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Day 89 & 90 Penang Street Art

Day 89 

So today I left the beautiful Langkawi. The plan is a three hour ferry ride to Penang. This is another island which is further south. 

I really enjoyed Langkawi. It just confirms to me that Islands are definitely the places I enjoy most. I love being close to the ocean. I love the Forests and I love how undeveloped they are. Cities are busy, they create noise. Islands however are peaceful and quiet.

I arrived at the ferry port nice and early to make sure I have time to buy my ticket. This did however mean that I sat in the departure lounge for a while. They eventually call for check in so I go and join the back of the line. This couple then come and stand in front of me in the less then 0.5m gap between me and the person in front. This seems to happen quite a lot in Malaysia. It seems to be that unless you are stood right on top of the person in front Malaysians don’t see you as part of the queue. It is very strange. As a Brit we have very strict rules when it comes to queuing. I would still say we are the experts. 


I arrived into Penang about 6pm and found my hostel before heading out for some dinner and drinks. Overal it was a good but chilled day.

Day 90
Before we started with the days activities we decided to grab some lunch at the pop up market. This 
market is located in an old bus terminal and is there every Sunday. I had a lasaka noodle soup and seaweed wrap. The Lasaka was not what I was expecting and was a little disappointing but the seaweed wrap was incredible.



Today we decided to take a walk around Georgetown to see the street art. The street art was commissioned by Georgetown in 2012 in order to breathe some new life and add atmosphere. Since then these have become a major tourist attraction. Some of the pieces are quirky and really quite impressive. Some pieces of art even have 3D elements which make it interactive. The art is so stunning and absolutely breathtaking.

Boy on bike

Little children on a bicycle

Reaching up

Brother and sister on a swing

The window cat

Skippy

Stealing Baos

Wo Ai Nee Chinese Malay Indian 


Love me like your fortune cat

Old soy milk stall


Only you can stop pollution 









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