5. Hike the thrilling ‘Trek 800’ For those craving a walk in nature, Penang Island is crammed with peaceful hiking trails suitable for day-long excursion or short, challenging climbs.

Tourists arriving with the idea of taking selfies in front of quaint old landmarks rarely notice the parts of the island that ...

There’s fresh crab, live from the tank, and bowls of miniature clams ready to pop out of their shells for sautéing in a spicy sauce with garlic and lime.The air smells of roasted duck and ske… ...

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MENTION to anyone in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur what your next stop will be and the reaction will be exactly the same.

Penang Island is shaped like a turtle, looking north. George Town is laid out on the only flat promontory (hence, the local name, Tanjung), while the other three “feet” of the turtle are hilly ...

GEORGE TOWN: There are no by-laws in Penang restricting owners from bringing their pets to the island’s beaches, says Penang Island mayor Rajendran Anthony.

GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia -- High-rise buildings arrayed like a defensive wall along the eastern coast of Malaysia's Penang Island make it hard to imagine how this tropical outpost would have appeared ...

Home to barely 10,000 people just three centuries ago, the state of Penang, encompassing the island and a sliver of the Malaysian mainland, has since grown to a population of 1.6 million.