We didn't wake up until around 11:00am after an unsettled night due to the heat of our room and the uselessness of our fan! We got ready and started walking to the 'Komtar' building, which is the tallest building in Penang at 232 metres high, but is a bit of an eyesore! We went into the shopping mall at the base of the building but the place looked quite old and shabby. We wanted something to eat so got the lift to the 5th floor, which was actually the roof, but the so-called 'Food Court' looked more like a 'Cattle Market' and was pretty much empty so we got straight back in the lift. We decided to go somewhere else and as we turned left out of the building there was a much newer, glitzier shopping place called the Prangin Mall. This was actually attached to the older Komtar mall via a sky-bridge and we could see why, as we had to tackle crossing a very wide, busy road! We immediately spotted McDonald's and as we were feeling a little hungover, not that we always find an excuse for eating one, we went and had a Quarter Pounder meal. We then left the glitzy mall as I couldn't handle not being able to buy anything! There were so many nice pairs of shoes for around four pound each, so it drove me crazy as Andrew dragged me away!
 
We then set off walking towards Lebuh Leith, which was once known as 'Millionaire Row' as there were several prominent people living in grand, mansion residences located along the street . One famous one that has been well-preserved is the 'Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion' which is indigo-blue and has an Oriental design as Cheong was a prominent Chinese figure. The mansion has 38 rooms, 7 staircases and 220 windows and people now have the chance to stay in uniquely designed rooms within the mansion, but they were way out of our price league! We continued down 'Millionaire Row' and reached St. George's Church, a strikingly white minimal building. A lady at the entrance welcomed us inside and once she knew we were from England she started questioning us about the dole system as she couldn't quite get her head around the fact that if you didn't work in England the government gave you money! The building had recently got a fresh lick of paint, which we could still smell. We then walked towards the esplanade passing the Town Hall and City Hall, both of colonial architecture. There was also a Cenotaph, as a memorial to the victims of World War I. We walked along the esplanade to the entrance of Fort Cornwallis, a star-shaped fort that stands at the place where Francis Light and crew landed on August 11th, 1786 to take possession of the island of Penang . The fort walls were roughly ten feet high and there were a number of different structures within the fort, including a history gallery, small chapel, prison cell, gunpowder magazine, flag pole and several old bronze canons, one of which was a Dutch canon called the Seri Rambai, casted in 1603. I was a little disappointed that a sign clearly stated you were not allowed to sit on the canon! There was a folklore tale that placing flowers in the Seri Rambai canon allowed infertile women to conceive.
 
We walked back to our guesthouse as we were feeling a little exhausted after walking around for hours in the heat. We grabbed a drink and sat in the communal area for a while but I needed a proper rest, so ended up falling asleep for a couple of hours, but then woke up feeling even worse! We went to Little India for something to eat as it was so tasty and cheap! On the way we walked past a hawker stall, suitably named 'Old Trafford Burger' and displaying the Manchester Utd. badge! The whole of Asia is clearly obsessed by English football.