Georgetown Blitz

Feeling anxious to get climbing in Thailand, we spent only one night in Georgetown on the island of Penang. Originally a British port town and later host to people with all sorts of ethnicities, the buildings have a sort of ruined colonial feel. The whole town is a UNESCO world heritage site. Georgetown is known for its food and more recently there is a ton of street art that has been attracting attention. We did a lot of walking in the hot sun wandering from piece to piece. Some are wire sculptures telling some bit of history, some are paintings, and some are paintings with added props. 

Most of the wire pieces were over 6 ft tall.

Stumbled on to some kind of Chinese festival with sticks of incense as tall as Matt and as thick as a grown man's thigh.

Here's the real deal street art. Matt loved this one with Bruce Lee karate kicking a cat..

And then we saw a river of blood...

And then more beautiful street art...

Other than Bruce Lee- there was a 'be kind to cats' theme. The strays here looked clean and well fed. And I found Vinnie.

This kid is eating a giant ball of flavored ice.... With chopsticks.

These two were the biggest we saw.

In the evening we went to a food court with 40 hawker stalls selling everything you could want to eat. We decided to try small plates from a bunch of different stalls. We had stuffed crab, dim sum, fried chicken and Chinese fried noodles. The whole meal, with beer, came to about $15.

We have a 5am bus to Thailand and then we will climb for a few days until CHRIS TRAINOR & SOPHIE MORRIS get here and then SHAROOOOOOOOON. We are so lucky to be getting visits from some amazing people. 

xx L