After the visa exemption in Malaysia, many friends around Qiuqiu flew to Malaysia and wandered in the pure blue sea and blue sky.
Of course, there is also the visa-free little Lion City Singapore, which is perfect for a comprehensive city tour and a collection of every touching detail with your camera and eyes.
However, if you see too many beaches, you will also be aesthetically fatigued, and the prices in Singapore are not very friendly, so Qiuqiu searched from the cost performance, and this time there is a new dream city with super hearts!
This is a city surrounded by the sea, and the cultural content of the city is extremely colorful, with Wes Anderson style everywhere, red, yellow, blue and green houses, which make people full of dopamine!
It is one of the top 10 best retirement homes in the world by Conde Nast Traveler, one of the top 1 cities in the world by Forbes for the best value for travel in the world, one of the top 1 places to visit in the world by Lonely Planet in 2014, and one of the top 2 of the 44 must-see places to visit by The New York Times...... It's really famous.
The architectural style here is a combination of Southeast Asian style, Chinese style and European style. Try a rainbow ice hockey puck on the street, shuttle between the art mecca of mural graffiti and take pictures, whether it is a young man or a foodie, it is too satisfying!
This city is Penang, Malaysia. Of course, it is actually a state, the capital is George Town, Qiuqiu checked the current plane flying to Malaysia, Shanghai can take off 700+ one-way to win!
At present, there are relatively few direct domestic flights to Penang, but it can be reached from Kuala Lumpur by train and bus in 4-5 hours and by plane in 1 hour.
And Penang is really cost-effective! The consumption level is lower than that of Kuala Lumpur, probably about the same as Malacca. Each meal per person is basically 5-8 ringgit, 25-50 ringgit is enough for a meal in a general restaurant, 2 ringgit for a bus ride, 50 ringgit for a bed in a youth hostel, and 100 ringgit per night for ordinary hotels (currently 1 ringgit is equal to about 1.53 yuan).
Here you can completely melt into the Nanyang style, blowing the summer mountain breeze and sea breeze, just as Yu Dafu sighed on the flag-raising mountain: "Most of the good mountains are covered by clouds, the north looks at the Central Plains Road is on credit, the high flag is rising and the wind is light, and the autumn flowers are seen in the south in winter." ”
70% of them are Chinese here, and Chaoshan and Hokkien dialects can often be heard on the street, and you can use dialects to play bargaining skills at will!
What's even more surprising is that Penang actually has some beautiful beaches, so you don't have to go out of your way to Semporna, Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi!
There are a lot of five-legged foundations, which are traditional arcades, and walking in the streets of Penang, you can always feel like you are coming home. If you have time, you can also go to the Nyonya Museum to experience the fusion culture of Nanyang~
It was an important base for Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities, and Sun Yat-sen visited Penang five times to propagate revolutionary ideas and raise revolutionary funds, and founded the Reading Book Newspaper and the Guanghua Daily here. The Wong Wah Kong Uprising was also instigated in Penang.
From barley barley to Hainanese chicken rice, from sendolin to red bean ice, this is one of the very few places in the world that can satisfy the Chinese stomach, and you must eat it in Penang!
Wes Anderson-style roaming!
A feast of dopamine architecture and art
/Georgetown Five-Foot Base/
The five-foot road, the predecessor of what we now call the "arcade", derives its name from the English "five-foot way".
Raffles made it mandatory for every shophouse to have a five-foot covered verandah in urban Singapore, and the five-foot foundation became an integral feature of many settlements in the Malay Peninsula near the British colonies.
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, located on the northeast corner of Penang Island. Naturally, it is full of unique "Straits Settlements-style" architecture.
Stepping into every five-legged foundation in Penang, stepping into this corner of the world with different colors and different styles, it is fresh and fresh, full of green, solemn and tidy brown, and refreshing blue!
