Out late afternoon and made our way tour Georgetown which is about 30 minutes drive away. On the outskirts we stopped on a busy road with a lot of restaurants and ventured into one that markets itself as a live fish market.

We had mussels, clams and mantis prawns. All of which were cooked very nicely, although the clams in black bean were without a doubt the best

Rebecca seemed quite happy with the fact she’s watching the poor little prawns being drawn dragged out of the tanks kicking and screaming just so she could eat them. The main thing is that from our point of view you know it’s fresh and to be honest you only kill what you eat so there’s no wastage either which is pretty good

After lunch, which ended up surprisingly cheap given the experience, we continued the drive into Georgetown, and came against the first big issue, no parking, anywhere. Or rather, loads of parking spaces but they were all full and queues everywhere. People just double park, blocking everyone in all over the place, basically a nightmare!

Anyway found somewhere after about 45 minutes and started to wander. The issue we found when doing the research for Georgetown is that although everyone tells you it’s great and loads of food, we couldn’t seem to establish where exactly it all is. So we walk and walk and to be honest it’s all a bit boring. We ended up looking at a big tropical fish place and walk for miles but don’t really see much. Georgetown is a world heritage site but after being there it’s because it really hasn’t changed in 150 years with the one key exception, in that it’s all had 150 years of weather attacking it, so is really run down

One of the best things there is the street art which is in a few different places, one of which seems to be quite famous

After a few hours of walking, a few coffee stops and a bit of street food it’s getting dark but the place is starting to come alive with street traders selling all different types of food. But, it’s not as good as Hong Kong or KL to be honest. We give up but are very tired as we have walked miles so Rebecca and I grab a rickshaw back to the car and head home. 

Georgetown, in general is worth a look, but a few hours there first thing in the morning, which we missed with all the markets may be good or failing that leave it to the evening, the daytime is dead.

Good news is that the camera which learnt to swim is now working again, and bizarrely the lens and the controls are all working better than before, maybe a good wash is helpful every now and again!