Daily Photo – P307

After Phuket I flew south to Penang, Malaysia. I don’t actually remember what I was doing at the docks but I’ve a couple of images in my collection. My guess is that I flew into Butterworth and then took a ferry across the narrow straits to Georgetown. It was, as you can see, a grey day. The large vessel and the large cranes lurking in the haze are in Butterworth. Apparently, Penang Island and its main settlement, Georgetown, were the first British settlement on the Malaysian peninsular and date back to 1786.

[...] recall I walked pretty much everywhere in Georgetown. Heading north from the ferry terminal I turned the corner to find myself at Fort Cornwallis. Now, there are keep out signs and keep out [...]

nunaSeptember 28, 2012 - 6:30 am

wow!!! great!

[...] course, my visit was over 20 years ago, but I doubt Georgetown has changed much in that time. It was certainly a very walkable town. It’s mostly regular [...]

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