The search made us walk all over the streets of Georgetown in Penang, Malaysia. We spent hours scouring through different streets, walking under the hot, sweltering sun, testing our patience with each other as we navigate our ways through the same streets again and again in search of more street art.
We armed ourselves with a map, these street art locations conveniently mapped out and duly crossing out each one as we found it. It took us all over Georgetown but the sun, the humidity and the long walks eventually took a toll on us. The search became routine – find one, take photos, cross out on the map and move on to the next one. Took a much needed break and continued on for more.
And then, I gave in. I gave up.
All I wanted to do was to go back to our hotel and stay there for the next few hours. I was tired, sweaty and getting darker the longer I was in the sun.
But then, a roadside vendor beckoned to us and said, “There’s one more inside the coffeeshop!”
Curiosity lured us in and we found one not on our map.
Surprised? Yes!
It surprised us to find out that we didn’t really have the most updated map of these street art in Georgetown after all.
We ended up back at the hotel right after that.
What do you usually search for when you are overseas? Have you ever given up or gotten frustrated on a search when overseas? Please do share! šĀ
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These are fantastic! I would have sweated away like you in search of them. We are always on the search for unique and unusual things in places we visit. Not one specific thing but we try to research ahead of time and then hit the streets. š
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Lol, yes…but I hope not as long as it took me though…I was walking for more than 4 hours…under the hot sun! š£ but I like to do research too…that’s how I ended up on this hunt! Haha..š
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In the first picture I actually thought those are real kids and something went wrong with Photoshop š
It is very interesting to see these, what is the history behind the sreet art?
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Haha, I know right! Unfortunately, not all of the street arts are well maintained, some are already fading away. I don’t think there’s any history to it though. They did this for tourism which I have to admit kinda worked on me…hehe..š
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it would work for me as well. gotta check this out someday (before it fades away though :p)
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How amazing!!! Beautiful and creative idea š and great shots by the way!! :*
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Thank you! š I had to make it worth the sweat that I had worked on..hehe..š
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Ohhhh yes!!!! It was worth it, I assure you!! š
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These are AMAZING. Worth the sweat. And I can say that because I didn’t have to sweat at all to enjoy your images, lol. Thanks for sharing these. A gold mine.
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Lol, glad that you got to enjoy the labour of my sweat…more than happy to share since I worked hard for it…š
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Lol “getting darker the longer I was in the sun.” š I’ve been the Penang but honestly haven’t seen a single one of these! Have they always been there? Ha! I am really terrible at seeing “touristy” things when traveling.
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Haha..but it was true! I got tanner in Penang cos I didn’t have sunblock on…all cos I was walking for hours hunting these down! Haha…if you walked all around Georgetown, you would bump into it eventually. I had a map which made it easier but I was also walking around for more than 4 hours! So maybe next time for you instead…š
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I love street art and I loved all of the pictures in the post – especially the one of the children on the swings and the fact it is located on ‘Step by Step Lane.’ I have a question though – Which one was located inside the coffee shop? Was it the last one?
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Hahaha…I didn’t upload that one, it didn’t turn out well cos I didn’t have much room to take it. Since it was in a coffeeshop, it was literally hiding behind tables and chairs! š I actually had a lot more but I didn’t want to flood the post with all of it..glad you enjoyed this. š
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Well the efforts paid off – you took amazing photos of these unique street art and have a blog post to write š Thanks for sharing! Hm..maybe if someday I visit Penang I will ask you to draw me a proper map so I won’t get lost… š š
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Lol, I may be the wrong person to ask for a map though, my own one may also be outdated if you ever make it there..haha..š
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These are amazing! Certainly worth all the trouble š
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Thank you! Glad you thought so…:)
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The heat in Penang is seriously brutal. I spent a couple days just wandering around aimlessly, looking for street art. And while it was so worth it, I don’t think I’ve ever been so incredibly hot and sweaty in my life!!
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Yes, it caught me of guard too…but I think it was more because I was walking around for too long without much shade or sunscreen so I started to feel very hot, sweaty and bothered by the sun..if I was in Singapore in this weather, you wouldn’t see me on the streets at all, I wouldn’t step out much from the air conditioned malls…haha…:D
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That’s a fascinating subject for a blog post. Thanks for sharing this
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Haha, frustration always makes good subject matter. Thanks for reading! š
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woah this street art is amazing!!! I’m glad you kept going for so long! š
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Something worth the amount of sweat I donated I suppose…hahaha…:)
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wow. i had no idea about this! I wish I had known when I was there!
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Haha, I don’t know when this was put up although some of the street arts are already looking a bit faded…you can always make it down again…;)
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Highly impressive street arts!!! Combinations of real things and graffiti, right? Hard to tell. That makes it real impressive.
We had the same experience when I wanted to scavenge most of the street arts in Venice Beach, which is a lot, lot, lot.
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Oh yes, I have more actually which is equally good and some which are cleverly drawn but perhaps I will post more later…I can imagine that there would be more street art over on your side, you guys have more freedom to do such things…hahaha…:)
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Thanks for the post, Sha!
This makes me want to visit Penang even more and search for the street-arts as many as I could š
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Hello! Sorry for the late reply….glad that you have enjoyed the post and for sure, Penang is a good place to visit if you are interested in the street art…:)
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