarded as the World’s 1st Live Butterfly Sanctuary. Thousands of butterflies can be found within the sanctuary, and it is an interesting place worth visiting for those who are touring Penang.

The Penang Butterfly Farm which was established in 1986, is the first tropical butterfly farm ever set up in the tropical world, with an average flying population of 4000 Malaysian butterflies of 120 different species. Besides butterflies, the farm also features various other insects as well.

For more info about the Penang Butterfly Farm, please visit its official site at www.butterfly-insect.com

Penang Isle: Metropolitan Park Revisited

Surrounded by lush rainforest and fruit trees (durian trees in particular), this new area extension to the existing park provides a nice recreational park for the public. The Metropolitan Park in Relau is also home to several species of durian trees.