Baba Guesthouse

Tip 2

by l_joo

Along the Batu Feringgi road, there are so many shops and restaurant such as this one in blue color, but don't ask me what are they selling or what do they have in taste, it just too many, no way I can go in to try each of them, best you come here to try yourself.

High rise seafront condominiums

by SLLiew

There is a great disparity of land and housing price on Penang Island and Mainland Penang. Most people are still rather pay more to live on the island which has more facilities, amenities, cultural centers and infrastructure.

Chinese fengshui believe in that it is best to live in a house on a hill and facing the hill. In the past, only the rich can afford this and so the poor have to wait until in death where many cemetries have their tombstones on hillslope looking into the sea.

Nowadays, there are many high rise seafront condominiums which has this fengshui concept living. Most of these condominiums as well as apartment buildings are built overlooking the sea at Tanjong Bungah and Batu Ferringhi area, the Gold Coast and bridge coastal highway.

But living near the sea, find that the saltish sea breeze acceleratey rusting. A minor price for good fenghsui.

Catfish anyone?

by SLLiew

Catfish can breathe on land.

We saw this "giant" catfish on the jetty of Teluk Bahang which was caught by a local fisherman on a line.

The whiskers probably gave the fish its kitty name. Beware of the sting of the catfish. It taste quite good though as catfish curry.

Batu Feringgi

by andrewyong

This is the northern coast of Penang where you will find the beaches. All the usual beach activities can be found here during the day.

At night, you will find a tourist (trap) market selling all kinds of knick-knacks (which I must confess that I love to browse on occasion).

I like going there once in a while for a leisure weekend walk and have a pint or two (or rather it's in glasses less than a pint) with some friends.

"Batu" means rock in Malay and "Feringgi" means Portugese in Malay as the Portugese first sailed into the bay over there. However, they didn't find it having much prospect until the British later established a settlement in Penang to counter the French, east of India. So, the name commemorates the arrival of the Portugese on this part of the island, perhaps it could be roughly translated as the Portugese Point.