A hike to the top via Moongate

By Louise Goss-Custard

December 2015 PEAKS AND PARKS
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The viaduct.
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Why take the train when you can hike?Every hiker in Penang feels the irresistible urge at some point to climb to the highest point in Penang, and so they embark on one of the many routes leading to the summit of Penang Hill. At 735m above sea level, this is not in actual fact the highest point on the island; this accolade goes to Western Hill, which rises 833m above sea level. Western Hill is about a mile along the...

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Louise Goss-Custard

is editor of the Penang Free Sheet (www.penangfreesheet.my), co-organiser of Open Studios Penang, and a keen flautist who plays with Penang’s best Irish band, the DramBand (www.facebook. com/DramBandPenang) and several local orchestras.


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