Penang Georgetown

The article recommends visiting Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia, highlighting its local culture over the more commercial Kuala Lumpur. It specifically praises the Hin Bus Depot for its weekend markets featuring local art, crafts, food, and barista-brewed drinks. The text also includes photos taken at a Chinese New Year festival on Armenian Street in Georgetown on February 21, 2026.

If you decide to visit Malaysia, I recommend coming to Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. Kuala Lumpur is great too, but can feel too commercial and less local culture-ish Hin bus depot chill area for crowd : Hin bus depot has local markets art / crafts / food every weekend, a lot of good local artists / barista brewed drinks here, highly recommend Here are some photos taken at the Chinese New Year festival, at Armenian street in Georgetown at 21 February 2026.