/Bank Street/
Penang's Bank Street is full of strong European style~
As a former British colony, there are many exquisite and beautiful European-style buildings here, which are basically left over from the Second World War. It was also once called "Ang Mao Tuku Street" by Penangites, with Ang Mao referring to foreigners and Tuku meaning trading post.
Every Sunday is a car-free day on Bank Street, so you can keep the street open for leisure. You can still have a Western holiday in Nanyang, think about it or earn it!
/Mural Street/
The murals in different colors and brains are undoubtedly an important reason why Penang attracts many people!
There are so many murals here that you can't take pictures, which is why this Nanyang city is so graceful and colorful~ If you walk around Penang, especially Georgetown, you can collect a lot of whimsy with your eyes and camera!
Most of these murals were painted by the Lithuanian artist Ernas, who created them for the Georgetown festival, and it is clear that many other painters have joined in to create a larger, more carnival-like art extravaganza.
In Georgetown's mural street, we will find that these murals are really cleverly designed, and they are integrated with the walls, doors and windows themselves, as if they are the life drama being staged on the street~
Rising Flag Hill Head Chindo Ferringhi Beach
Empty your soul in the tropical jungle
/Penang Hill/
Hong Kong has Victoria Peak, while Penang has Penang Hill, both of which are highlands overlooking the city by cable car.
Penang Hill is the highest mountain in the whole of Penang. It was called Penang Hill because in the past, British high-ranking officials lived on the mountain, and the soldiers under the mountain would use the flag language to convey information.
Penang Hill has the longest cable car track in Asia and the steepest tunnel track in the world.
Because of the high altitude, it is a very cool summer resort! Come here to climb high and look far away, enjoy the wind of shuttling through the tropical jungle, it is the chill life of dreams!
/Batu Ferringhi Beach/
If you don't go to Kota Kinabalu or Langkawi, you can enjoy the beautiful beaches in Penang!
There is a 3-kilometre stretch of sandy beach and is full of entertainment, including jet bikes, banana boats, surfboards, ...... The chic horseback riding figure by the sea is matched with the blue sea and blue sky and the sun, which is really full of fate.
Of course, it's OK to come here without jumping into the sea, it's nice to find a café or bar to sit for an afternoon, the sun shines brightly on the sea, and you can wait for a sunset happily and lazily~
/Penang Botanical Gardens/
Penang, which is close to the equator, has a very lush flora and the tropical botanical gardens here are certainly not to be missed.
At the entrance of the Penang Botanical Gardens is a lotus pond, which is home to the largest plant in the water lily family, the Amazonian royal lotus!
The super large park is also super suitable for walking in a daze, very friendly to i people, regardless of the travel check-in, taking a walk in the park is a serious thing!
A wonderful sense of home in a foreign land
Those Chinese imprints in Penang
/Peranakan Museum/
I don't know how many friends have seen "Little Nyonya"? Ba (bā) Ba Nyonya refers to the mixed descendants of Chinese immigrants and Southeast Asian aborigines who intermarried. Peranakan culture is the product of cultural blending, and to understand Peranakan is to gain an in-depth understanding of the unique history of Nanyang.
The Penang Overseas Chinese Museum, also known as the Penang Ba (bā) Ba Nyonya Museum, is a revamp of the late 19th century Kepitan Cheng Jing Gui's official residence and is well worth a visit with over 1,000 items of Baba and Peranakan culture on display.
The Nyonya Museum also has a lot of colors, you can try the characteristic Peranakan costumes here, try a fresh and special beauty, and immerse yourself in the feelings of floating across the ocean~
/Former Residence of Zhang Bishi/
Klein blue lovers are ecstatic, Qiuqiu really loves this former residence, just like the blue depot who likes Tao Zhe~
The largest surviving Chinese garden-style residence in Malaysia, Teo Pil Thi's stunning blue color comes from a natural blend of blue dye made from lime and jacaranda flower juice.
