Penang Street Art

It has been a while. A lot of people had posted photos of Penang Street Art on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Tempted, but I have no time to pay "them" a visit last year. The TVB drama "Outbound Love" (单恋双城) also have a lot of street art scene. Argh... I wanna take photos of those arts before they fade out. And yes!! Finally, my super duper long holiday allows me to do so. 

Penang Street Arts are painted by Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian-born artist, and some by other artists. They are located at different streets so you need to do some homework to look for all of them. I learnt from mistakes. We did not check the locations of any murals beforehand and missed out a lot of murals on Day 1. Thus, we need to go and walk under the hot sun the next day to finish the task. Sounds very serious to take photos of all murals. XD

#1 Ernest's Murals

"Boy on a Bike" mural at Ah Quee Street (Lebuh Ah Quee). There is another mural beside it but already faded. It should be a "Little Boy with Pet Dinosaur". Wasted. Sigh.

"Boy on Chair" Mural at Cannon Street. 

The little boy is so cute! And this mural appears many times in the drama I mentioned. =D

Hong Kong Yuen Long: Tai Lam Country Park 大棠/ 大榄郊野公园

Friend's auntie suggested to her that we can go Yuen Long to search for maple leaves. And since I've visited quite a number of must-go tourist spots in Hong Kong, I decided to go for this maple leave hunting with my friend. 

Yuen Long is located in New Territories West, Hong Kong. It took us about 1.5 hours to travel from Central to Yuen Long. We took train and then another bus in Yuen Long to travel to Tai Lam Country Park, the place where a lot of bloggers mentioned about maple leaves. When we were queuing for bus, we think we are heading to the right spot.  The bus stop was filled with a lot of tourists and locals holding their professional cameras.  

So, being a not-so-professional tourist, we followed the path of others. When we saw the signage below, we were really happy. Right spot to hunt for maple leaves. Yesshhhhhhh......

There's signage showing where to find maple leaves. So we were more relax that time. But we need to walk for another hour to reach our destination. Half-way through, we found a huge barbeque spot. So we stopped by to take some photos and enjoy the fresh air. *breath breath breath* 

The place where people can barbeque and enjoy some family time. =D

It was getting dark when we continued to walk to find maple leaves. Before we found maple leaves, we saw sun-setting. Hence, we walked a little faster so that we could take some nice photos. 

About 15-20 minutes after the barbeque space, we found maple leaves and a lot of people! Oh! Such an amazing place! So romantic and pretty. =D Too bad we went there a little too late and hence the photos aren't very awesome. But it's my first time surrounded by maple trees with red maple leaves. <3

So many maple trees!!!! 

Me and the maple leaves. So pretty!! Autumn feeling in winter. =)

My favourite photo taken by my friend. You're such an awesome photographer. <3 <3

Different experience in different country, with different weather. That's why I love to travel.

More information about Tai Lam Country Park with directions can be found here.

Ahhh!!! Don't forget to get some Yuen Long Lou Poh Peng (老婆饼) on your way to the park or on your way back home! Heard them from TVB dramas? Why not try them yourself? =)

Hong Kong Ladder Street 楼梯街 and Duddell Street Stone Steps 都爹利街石阶

Ladder Street is located in Sheung Wan, is a place where you can often see in TVB dramas. Since I am a TVB fans, I decided to pay a visit there after going Stanley Beach and Repulse Bay. Ladder Street can be found in dramas such as "Outbound Love" (单恋双城) and "Heart of Greed" (溏心风暴). I went there in the evening so the feeling is kinda from what I've expected from the dramas.  

The Ladder Street is really long! Our legs were tired that time and we decided to walk half of the street. If you want to have a walk before hitting Lan Kwai Fong (兰桂坊) for the night, ladder street may be a good spot. This street is really romantic at night, with the yellow lamps. Couples can have a walk here and pretend like some TVB actors. =D

Ladder Street! Very tourist pose. haha...

Romantic ladders. Unique, long and antique. I love the environment here. My friend and I spent half an hour here to pose and take photos. We even take out umbrellas to pose as if we are capturing for a music video.

Next Stop: Duddell Street Stone Steps. 

Duddell Street is located in Central, nearer to Lan Kwai Fong. More dramas are taken here: "Healing Hands" (妙手仁心), "Survivor's Law" (律政新人王), "The Drive of Life" (岁月风云). There is a Starbucks Coffee Shop up the Stone Steps, which make this street more developed. This is a better place for photography. I climbed up to sit on the handrails, I climbed up to take photo with the famous gas lamps, I sat on the steps to pretend like a model, etc.... I'm so lucky to have a friend who can take nice photos of mine and also who can think of creative poses for me. That's why people say, you need a good travel partner. I think I found one more. (For your information, I have a few good travel companions. Found them during my student exchange to Melbourne)

I like this photo the most! Me @ Duddell Street. Beware: you need to be careful when you climb up alright. Children needs guidance from parents. XD