Travelling around the world you suddenly hear or see things and you go I didnt know that. Well my daughter have a fascination with shoes and in particular Jimmy Choo. We always thought of Jimmy Choo being a British icon. However we discovered that Jimmy was actually born in Penang, Malaysia where his father, a shoemaker taught him the craft. He came to London to study in 1982 and the rest is history.
Most tourists to Malaysia spending their time in Kuala Lumpur, seeking out the city’s delicious local cusines, art galleries, shops and famous landmarks and then moving on to one of the beautiful penisular coastal resorts where you can rewind and unwind. However try and make time to visit Penang, it has a completely different feel to Kuala Lumpur, with a unique mixture of British, Chinese and Indian influences.
With all year round warm weather there’s always a good time to visit and outside the capital it is still relatively unvisited by western tourists so do yourself a favour and visit before the crowds arrive.