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August 5 2017

The island of Penang

Tobias Stricker Travel Log George Town, Hiking, Malaysia, Penang, street-art

Exploring the smallest state, it’s art, beaches and mountains – Travel log no. 86

After another relaxed bus ride I checked into my hostel in George Town. Sure enough Val a girl I met already in Cameron Highland would check in right after me.

Together we rented a scooter and explored the city.

Clan Jetty, George Town — At first we walked down the docks of a clan jetty to watch the sunset. Back in the day each family had their own neighborhood build on the docks.

Floating Temple, George Town — Here a view on the floating Chinese temple on the next jetty.

Armenian Street, George Town — Our hostel was based on one of the most beautiful streets in town – The Armenian Street.

On the morning the next day we got up early to explore the National Park on the other side of the island. After an hour of riding the scooter through dense traffic we got there to hike to the turtle beach.

Bridge, National Park, Penang — Hiking through the park is beautiful. We passed many small bridges on the way to the beach.

Bridge, Penang — In the middle of the forest we came over this bridge. Unfortunately it was in bad shape and closed, like many other public sites in the park.

Turtle Beach, Malaysia — Finally we made it to the beach and had a swim.

Lake, Taman Negarra — The view on the fresh water lake in the back of the beach.

On the way home we stopped by the light temple.

Light Temple, George Town — This Buddhist temple is lid at night in ever changing colors.

Boats, George Town — Another view on the city at night with some boats floating along the beach.

On our last day together we hiked up the Penang Hill. What sounded like an easy hike took us exhausting 3 hours of climbing up muddy trails.

Monkey, George Town — All along the way we encountered with wild life. Here is a monkey mum with her baby.

Jungle, Penang Hill — Here a view of the jungle on the way up.

Penang Hill, Malaysia — Finally the view from atop was definitely a good reward. Unfortunately the cable car was broken but we found a ride down.

Finally down again we checked out some temples on the way home.

Indian Temple, Penang — On this picture you see an Indian temple at the foot of Penang Hill.

Chinese Temple, George Town — In addition to that a Chinese temple.

At last, after 2 days exploring the city we had to depart. In the end Val was flying off to Indonesia and I took the ferry to Langkawi.

Biker, George Town. — Last some of the street art of George Town.

August 5 2017

The tea plantations of Cameron Highlands

Tobias Stricker Travel Log Cameron Highlands, Ipoh, Malaysia, street-art, tea plantations

Exploring the street-art of Ipoh and hiking through mossy forest – Travel log no. 85

After a relaxed 5 hours of bus ride I arrived in Ipoh. It is the third largest city of Malaysia. Never the less life seems pretty relaxed here.

Night Market, Ipoh — While walking over the night market I felt like being the only tourist.

Chicken Noodles, Ipoh — The local delicacies, chicken noodles with sprouts, like recommended by Alfred.

Early in the morning I took the bus to Cameron Highland with the intention to return the same day. This ended up being a bad idea since the bus took way longer than expected. Around 5 pm I arrived in town and hadn’t seen anything yet. So I stayed for a night with nothing but my camera.

With Weronika who I met on the bus I hiked through the valley before sunset.