Georgetown - Day 1

With the car stopped and secured on deck, we went straight to the front of the ferry for the best view towards Georgetown, the historic capital of Penang island. For quite sometime, I have been planning to visit Penang for a photography trip. Taking opportunity of the long weekend, I've invited my friends in the "photographic department" to join me in this journey.

Ferry ride

Jeff whipped out his Ricoh GRD2 for a quick snap of the island. The sea breeze compensates the heat from the warm sunny day. From the right, the rain is slowly moving towards Georgetown. Hope it doesn't last too long throughout the day and spoil our outing.

food
It was 2pm after checking in to our hotel (more like a hostel), we went to the New World Park Food Court for our lunch, and our first taste of Penang food. Yummy! Look at how many things Jeff ordered!

After the satisfying meal, we started walking towards the heritage zone, which is about 0.5km away. While walking, we've spent quite some time snapping up photos along the way.

business signs
Old business signs along Lebuh China.

Penang Trishaw
A trishaw at Lebuh Armenian.

Old Shop House
Old shop house at Armenian.

Armenian St.
Armenian street sign.

Burned down
This shot taken at Lebuh Pantai, where a few adjacent old shop houses have been burned down. Towards the end is the roof of Cheah Kongsi. What a relief that it was pared from this fiery destruction. We didn't manage to visit Cheah Kongsi as it has closed. Seems like most Kongsi are closed by 5pm. We just have to come back tomorrow.

Same posture
This shot didn't turn out what I intended. The shop has this three different sizes of basket hanging on the pillar at the walkway (well, some kind of basket, not sure what it is). As I am planning to take the shot, my good photo kaki came into view. What's worse, the tauke of the shop is about the close the shop and are removing the baskets! I was thinking, what the heck, just shoot only lah. So this is what I get. What turns out in this photo which makes things interesting, is that my friend Winson seems to striking the same posture as the tauke keeping his baskets!

Spy snap
Jeremiah taking a shot at the Central Fire Station.

broken chair
Rattan chair turned warning sign for a uncovered drainage hole.

Francis Light Monument
Francis Light Monument at St. George's Church in the evening.

And so we're done for the day. Didn't turn up much as we were late, and spent too much time walking under the sun. To replenish ourselves, more food again please!
Day 1 Dinner 1
Dinner #1: Tai Chow

Day 1 Dinner 2
Dinner #2: Dim Sum

Day 1 Dinner 3
Dinner #3: Hokkien Mee

So the lessons of the day are, start the journey early, leverage on the car and don't walk all the way! Check the opening and closing time of the places.

More interesting shots from the 2nd day in my next post!

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