Come with me. Let's discover places together. DISCOVER WITH TIMOTHY complements my website www.penang-traveltips.com. It is to satisfy my curiosity about places and to share them with you. Although I created this channel many years ago, I could not decide what to do with it until 1 January 2022, when I finally decided to create narrated walking tours where I can show you places and share interesting details about them. Every video is carefully researched to provide fascinating information about the places featured.
very interesting street.. with beautiful old mansions with history.. but not being rude.. its such a shame.. that hawkers centre is such an eye sore.. with very thirdworld type of vibe.. Penang people should try to improve their visual aesthetic.. why not build a beautiful hawker centre that will enhance the area.. surely its not that difficult..
Great video on Leith Street, Timothy. Edison Hotel, once known as Cathay Hotel was a mansion built by tycoon Yeoh Wee Gark & he named his mansion, Venus House. The bungalow at the centre of the Red Garden Food Paradise hawker centre was built by tycoon Tye Yee Koon & was his primary residence.
Please don't take this as a criticism but I think you misunderstood. We are not critical of the captions, only that it disappears too fast, and we requested it stays on for a few seconds more. If it's not too much to ask, can we have both. Thanks.
Excellent as always, Timothy. I shall make a point to visit the Catholic church enclave in a few months'. Like the protestant cemetery (my favourite place in George Town) it's another peaceful haven in the busy city.
Thanks for uploading this video, but I sincerely hope you would narrated it instead of putting on the captions as it is very difficult to read them fast and see the video at the same time. Thanks.
A walk I know very well as I stay near the police HQ. And I shall be back again come November. Meanwhile I shall enjoy the warm summer weather in London after a dismal spring. You still have a problem with your captions - blink and they vanish!
Ah, the memories of Jalan Penang from the 1970s and 80s! I remember watching Rambo III with my grandmother at the Odeon Cinema, and there was a coffee shop nearby which had the best wanton mee for us children even before that! I'm surprised you did not mention the old Loke Thye Kee Restaurant at the start of Jalan Burmah. Is it still in existence?
Loke Thye Kee Restaurant was renovated a few years back, opened to much hype, and then I think it closed down because business was bad. The last I went, the building is in good condition, but no business was operating.
Yes, it's part of the original Penang Times Square, which is being constructed in phases, and there is still another building at the junction of Jalan Dato' Keramat and Jalan Kampung Jawa Lama yet to be built.
I was about to ask why no boat ride on your vid, but then I scanned through it again and saw the price @4:07. 😱⚰ Many people attempted to fly their drones here. Should this lake dry up in the future, archeologists will no doubt find many drone carcasses at the bottom.
Very interesting video! I cannot imagine tourists coming here, but there's potential for Malaysian hipsters coming for IG photos of urban sprawl like they do in Hong Kong public housing estates. I think you've got something going here!
Thank you for premiering this area that many youngsters don’t venture nowadays!! Yes those flats were considered as tall in those days!! Not to be disrespectful , but I remembered that it had been a few high rise suicides !! Bless their souls!! Hope it is all different now!! Sorry not intended to offend!!!
Thanks Eddie. Oh, I didn't know that it has suicides! No choice, if I did know, I might have mentioned. It's not intending to offend but to be factual, but then again, I might just leave out such details.
A most fascinating video conducted in Penanglish and Penang Hokkien, which I understood every word of! My own maternal grandfather, Tay Hooi Keat (same surname as yours), passed in 1989 and was buried in Western Road Cemetery. Maybe we are distant relatives?