This Zhang Bishi is a Chinese expatriate who is doing business, and you can feel his solid family background from his mansion, which has a strong Chinese style, and also has a lot of Western designs and collections, which are full of ornamental value. Nowadays, in addition to visiting, you can also stay in a hotel here~
/Kek Lok Temple/
Penang Kek Lok Temple is the largest Chinese Buddhist temple in Malaysia, which was built in the 15th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1889) by Zen Master Miao Lian, the abbot of Yongquan Temple in Gushan, Fuzhou. Once inside, we marvel at the richness of the temple, with the seven-storey Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda actually combining three different architectural styles of China, Thailand and Burma.
The temple is really big, and you can take a cable car to see the statue of Kannon. Kek Lok Temple is close to Penang Mountain, and the two attractions can be arranged to visit together~
/Surname Bridge/
People say that fate is a bridge, and the surname is our fate with our ancestors. Among the surname bridges in Penang, the surname Tan Bridge is the longest one, and there is a temple at the end of the bridge, which is a good place to wait for the sunrise blockbuster.
And the surname Zhouqiao is the largest surname bridge here, and it is also the most famous, because the movie "First Love Red Bean Bing" was filmed here.
Every year on the eighth night of the first lunar month, people here will also hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, which is very lively and makes us feel connected to the motherland.
These bridges and houses on the sea naturally originated from the Chinese who came here in those years. Penang was once one of the most important maritime ports in Southeast Asia, and they mainly made their living as fishers, and their family names were used to strengthen their family's business and power.
A Michelin-award-winning street stall?
A city of gourmet food that satisfies the stomach of China!
/炒稞条/
As a city with Shantou Street, there are naturally a lot of Chaoshan cuisine. Stir-fried barley strips are one of the most popular delicacies here.
But...... What, this street tricycle stand actually won a Michelin award?
这家Yao Sisters' Four Koa Crows在2024米其林指南颁奖典礼上荣获必比登推荐Bib Gourmand,真的非常厉害!
This house is open on Saturdays and Sundays. The small portion of fried kuay corner with eggs is actually only RM5, which is RMB 7 yuan 6! The toppings are classic shrimp, leeks, bean sprouts, preserved vegetables and eggs. The taste is relatively heavy, and it is strong!
/Hainanese Chicken Rice/
When you come to Penang, everything is so intimate and yet so wonderful. There are not many cities that can infinitely satisfy the Chinese stomach when you go abroad~
Penang's Hainanese chicken rice is also very famous, this time I recommend Wu Xiuze Hainanese chicken rice, the store is not gorgeous, the main thing is the portion is full and delicious and cheap.
As soon as I arrived at the door of the store, I saw the colorful roast chicken, and I wanted to start when I smelled it~
Their roast chicken and Hainanese chicken are delicious, with vegetables and dipping sauce, meat lovers are a whole satisfied!
The amount of chicken is very sufficient, and it is enough for four people to order half of Hainan chicken and roast chicken, and you can have a cup of their 2.5 yuan orange and plum juice, which is very appetizing and greasy~
/煎蕊/
If what we ate just now was Chinese food, then the next sendola is an authentic Southeast Asian specialty.
It is a very cool ice product, which is very popular throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Malaysia, and is a must-try in Penang! It is a green vermicelli made from colorful leaf juice, usually served with shaved ice, coconut milk, brown sugar and other ingredients.
姓陈桥煎蕊是姓陈桥三宝之一!这家槟榔律分档煎蕊,定位在Pengkalan Weld, 10300 George Town, Penang。
In addition to desserts, the stall also has a variety of delicacies, including char kuay teow and laksa, as well as chrysanthemum water, cold powder water, grass water and coconut water.
/Rainbow Ice Hockey/
Retro is the most shiny, come to Penang City Walk, how can you not come to a 70s-style rainbow ice hockey? Hold the rainbow in the palm of your hand, taste it in your mouth, and be happy all day long!
The colorful colors of the ice hockey and Penang itself are very compatible, and there are ice cream and peanuts in the ice hockey, and the round one is actually super layered~
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