When I finally had an opportunity to visit Penang for the first time, Cheong Fatt Tze mansion automatically popped-up in my mind. It was the first item in my must-visit list. The building was recently named one of the world’s 10 greatest mansions and grand houses by popular travel guide Lonely Planet. It was just one of the many accolades [...]

Celebrating and supporting #FriFotos hashtag in Twitter, here’s my photo for this edition’s ‘monumental’ theme Captain Francis Light was the founder of the British colony of Penang (in modern-day Malaysia) and its capital George Town in 1786 – source: Wikipedia

This is a slide show version of my previous blog post “Mission Possible: Traveling to Penang in 12 Hours“. This slide show features more pictures that are missing in that post. This video slide show is created using the amazing TripAdvisor’s TripWow tool. Enjoy the show! Penang in One Day Slideshow: Lan Sulaimann’s trip from Kuala Lumpur to George Town [...]

I have never stepped my foot in Penang! Yes, that’s a fact. And to the fact that I’ve visited all other states in Malaysia. It’s so embarrassing to be in this situation when all my friends are talking about Penang this, Penang that. My excuses are always a hectic work or family commitments. So when the opportunity came up, I [...]