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Penang Georgetown - Sunway Hotel?

Having holiday with my friend next week. All of us are first time visit to Penang (free and easy). Staying at Sunway Hotel, wanted to know any nearby malls and place for good food within walking distance. Heard about Gurney Drive but kinda like too far away from our hotel. Would like to have more details before we head off. Any website for me to have the full details? Also planning to visit the Chinese Temples, not sure if it's too far for our hotel or... Anyone knows whom can help.. tks.

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1. Sunway hotel's location is at the famous hawker New Lane or Jln Baru in Malay, famous for the crab meat char keow teow, chee cheong fun etc, walk across the road and look for Lorong Selamat, the Char Keow Teow during lunch time and the ice kacang is great, you can walk to Komtar, Pragin Mall, Upper Penang Rd for night life, i don't know how far you can walk but if for me i can even walk to esplanade, chulia street, kimberly street, cheong fatt tze masion, little india from that hotel, the location is great, if you can't walk just rent a bike or car, you can try our Rapid Penang buses, they were quite new and empty as we Penang people don’t like to take bus, if you want to book a taxi for whole day, call Taxi Anak Bapak 012 471 1608 he is Malay father and son but both can speak hokkien, quite a nice guy refer to this website, it is very detail about Penang http://www.my-island-penang.com/ Below are the itinerary I've planned for my friend last 2 summer, and have been posted here many times, hope you find it useful A must visit ( day 1 ) 1) Kek Lok Si Temple ( recommended 3 hrs ) buying of Penang souvenir 2) Trishaw around town 3) Fort Conwalis 4) Khoo Kongsi 5) Dinner at Great New World ( nice hawker and restaurant ) 6) Shopping at Pragin Mall and go up the 58th floor of Komtar building 7) Night life at Upper Penang Road ( pubs street, hottest place in Penang ) Day 2 8) Butterfly farm ( recommended 2 hrs ) 9) Batik Factory 10) Balik Pulau Orchard – go to see the durian, rambutan and other fruit’s tree 11) Batu Feringgi – beach ( jet ski, paragliding, beach buggy ATV, fishing + BBQ, shopping at the night 12) Dinner at the Batu Ferringgi strip. Nice western food – The Ship Restaurant or there are many seafood restaurant there. Day 3 13) Penang Hill ( recommended 3 hrs, go early in the morning ) 14) Snake Temple 15) The Sleeping Buddha Temple 16) Little India 17) Indian Temple 18) Botanic Garden – see rain forest and monkey 19) Dinner at Gurney Drive Below are copy from http://www.tourismpenang.gov.my ( those places are nearby and in the middle of the town, just slot it in if she have time ) 20) Daily, hundreds of tourists both local and foreign, visit this vast preservation of treasures in George Town, in which may be seen and enjoyed the story of Penang's man-made heritage. As the starting point of Penang's multicultural community, the inner city of George Town has many houses of worship, guilds, mosques, temples, clanhouses, district associations, sanghams and lodges which are Penang's 'open museums' of migration and cultural history. The many heritage tour guides are only too happy to reveal to the visitor the beauty and wonder, and the inspiration and spiritual meaning that lie behind each building, each community and each culture. 21) A nimble amble through the historical sights in George Town: the first four streets mapped out by city fathers in George Town, namely Beach Street, Light Street, Pitt Street (now Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling) and Chulia Street are still very much relevant and bustle with traffic everyday. Just around the corner from Beach Street lies the Colonial Quarter, where Fort Cornwallis, Esplanade, City Hall, Court-house, St. George's Church, Convent Light Street, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, the Protestant Cemetery, and other historical buildings are situated. 22) A short distance away are what is described as the historic port settlements or 'ethnic enclaves' – the Little India commercial orb, Kapitan Keling mosque, Goddess of Mercy Temple, Mahamariamman Temple, Armenian Street, Acheen Street, Khoo Kongsi, King Street, Weld Quay and others Durian season just started in Penang
2. 1) prangin mall (shopping and quite affordable price. gurney is more expensive) and very near to your hotel. 2) gama (quite old but also a shopping mall) 3) eden hutton lane restaurant at hutton road. near penang road. (good western food and affordable price). 4) a kopitiam (food centre etc) near umno building. a lot of choices of foods
3. if it is far you can always use rapid penang. rapid also provides free buses from jetty to KOMTAR where you can stop at various historical places along the way. if you are lost, try asking the rapid's drivers for direction. they can speak english quite well. i seen them speaking with tourist.