Georgetown Penang Temple Malaysia Hotel

One of the most interesting feature of Georgetown Penang Malaysia is the variation and expression of the different

ethnic groups. Penang Malaysia is a place in Asia where Chinese, Indians, Europeans, Malay etc. live together without major problems.

This was not always this way but with the time even people of totally different ethnic background are able to find out not to fight or quarrel all the time. They started with a much better idea, trying to get rich quick.

Anyway, when arriving Penang Georgetown there is a great selection of Penang Georgetown hotels and Georgetown restaurants.

You can find the whole Asian and European spectrum of restaurants in Georgetown. We talk about Georgetown Malaysia, there are a couple of other Georgetown out there, like Georgetown D.C. and more.

Penang Georgetown also has a great nightlife scene -see the nightlife section- . Its not as big and vibrant as lets say Phuket nightlife but not bad and much more quiet. Just have a look at the Penang Georgetown photo and video in the video section.

Penang Georgetown has plenty of hotels, the whole range from budget hotels to very luxury hotels. Restaurants reflecting the different cultures of the island, mosques, pagodas and temples. There are several luxury hotels on the island. Probably the most interesting places at Penang Georgetown are little India, Chinatown and the beaches.

Penang Georgetown is full of great hotels some luxury accommodation you can find at the Penang e&o or Eastern and Oriental Penang with a great colonial flair. Use Regal Hotel Malaysia at transfer road when you are on a slim budget. Also plenty of small restaurants are around in this area. Plus a couple of bars of the type if you are below 18 years of age you cant enter. Got the message ? Its nice and sexy business with great Chinese and Indian girls, maybe some other girls. Where there are guys on vacation as in Penang and Phuket Thailand there is monkey business, the question here is only, who is the monkey ? There are also other Georgetown Hotels or Apartments when you plan to stay longer. Penang beach is right around the corner within 20 minutes drive some great Penang beaches are waiting. But when you are out on a Penang vacation or beach holiday you better use one of the hotels along the beach road towards Batu Ferringhi. Most of Penang hotels are at the center of Georgetown Penang and on the way from Georgetown to Batu Ferringhi Beach plus the Bayan Lepas district. Bayan Lepas is close to the the Free Trade Zone of Penang and there are a couple of good hotels mainly for business travelers. For instance the Vistana Hotel Penang, Equatorial Hotel, Sri Malaysia Hotel and apartment hotels such as B-Suite and Krystal Suite. The Penang airport and Penang Snake Temple is also in this area. One of the most interesting constructions in Penang are the bridges. There is the Penang Bridge and there is a other spectacular suspension bridge just behind the arrival pier of the Penang Ferry on Penang Georgetown Penang Bridge Bridge Penang Georgetown, nightlife, photo, video, picture, Penang Georgetown hotels, restaurants, temple, bridge, airport, luxury, Penang, Chinatown. the Butterworth side blending nicely together with the domes of the nearby mosques. Georgetown on Penang island is the Penang City by any means, actually the whole Penang Island could be seen as a big city since the distance between the urban cluster are rather small and wherever you are on Penang you are in the city, even the Penang Beaches. This is continuously pushed by a Penang Real Estate boom where the Malaysian government actively supports Penang and particular Georgetown as retirement destination and they are very successful. There is no xenophobia like in Thailand where foreigners are actively driven out by changing visa regulation almost every 3 month and a political instability. In Penang and Malaysia a foreigner can buy a house etc. , in Thailand not, there it needs several strange constructions with Thai nominees to act on behalf of the foreigners and so on. Most people in the Malaysian government have some rational European education and are capable to transfer this into some good governance in Thailand in resent years they run from one military coup to the next demonstration and the politicians play their dirty games on the back of the Thai people. Anyway  travel to Penang and enjoy the atmosphere of Georgetown streets, restaurants and this unique multiethnic flair of a great Asian island showing the heritage of colonial times. Even if you don't like all this colonial stuff, it has, undeniable something special. Enjoy the great Penang Georgetown photo, videos and pictures in our site, they tell more than "1000" words

Sail Ships of British East India Company British East India Company House in London	Some Georgetown Penang History In December 1600 a group of British traders incorporated The East India Company and got the monopoly on all trade between Rnglandand  the East Indies. The First ships of the company arrived in India in 1608 and over the years expanded their business with India. The main trading was in spices such as gloves, nutmeg and pepper. Silk, precious stones and other luxurious items were added later. During the second half of the 18th century the East India Company expanded the trade to Canton in China where they got a monopoly in silk trade. Voyages of the ships to and from Shanghai China to England had a problem, they needed a maintenance station on their route between China and England. Since 1763 several attempts had been made to secure the much needed transshipping port.	Sail Ship of British East India Company at Georgetown Penang Ship of British East India Company at Penang
The director of the East India Company renewed the order several times to find a convenient place somewhere around the Straits of Malacca. Another idea was Junk Ceylon or present day Phuket Thailand.

At Penang Georgetown plenty of beautiful pagoda, temples, mosques and churches reflect the multicultural nature of the People living in Georgetown.

Both Buddha temples shown below are more or less at the same location.

Georgetown Penang Chinese Yap Temple

Penang Georgetown is not only known for its unique Chinese and Indian cultural ambiance, it is also noted for its wide stretch of oceanfront buildings.

Currently plenty of foreigners and visitors move to Malaysia and Cambodia from Thailand since the Thai authorities change visa regulation almost every month.

It seems the Thai bureaucrats in Bangkok don’t want foreigners anymore in the Kingdom, actually about 60% of normal Thai people get their income directly or indirectly from the tourist business, but it looks like the bureaucrats in Bangkok don’t care if the ordinary Thai people have enough to eat, they only care about themselves.

Penang Georgetown is a real great Asian tourist and retirement destination. There are plenty of Penang real estate agents in Georgetown who are very eager to sell the apartment in the high rise buildings and elsewhere. But it already gets a little crowded.

Georgetown Penang Nightlife is one of the most lively in Malaysia, only Kuala Lumpur nightlife can beat them. But the nightlife at Georgetown is still far away from the vibrant nightlife scene in Thailand and especially Phuket nightlife. Phuket nightlife is only about  800 km to the north. It looks that Malaysian and SIngaporea people rather prefer Hat Yai which is just across the border.

You could also do a little island hopping to Langkawi which is easily reachable by the ferry from Georgetown. Langkawi also has some small ferries to Satun and to the Tarutao Islands of Thailand. Actually from the Ko Tarutao Langkawi is visible on a clear day. There are also enough hotels and budget hotels.