george town I: photography walk

After a frigid ferry ride from Langkawi and an arrival in Penang in the middle of a torrential downpour, I got up bright and early on our first morning in George Town to meet up with Dave Hagerman for a photography walk.

When Megan and I booked our tickets to Malaysia, Eating Asia (the blog run by Dave and his wife, writer Robyn Eckhardt) was the first place I went to look for tips on what to eat. I've been reading their blog for years and it was one of the biggest reasons that Penang was high on my to-visit list. I mean, have you looked at their blog? It inspires incredible wanderlust.

Robyn and Dave also freelance for a number of decently well known publications, like the New York Times. (In a marvelously well timed coincidence, the Times published their 36 Hours in Penang feature five days before we arrived in Penang, so we got to try out a bunch of these places before the NYT crowd hit.)

At any rate, in looking at Eating Asia for Penang tips, I discovered that Robyn offers street food tours and Dave offers photography walks, and immediately ran to book all of the above. I'll write more about the food tour shortly, but know that Robyn and Dave were both wonderful and so, so friendly, and if you make it over to Penang, I'd recommend both the food tour and the photography walk in a heartbeat. And check out Dave's photography -- it was so great to get to spend a few hours learning from this guy, because I think his style is incredible.