Heritage walk in the heat

European architecture testifies to Georgetown's colonial past. It was probably the worst time of the day to be walking around. The heat and humidity was unforgiving.


The Protestant Cemetery, created to bury the early British colonial administrators, traders and missionaries, is the oldest Christian cemetery in Penang.



The Church of the Assumption was built by the Eurasians who followed Captain Francis Light to Penang in 1786.


Completed in 1818, St. George's Church is the oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia.


The foundation stone of the Town Hall was laid in 1879 and the main building completed in 1883.


Next door to the Town Hall, the City Hall is a handsome Victorian-style building constructed in 1903 and opened in 1906.


Fort Cornwallis is the largest intact fortress in Malaysia. It is situated at the spot where Captain Francis Light was supposed to have landed in 1786.


Too hot and tired to walk back to the hotel, we opted for a trishaw ride.