Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

Penang - The street art scene around Georgetown has evolved to a uniquely tourist attraction. Children on a bike Boy taking a peak Donny taking a peak too

Penang - This Chew Jetty is an UNESCO Heritage site with its habitat of traditional Penang Chinese family living above the waters for centuries.   It's one of the best well kept and structurally safe jetty to visit.   This is a must sit for many tourist which always cause big headache and noise to residents living there. Entrance to Chew Jetty homes on stilts It is amazing with all the rickety and movement of the waves, the planks and houses are still holding up.  This Jetty started once as a wooden passageway and slowly evolved into a cluster of houses perch above the sea shores by stilts.  This UNESCO site is uniquely frozen in a time zone with no regard to the urban development that is taking place around Penang. Beautiful scenery

Penang - The conference incentive tour guide brought us to Penang's Chocolate & Coffee Museum located @ 22 Leith Street.   The brief tour was informative but hardly anything worth the purchase. Original Conching Machine A conche is a surface scraping mixer and agitator that evenly distributes cocoa butter within chocolate, and may act as a 'polisher' of the particles. It also promotes flavor development through frictional heat, release of volatiles and acids, and oxidation.

Penang - The visit to the Pinang (Malay word for Penang) Peranakan Mansion brings back fond memories of old as both sides of my family are Peranakan - 3 generations on both sides.   My mum and aunties still has their sarong kabaya, the beaded shoes, the most importantly the Peranakan cuisine. This is the home of a rich Baba built about a 100 years ago with his opulent lifestyle evident at every corner of this house. Entrance to the Peranakan Mansion Rich Peranakan dinning table Expensive Peranakan porcelain Traditional child seat