Photo Journal: The Worn-in Beauty of Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia

Written by Bessie about Malaysia. Feelin' normal

If you're anything like Kyle and me, your camera is drawn to worn down walls giving way to layers of paint below. History pours through, and you're transported back to a slower place and time when bicycle tuk-tuks were the fastest way of travel.

This week's Photo Journal walks us through the streets of Penang, a city with worn walls bleached under the hot sun. 

Tuk-tuk for hire.

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• July 10, 2010

  mumsie

  

  Inspiring. Peaceful.

• July 10, 2010

  Tina

  

  I'm enjoying the photo posts...great idea to start these. Some of these photos look so much like my photos from Sicily. Love it!!

• July 12, 2010

  Bessie

  

  Thanks, Tina. We're excited to have a new way to share our photos. We've taken a lot the past few years of traveling.
  
  Isn't it interesting how a photo can make unrelated places look similar? I've never been to Sicily, but these walls remind me of towns in Nicaragua. Thanks for following!

• July 11, 2010

  Brendan van Son

  

  I know what you mean! I love pictures of run down walls... very nice post!

• July 12, 2010

  Bessie

  

  Yeah, there's something totally charming and captivating about worn-down colorful walls. Cool you like them too.

• July 12, 2010

  Earl

  

  Oh how I miss the Indian food on Penang!!

• July 13, 2010

  Kyle

  

  Bah! Now I will be thinking about Indian food all day.

• July 20, 2010

  Migrationology

  

  Great pictures, Penang has some really cool looking buildings with some extrodinary food coming out of them! Indian food does sound incredible now...

• July 23, 2010

  Kyle

  

  Ya, food in Malaysia is arguably the best in SE Asia. Man, now I'm hungry for Indian again...

• July 23, 2010

  Laura

  

  Love these photos! I may be going to Malaysia in a few months after some fellow travelers insisted I make a side trip there. Thanks for sharing.

• July 23, 2010

  Kyle

  

  Georgetown is definitely an interesting town, even if it is a very hectic place. The food, though, is hard to beat!

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