Penang is best known as a food paradise and home to the iconic street mural walls. While Penang is not an expensive travel destination, it is also not a cheap one but with good planning, it can very much be affordable. Whether you're a working adult or a student, we all need a break every once in a while. It almos...

Gurney Plaza is one of the huge and famous shopping malls in Penang.  As the second largest mall on the island, it is located along the Gurney Drive that offers delightful street and high- end cuisines. Food courts and open-air hawker stalls pepper the seaside stretch, offering local favourites such as Penang...

Bayan Baru is known as the island's main industrial hub but how does it really still attract tourists? Think about it, how would a place that is primarily an industrial area with factories everywhere even have tourists? Well, that is where most people have mistaken. Bayan Baru isn't all factories and corporations, it a...

Did you know that initially, Penang Hill was cultivated to grow strawberries during the colonial era? But now Penang Hill is one of the Penang attractions whereby tourists can go uphill using cable car watching the spectacular view of the Penang Island.Speaking of which, Penang Hill Funicular Railway has the steepest t...

If you haven't already known, Penang consists of the island and the mainland. A bit of a history lesson, Butterworth on the mainland was founded over a hundred years ago as a transportation hub and in laymen term, a support system to Georgetown across the straits. As of today, it still is second to Georgetown which is ...