A trail charming and delightful

By Louise Goss-Custard

November 2015 PEAKS AND PARKS
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Bukit Mertajam is a difficult but definitely worthwhile hike.You can see its distinctive peak with its radio towers from miles away, jutting up from the lowlands. Easily visible even from the island, Bukit Mertajam is 545m above sea level. It sits in Seberang Perai’s 37ha Bukit Mertajam Forest Park a few kilometres outside the town of the same name.The tarmac road to the summit begins at the park’s car park on Jalan Kolam and can be hiked in just over...

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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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