George Town, Penang

Besides the food stalls, the temples, the ethnic influences in fashion and food, the streets of George Town are also well known for street art.  There are primarily two different types, the first being those painted by a Lithuanian artist who was commissioned to paint local scenes for the 2012 George Town Festival.  There are other paintings around but his are, by far, the best; very clever and witty often incorporating real objects into the picture.

 

 

The other type are wrought iron structures that were commissioned by the tourist board to provide fun pictorial anecdotes about the history of the street it is located on, and a rather fun way to learn a little bit about Penang's heritage.

Other scenes around George Town:

 

 

 

An interesting shop front but I couldn't figure out what they sold

Chew Jetty

A typical food court (one stall offers "claypot frog porridge"  hmmm?)

Street food hawker

This was me by the end of the day