Szehuoi's First Blog: Half Day Trip in Penang Heritage Area

Annyeonghaseyo~ Welcome to my blog! ♡

An ordinary girl from Butterworth, Penang who currently studying Bachelor of Art in International Hotel and Tourism Management in KDU Penang University College.

In this post, I'm going to post about half day trip with my friends at Penang Heritage Area!

The itinerary will be Ah Lai Coffee Shop ↦ Armenian Street ↦ Chew Jetty ↦ Tan Jetty ↦ Sekeping Victoria ↦ Eastern & Oriental Hotel ↦ Depart Home

Outfit Of The Day

Before we start our trip, we try out the traditional breakfast running under a big tree that recommended by other bloggers, toast and half boiled eggs. Not the least, a cup of iced coffee special to brighten your day.

Iced Coffee Special♡

Breakfast that we had ♡

About Ah Lai Kopitiam - Under The Big Tree @ Church Street

↣ 15, Gat Lebuh Gereja, 10200 Penang

↣ Monday – Friday: 0900am to 0500pm

↣ Saturday: 0900am to 0300pm

↣ Sunday: 0700am to 0100pm

↣ Contact: 016-4771332 (Ah Lai/Ah Lim)

↣ No service charge & government tax

↣ Halal

Armenian Street, Georgetown Penang

The first destination after our breakfast will be Choo Chay Keong Temple located at Armenian Street.

Side view of Choo Chay Keong Temple.

The detail view of Choo Chay Keong Temple.

Choo Chay Keong Temple at the junction between Armenian Street and Cannon Street, it completed in 1924, it is dedicated to the patron deity of the Yaps, Hoay Che Chung Wang.

Next, we went to the temple just right beside Choo Chay Keong Temple, which is Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple.

The only group photo we took in front of Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple.

Photo took at the main entrance of Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple.

Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple is a hundred years old Chinese temple built in year 1850's in Armenian Street. It was once the headquarter of a secret society called Kian Teik Tong. After Penang riot in year 1867, all secret societies, including Kian Teik Tong, were permanently banned.

Besides, you will also find out a few roadside store along Armenian Street.

One of the vintage shop located at Armenian Street.

A few stalls which located along Armenian Street.

The main attraction in Armenian Street will be........

Dang Dang~~

"Little Children On Bicycle" wall mural !

This is the famous wall mural in Armenian Street by Ernest Zacharevic.

Yeetheen and me with the famous wall mural.

Besides, there are also a few wall mural along Armenian Street and here is wall mural which represent the 3 different races in Malaysia.

Danielle, Yeetheen and me are mimic the wall mural.

After we walk around the Armenian Street, the next stop we went are Chew Jetty and Tan Jetty.

While we are on our way walking from Armenian Street to Chew Jetty, we spot the street singer beside!

There are some tourists dance along with the song which the street artist sing.

The street artist sitting aside and singing to get fund for their travel journey,

Also, we do take photo at some nice spot while walking to Chew Jetty and Tan Jetty.

Candid shot taken by Fish.

Let's talk about something interested about both of the clan jetties.

Chew Jetty is said to be the more known and prominent one among the nine clan jetties of Pengkalan Weld. You can trace its origin back to the earlier Chinese settlements in Penang who built these village on stilts.

While Tan Jetty is one of the nine clan jetties in George Town. It is the third clan jetty from the north, located between Chew Jetty and Lee Jetty.

Todays, there are only 7 clan jetties still intacts todays which are:

ONG Jetty
LIM Jetty
CHEW Jetty
TAN Jetty
LEE Jetty
NEW Jetty
YEOH Jetty

While the other two jetties, PENG AUN Jetty and KOAY Jetty were demolished in 2006 to give way to a high-rise housing development project.

Photo of Chew Jetty which taken from the internet.

Photo taken by our photographer of the day - Fish at Tan Jetty.

Favourite photo took by Nelson at Chew Jetty.

Group photo of the girls taken by Nelson at Tan Jetty.

Another group photo of the girls taken by Nelson too.

After visited the both jetties, we decided to have a rest at one of a must visit cafe at Chew Jetty area which is Sekeping Vistoria! The cafe is situated along Lebuh Victoria, which Waze has a pretty accurate location on it. The cafe isn't very visible from the outside as it's shaded by trees at the entrance.

Sekeping Victoria

The outlook of Sekeping Victoria.

A little corner in the cafe.

Detail photo in Sekeping Victoria.

A little corner which we took some pretty photo here.

Sekeping Victoria is an exteded member of the Sekeping Retreat group, Sekeping Victoria is the group's first "branch" in Penang. The Sekeping brand is famous for its rustic-forestry retreat; similarity, Sekeping Victoria is designed for those who are looking for a quiet escape from the fast and busy city life. Ironically, Sekeping Victoria is located in the heartland of Georgetown - Victoria Street, off the bustling Weld Quay and Beach Street.

Food and drinks that serve in Sekeping Victoria!

Photo i love the most taken by Fish.

About Sekeping Victoria

↦ 164A-B, Lebuh Victoria, Georgetown, 10300 George Town, Penang

↦ Weekdays: 1100am to 1100pm

↦ Saturday: 1000am to 1100pm

↦ Sunday: 1000am to 1000pm

↦ Closed on Tuesdays

↦ Contact: 04-2613707
↦ Pork Free

After we having our lunch at Sekeping Victoria, the next and also the last stop for the day will be Eastern&Oriental Hotel as it is the oldest hotel standing in Penang island and it has many antique furniture.

Eastern & Oriental Hotel