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If you're a war fanatic like my hubby , you would have noticed that the British had engaged the WWI war tactic of trench/tunnel warfare in the preparation for WWII in Malaya so this may be partly the reason why so many military tunnels were built in their forts in Penang and Singapore. Well having said that, there are many tunnels in Batu Maung Fort (Penang) , some of which can be explored and some of which have caved in ( eg. the tunnel that links to the submarine bay) . Likewise in Labrador Fort ( Singapore ) which was rumoured to have an undersea tunnel linking the mainland fort to Sentosa Island! Other than the tunnels, there are some similarities between the fort in Penang and Singapore, in terms of layout , structure, etc. If you live within this region, do go to both forts if you can to check out the similarities.
Updated Nov 9, 2005
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If I can say this, Penang War Museum is probably the best war museum I've been to in ages. Unlike the conventional ( read: boring ) indoor museums that I've been to where I get to see nothing but casement shells in glass-paned cupboards, this one allowed me to run around free in an actual ruins of a fortress. Well afterall, it is a 9ha outdoor site nestled in the rainforest of Bukit Batu Maung (near the airport) . Suits an attention-deficit-disordered personality like me and a war fanatic like my hubby just fine. We crawled through her many tunnels, climbed all the metal staircases we could fine and explored her gun emplacement bays ( see photo ) . It was worth every (Malaysian) sen we spent on the admission, which was RM15* ( RM 5 for Children) .
*Yes, we did hesitate at first on the fee, being the sad cheapskates that we were. But in the end, we reckoned that it was still cheaper than the fee we paid for the Secret War Tunnels of Labrador ( Singapore, S$8) and there was even less to see over there.
The museum is open daily to the public from 9am to 7pm.
Updated Nov 9, 2005
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