Climbing the Back Left Flipper of Penang Island
By Rexy Prakash Chacko
September 2019 PEAKS AND PARKS
If you are to look at Penang on a map, it becomes immediately apparent that Penang Island is shaped like a turtle, with four flippers strategically positioned at each geographical extreme of the island. The most accessible of these four “flippers” does not require much walking, as this is George Town, a flat promontory that converges near the historic Fort Cornwallis. The other three “flippers” – Tanjung Puchat Muka (quite literally “Pale Face Cape”!) on the north-west where the Penang...
Rexy Prakash Chacko
is an electronic engineer by profession and a nature lover by passion. While he spends his weekdays earning a living at the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone, his weekends are spent reflecting and recharging on the green hills of Penang.
