Tanjung Tokong & Gurney Plaza area

This photo journal features the town of Tanjung Tokong & the Gurney Plaza area. Tanjung Tokong occupies the NE shoulder (cape) of the island before the coastal road swoops down in a southeasterly direction towards Gurney Drive & Georgetown. The town limits seem to merge with those of Tanjung Bungah to the west & it’s hard to tell when one stops & the other starts. You can see the lay of the land on this map: http://wikimapia.org/687111/ The town got its name from the historic Tua Pek Kong temple located on the ... (more)

This new stainless steel sculpture
themed “wave and birds” at the Gurney Drive roundabout was...

closeup
Note the birds sitting on the curved pipes which emulate waves. The Penang...

SW view toward the hills

Gurney Plaza in the background

another angle

Waterfront promenade
leading past Gurney Plaza.

closer

a different angle

The Bali Hai Seafood Market restaurant
at Gurney Drive near the roundabout, is very popular with locals & tourists.

The cosy ambiance,
complete with seaview, is suitable for entertaining friends, business...

"Tanjung Tokong" - low cost UDA flats.
There are several 'towers' in this complex. Most of Tanjung...

This lane, next to the UDA flats
leads to the waterfront Temple. I took these during the federal election...

Looking back

Unidentified temple
I saw before I got to the beach.

closeup

"Tua Pek Kong Temple" gate
on the beach. This small, quaint temple is dedicated to the Taoist god of...

Looking out from inside
The temple's patrons are mostly residents of the adjacent Chinese fishing...

The temple
Tua Pek Kong is one of many Malaysian Chinese Gods. It is believed...

side view
This temple, like the Hokkien Tua Pek Kong Temple on Armenian Street in the...

Fighting Lions, the temple guardians
Although the temple itself wasn’t harmed by the tsunami, one of...

Inside
The temple is noted for its annual flame watching ritual which foretells the...

Inside2

Small cemetery behind it
I wonder who is buried here??

The popular Sea Pearl Lagoon Cafe
situated next to the Tua Peh Kong Temple on the waterfront, is known...

Al fresco dining, with a view
The dining area is on a cement patio adjacent to the sea wall. The...

Another nearby eatery

Sea wall.
Is that a tsunami warning tower on the right? The retaining wall along...

This breakwater was likely installed
since the tsunami.

This reminds me of a fort....
I wonder if this is the abandoned lookout with sitting area that was...

That development in the background
is Sri Tanjung Pinang which is being built on a large section of land...

Idyllic spot

Concrete fish at Tulang Corner
with the new Sri Tanjung Pinang development in the background.

Devastating Kampung fire June/07
Barely three years after the tsunami hit this kampung, tragedy struck...

Cleanup has been slow
No one was injured in this noon fire, although many victims fled their homes...

Ironically, the kampung is across
across the road from the large RM2.6bil integrated Sri Tanjung Pinang...

article published 06/28/2008

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