Yahoo! lists Penang among world’s top 10
By MANJIT KAUR manjit@thestar.com.my GEORGE TOWN: An online travel guide has picked Penang as one of the top 10 islands in the world “you must see before you die.” Yahoo! Travel writer Gary McKechnie ranks Penang eighth on the list of the “must visit” places. Other islands listed are Bali, Vieques in Puerto Rico, Easter Island in Chile, Ischia in the bay of Naples (Italy), Chiloe in Chile, Bora Bora in French Polynesia, Key West in the Conch Republic, Galapagos in Ecuador and Palm Islands in Dubai. These destinations offered something that could not be found anywhere else, said McKechnie in his article ‘10 Islands to Explore Before You Die’ (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-37926474). He praised Penang as Malaysia’s food capital and suggested that visitors did their “food crawl” along George Town’s street stalls. He recommended that foodies head to the area adjacent to the Kek Lok Si Temple in Ayer Itam to feast on delicious food of rice, noodles, fish, shellfish, chicken, pork and ...