3 Reasons Why You Should Visit Penang, Malaysia | Good food in Penang | Retire in Penang | Tourism Penang |

First reason: Good food in Penang | Penang Cuisine | Penang aka Pearl of the Orient which is under Malaysia has recently been ranked top for its hawker food. This was revealed by British news website under http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/where-are-the-foodies-going-in-2014-9094744.html. The excrept was from The Food Book by Lonely Planet that schedule for publication on February 14 2014 based on article written by Robin Barton. He further eloborate that although Malaysian hawker food has spread worldwide through "food trucks and pop-ups", nothing compared it with the actual experience of eating in Penang. "Its food reflects the intermingling of the many cultures that arrived after it was set up as a trading port in 1786, from Malays to Indians, Acehnese to Chinese, Burmese to Thais. State capital George Town is its culinary epicentre," he said.

CNN Travel, in November 2013, had also named Penang as having one of the best street foods in Asia under article titled George Town, Penang: Asia’s greatest street food city? http://travel.cnn.com/george-town-penang-asias-greatest-street-food-city-657636

Line Clear's nasi kandar at Penang Road          

Teochew Chendul at Penang Road

Second reason: Retire in Penang | Penang has been ranked third for the best place in the world to retire in their 2013 survey done by International Living http://internationalliving.com/2012/12/the-worlds-top-retirement-havens-in-2013/and their correspondent Keith Hockton just published an article Escape To A Tropical Island (And Live On USD1,500 A Month) http://internationalliving.com/2014/02/escape-to-a-tropical-island-and-live-on-1500-a-month/. In the article Thomas O'Neal discovered by himself how the choice he made is a prudence and wise move. "I figured that I’d take a chance and move lock, stock, and barrel. I could have just visited but where is the fun in that?, he said. Adding further "I rent a 1,600-square-foot apartment with an amazing pool, just five minutes’ walk from the ritzy Gurney Plaza shopping mall. It costs me just USD850 a month. I don’t need a car either so I’m saving money left, right and center. I love the weather—82 F on average—and Malaysia’s closeness to Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. When you combine that with a cost of living of USD1,500 per month including my rent, it’s almost unbeatable," says Thomas.

Gurney Drive's skyscraper condominiums, Penang

Third reason: Tourism Penang | The Unesco heritage site of George Town, Penang (listed in 2008) has been named the eighth holiday hotspot out of 40 destinations worldwide for 2014 by British daily, Guardian under article "Holiday hotspots: where to go in 2014":

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/jan/03/holiday-hotspots-where-to-go-in-2014 . The order of top 10 ranking as follows:

1. Cape Town, South Africa

2. Uzes, France

3. Austin, Texas, US

4. Carmarthenshire, UK

5. Kolkata, India

6. São Tomé Principe

7. Alacati, Turkey

8. George Town, Malaysia

9. Alberta, Canada

10. Bordeaux, France 

Entrance of Chinese New Year Culture & Heritage Celebration 2014 along Beach St., Penang

Heritage buildings along Beach St., Penang

St. George's Church at Farquhar St., Penang

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