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Batu Ferringhi, Penang


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Beach at Batu Ferringhi, Penang, 2007


Xmas Day at Batu Ferringhi, Penang, 2006


Batu Ferringhi from the west side of the bay.
One of the great beauties of the coast around Batu Ferringhi is the tree covered hills running right down to the sea. Enjoy the view soon, because the trees are being ripped up and the hills covered with concrete. See that break in the trees on the skyline between Sri Sayang and Holiday Inn, that is the invasion of the developers. See the other side of that hill in the next photo.



Moonlight Bay development.
The developers are building these properties faster than people want to buy them, (that is apart from speculators). Along the north coast of Penang there are thousands and thousands of properties standing empty and rapidly deteriorating. The developers find speculators who just need to deposit 10%. If the developer doesn't go bankrupt, the speculator gets his property which he thinks he's going to sell or rent for a fortune, but most of them can not find suckers to pay their inflated prices so the property stand empty.


Batu Ferringhi Golf Course
That block of apartments in the middle is Eden Fairway. Yes, fairway as in golf courses. When the place was built purchasers thought that a golf course was to be built right next to their apartments. Instead houses were built. (View from Sri Sayang apartments).






Sri Sayang Apartments,
Batu Ferringhi.
Click here to see a satellite view of Sri Sayang Apartments on Google Earth



View of Batu Ferringhi from Sri Sayang Apartments.
In the 2007 photograph that bottom right corner was full of trees, it's now a building site. The developers are ripping up the trees and building at the rear, the side and at the front :-(







Sunset Bistro, Batu Ferringhi.
Click on the picture for a panorama.






Teluk_Bahang, 3km beyond Batu Ferringhi.
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Lunch, Char Hor Fun, Batu Ferringhi
There are prawns, squid, chicken, spinach(?) and two sorts of noodles. Cost - 3.50 Ringgit, (about .50p, UK) When I returned, after being away for 7-8 months, the staff remembered my name, my favourite dish and my regular drink, and the boss, a very pretty young girl, invited me to her wedding. Now that's what I call personal service :-)




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