Malaysia’s Penang state boasts at least 30 hiking trails, many of which are now comprehensively mapped, so hikers can better enjoy the area’s outstanding natural beauty.

Urban murals depicting everyday life in Penang glowed dimly under the street lights, and I sidestepped the scavenging stray cats that are the unofficial rulers of the island.

About half of Penang island is hilly woodlands – look at a satellite picture of the island and you will see the lay of the land all at once. Throughout these protected forests are hiking trails ...

As tourists explore George Town’s alleys and lanes armed with street art maps, they discover a living canvas that narrates the history of Malaysia’s Penang Island from trading hub to cultural ...

Penang Island is shaped like a turtle, looking north. George Town is laid out on the only flat promontory (hence, the local name, Tanjung), while the other three “feet” of the turtle are hilly ...