A view of George town (north penang island) from the bus going from the mainland Malaysia to Penang island.
Relic of British rule
Another beautiful church, not far from Komtar
A beautiful villa on Jalan Macalister
A biscuits and pastries shop. The word 'Ghee' means clarified butter in Hindi - an Indian language. The `Mangalore' tiles were another attractive feature of the building.
A chinese temple thrives despite the pressure from multi-storyed apartment complexes.
Courtyard of the chinese temple with interesting wall paintings. An offering box ( or is it a donation box?) is on a table with a geometry reminding you of chinese characters!
What does the word 'philomathic' mean? According to Webster's dictionary, it means 'Having love of learning or letters'
Red swastika (the order of spokes is opposite to that of Indo-aryan swastikas) society.
A Hindu hermitage, the headquarters of which is in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta)
A tower celebrating the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria's rule at a square adjacent to the fort Cornwallis (behind the tower).
A closeup of the clock tower. The script on the tower: Her Majesty Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1837 - 1897
A colourful colonial building in the same square; now it houses a police office.
The fort wall. Note the two horses grazing on the high ground inside the fort (centre left of the picture).
The woodlands (vegetarian) hotel on the right of the road, not far from 'Little India', Penang
funicular railway of Penang. Note the extra separation between the twin tracks. This permits two cars to cross each other mid-way with safe gap between the two.
I was there; done that. To tell the truth, I could only reach the ticket counter. A board announced that ticket is available for the ride 2 hours later. I had thought it happens only with the Indian Railways. I had a lot of plans about what to do above the hill; everything was shelved because I had to reach USM guest house by evening.
A row of street side eateries; very reminescent of Indian city streets.
The Komtar (tele communication building) building.
The anteroom of a mosque on the busy road.
The tradition (the mosque) and the neuvo (Komtar)
A butik (boutique) 21 on an inner road
A view of the harbour in the night.
Cars are racing to catch that boat to mainland.
A boat has docked. The bridge has been lowered on the lower deck. The cars are ready to roll out of the belly of the ship.
Cars rush out with headlights shining.
Cars and two wheelers wait in queue to take up the space vacated by the boats that arrived from the mainland just now.
A telecommn shop. 'Sdn Bhd' must be similar to 'Pvt Ltd' in India.
Appeared to be a popular evening joint
My room in YMCA guest house.
A self portrait
The cafetaria of the YCMA house is ready for the forthcoming Christmas.
Today, I will cross the channel between the Penang island and the mainland by boat; so, I reached the jetty after breakfast at the YMCA cafetaria.
View of the famous bridge from the jetty.
Appears like a renovated customs house (although it is not).
The race cars parked in the belly of a boat.
The gate opened. The two wheelers moved on.
The real custom house is on the extremely left.
Boats cris cros between various islands and the mainland. Penang is the biggest and well known island. But, there are others; Rimau is one of them. A boat is returning from Pulau Rimau (Rimau island).
Row of cranes on the mainland
The bridge is faintly visible in the distance. The hill behind USM is visible on the centre right.
The georgetown, Penang as seen from a boat. The Komtar building rises high and touches the clouds.
The right docket is occupied. The left one has been vacated just now. Our boat will dock on the left one. The buildings on the mainland are visible.
OK. both docks are vacant. Let's go and sieze one.
Vehicles are racing to reach the gate before it closes. Reminds me of the daily race Mumbaikers participate in to reach the station to catch 9:17 fast local
The butterworth train station.
The port just behind the train station.
The track as seen from the overhead pedestrian bridge. The farther end leads to Singapore; the other end to Thailand.
The bus terminal of butterworth adjacent to station.
Skyscrapers, stacks of crates, mosque, another bridge ...
Danger sign in many languages and scripts. The familiar (in India) skull is missing. A steam engine is on display; it has done its duty and is drawing pension.
Another ship has arrived; time for me to return to Penang island.
That's how georgetown (northern Penang) appears from Butterworth. The airport is in the southern part of the island.
O-COCOSDA conf is over. A rest place (under construction) on the coastal highway to Johor Baharu and to Singapore.
