Crossing from Penang Island to Mainland

Armed with my camera, I joined some overseas friends of mine to take a ride on the Ferry from Penang Island to the Mainland. Crossing the channel using the ferry is a historical transport means since perhaps 50 years ago.

This shot of the mariner yacht docking bay near Penang is a shot for my collection (",)

View of Butterworth from the ferry.

This is the ferry. The ferries are named after islands in Malaysia. This one is called Pulau Angsa (Goose Island). I heard a story that there was once a tourist to Penang, he waited for several hours for the ferry, and many ferries came and went, but he did not board them. Then the ticketing clerk approached him and asked him why he has been sitting there waiting for so long. He answered.. he was waiting for the Butterworth ferry (laugh).

This is the view of Penang Island from the ferry... the Tanjung Inner City Mariner.

This is the view of the ferry terminal @ Penang Island.

The clock tower at the Heritage city of Penang.

Welcome to Penang...

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion @ Heritage Penang

My heritage tour photography session too me to Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion. The mansion built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of 19th century has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220 vernacular timber louvre windows. Other features of the house include Gothic louvered windows, Chinese cut and paste porcelain work, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles, Glasgow cast iron pillars and Art Nouveau stained glass. Beautiful...

Rickshaws versus Trishaws

At the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion @ Heritage Penang, there is a line up of Rickshaws and Thrishaws. These makes good photo objects.

This is how it works... the real thing today (",)

Peranakan Wedding @ Heritage Penang

Recently, together with my photography Khakis, we made a short tour of Heritage Penang for the sake of our hobby. We made a brief stop at the Penang Peranakan Mansion. At this place, they can make your wedding special by taking it back in time to those olden Peranakan days.

A Peranakan Wedding... brings back those nostalgic feeling (not that I am that old), though my grandparents are Baba and Nyonya (",)

During our visit, there was a wedding ceremony in action.

The 88 Year Old Clock Tower...

It was reported in today's The Star Metro that this clock tower is 88 years old now (built 1920). A few days ago, some parts of the tower roof cap fell down, and is it is now time to repair and restore this heritage tower.

Inner City of Georgetown....

This is Penang Road @ Inner City of Penang.

This is the road where there is the most number of Nikon shops.

The Church Street Pier....

This is the Church Street Pier, which has been restored to become one of the famous Penang tourist attraction.

Staircase of a Heritage Chinese House...

This is the staircase of a Chinese house of the olden days.

Rather steep and narrow.

More Front Doors of Chinese Houses....

Walking on the streets of inner Georgetown of Heritage Penang, this is quite a common sight.

Heritage Front Door of a Chinese House in Penang

This intricate front door of a Chinese house is common during olden days of Penang. Today, it can still be found in the Heritage inner city of Georgetown.

City Council Georgetown, Penang - Heritage Building

This photo shoot was taken, standing somewhere near Fort Cornwallis, zooming the lens towards this beautiful frontage of a heritage building.

Clock Tower.... 11.49am 4 October 2008

I had originally wanted to collect an entire series of Penang Heritage before posting them up on Dreamz, but Troy 16 had added the clock tower, and being a Kiasu, I had to post up this photo on this blog. This photo shot was taken while I was driving the cabriolet, pausing by the roadside and shooting it over the top of the car.