The next day our adventure continued with the search for street art. After all, this is the latest ‘in’ thing happening in this island. My web search didn’t give me detailed information of which murals were located at which street. So, we checked with the staff at the hotel lobby hoping to get more information. To our surprised, she passed a brochure with specific information for all the murals – pictures with its name, its location and a detailed map for each mural. WOW!!! Here we go. The queen and the princess and the prince picked their choices, then the chauffeur with his guide led us to every street.
We saw a lot of people moving around the town with bicycles. We almost wanted to rent the bicycle. But on second thought, I doubt the children can 'tahan' that long.
Erwyn
was very disappointed and upset when we couldn’t find his "minion" painting. But later we found another
"minion" in front of a shop house.
Immediately, his sour face glowed brightly. The sorrowful boy finally turned into our cheerful little prince. This makes me wonder - Since when he had a liking for "minions"???
Don't be mistaken this as a mural. This is a REAL fire truck. We passed by the fire station and there was no one there. The children had an up close encounter with the fire truck. Look how happy they were.
Back
in Malacca, the kids had their one and only trishaw experience early
last year. It costs us RM50 for a 5 minute ride!!! Since then, the
children have been pestering us for another round but we did not give in. The price is simply too
ridiculous! But here in Penang, the
uncle on the trishaw offered to take us around for 15 minutes for only RM10!!! All 3 of us – one adult with 2 children, of
course. The children finally fulfilled
their dream of sitting in a trishaw. The
downside is: The uncle tried to explain each mural as we passed by with his
perfect Penang Hokkien. Neither
of us could understand him. Well, I
am a Hokkien but mine is Southern Hokkien.
It is not entirely the same as the Northern Hokkien. Whenever my mom and Andrew speak to each
other in Hokkien, I laughed. They could
both be speaking Hokkien but its meaning may not exactly be the same. And of course my Hokkien is quite rusty by
now. Even my Mandarin is getting rusty.
Looks like the uncle was very used to taking picture with the tourist. Say 'cheese'...
This mural was located inside a coffee shop. The uncle pointed it out to us, if not, we would certainly have missed it! I really like this mural as compared to many others. Noticed there were 2 little boys next to Erwyn? And the young girl carried a cup of coffee? Erwyn and Elyse fit perfectly in between the children.
Lunch
was served and we proceeded to our next destination in our To-Do-List: Made in
Penang Interactive Museum for 3D Photo Fun.
Well, if you are looking for food you are at the wrong blog. I’m not a food lover. So, blogging on food is really not my strength.
A
little hiccup after our lunch - our car’s headlight fell out! Yup, you read it correctly! Headlight fell out!?! My father in law found a mechanic somewhere
along Burma Road and this kind uncle just drilled a hole next to the original
one and fixed it back! LOL… So, here we
go – 3D Interactive Museum.
It
was said that the walkway leading into the museum has Malaysia’s longest and
widest 3D mural. We took some photos
before entering the museum.
A cup of coffee with Lim Guan Eng? This mural was painted right next to the ticketing counter. Ehh... seriously, don't you think Lim Guan Eng deserved the right to charge some kind of copyright fee?
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| Hero to the rescue! |
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| Hold on, Elyse! Spiderman is coming!!! |
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| Elyse rescuing Ah Gong from the mouth of a .... monster? |
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| hey, watch out on your diet, man! |
The
museum may not be very big, but it took us almost 2 hours for the whole
tour. By now, all of us were
exhausted. We went back to the hotel to
wash up and rest.
Just
before dinner, we dropped by Gurney Drive for a stroll. Andrew and my father-in-law were taken aback by the view. It was nothing like how they remembered it.
As we drove around the streets in Penang, my father in law showed us some of the places:-
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| The Lim Kongsi - This is where Andrew's grandfather plaque is kept |
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| Road named after Andrew's great-grandfather |
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| Road named after Andrew's great-great-grandfather |
To be continued...
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