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Georgetown
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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.
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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.
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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
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Penang Bridge

Bridge

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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
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Sail
Ships of British East India Company

British East India Company House in
London
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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.
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Sail
Ship of British East India Company
at Georgetown Penang

Ship of British East India Company
at Penang
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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. |
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Both Buddha temples shown below
are more or less at the same
location. |

Thai
Buddha Pagoda Georgetown Penang |

Thai Buddha Pagoda
Georgetown Penang
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Thai Buddha
Pagoda
Georgetown Penang
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The
Thai Buddhist
Pagoda
at Georgetown
and
the other
temples shown here
are
reflecting
the
multi-ethnic
ambience of
Penang
are the temples
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Buddhism,
Hinduism, Islam,
Taoism, Christianity
and others. |
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The
Dammikarama
Burmese or
Myanmar Buddhist
pagoda
-pictures left- has been identified
as one of the 15
historical sites of Penang.
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This Geaorgetown pagoda land was
purchased by Nonia
Betong from George Layton
for 390 Spanish dollars.
It was situated in the
district of Tulloh
Aier Radja dated 1. day
of August 1803 granted by
Sir George
Leith, Baronet LT., Governor
of Prince of Wales
Island. The
first Chief Monk of the pagoda
was venerable
U Nandamala.
Probably one of the best
sightseeing tours at Penang
Georgetown is to explore all
this pagodas, temples and
mosques. |
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Georgetown Penang Chinese Yap Temple |

Penang Georgetown Beautiful Mosque |

Penang Georgetown Chinese Temple |

Penang Georgetown Chinese Temple
Inside |

Penang Georgetown small Chinese
Temple |

Temple of the Goddess of Mercy Kuan
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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. |
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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. |
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