Street art hunting

We've based ourselves in Georgetown in Penang which is known for it's British and French architectural influences but also it's vast array of street art. Today we had planned to set off early and explore the area on foot hunting down all the different artworks to see. We did have a slight hiccup with leaving though. As I pulled the door closed the whole handle came off to door! One of the staff luckily managed to fiddle around with the key and open the door again but he had to wait for the other member of staff to arrive to look at it. We waited for him and after 20 minutes or so we just decided to go ahead and lock the door and leave. There wasn't anything we could input to fixing it by staying so we told the guy we'd come back in and hour or so and after some coffee and an explore it was all sorted with a new lock. Woopsie! I love Georgetown! I love the weathering of the buildings, the bunting, lanterns and plants that are everywhere and the wonderful street art. It's crumbling plaster and mishmash pavements give it such a charm so much so that it is becoming my favourite city that we have visited so far. After we visited all the artworks on our map we began a 20 minute walk to a supermarket. It was so unbelievable hot today: 35 degrees but it said it feels like 46. We were melting in the heat and when we entered an air conditioned mall at the end of our walk it was pure heaven. We stood for a minute or so just with our arms on the cold metal railings inside. We had some juices and then eventually found the supermarket. With the heat we decided to get a taxi back and visit a traditional mansion in the town that has Malaysian, Chinese and Indian influences in it's decoration and style. We had an 81 year old tour guide who took us around and was very insistent we had a photo with her which turned out to be an awful shot but it's a good memory to have. She didn't have much information to share and there wasn't any signs either which was a shame but we enjoyed having an explore. Afterwards we headed to a great little restuarant bar for dinner and I had the most amazing burger for tea. Coming back and having a cold shower was almost the highlight of the day!Read more