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Tropical Spice Garden

The Wilkinson family has yet again outdone themselves. With beautiful, tranquil Tiger Rock as a testament that Malaysia can have resorts or retreats that does represent our own identity and not of that of our neighbours. Although Tiger Rock is uniquely Rebecca Owen Wilkinson's identity - she being a talented artist and designer and Tiger Rock her little bit of a home gallery. But at least it's an original!

Spice Garden, on ther other hand is dedicated to educating the people out there at large that the tropical garden is beautiful... no, not the Balinese garden entirely. The Spice Garden is located in an 8-acre valley at Teluk Bahang. The thoughts that have gone into landscaping the garden and the care to retain a number of the old rubber trees, make this garden walk extremely inviting. Of course, a lot of help from a bottle of mosquito repellant would do fine.

monitor lizard up a tree, grabbing a bite of ghekko-on-the-go. unfortunately, the ghekko had somewhere else to go

The garden is divided into 11 mini garden walks : water garden, cycad room, spice terraces, jungle trail - just to name a few. There are educational plaques along the walk especially at the spice terraces which gives visitors a clearer understanding as to the importance of the spices and herbs. The Spice Garden also has a little spice museum with loads of information on the spice trade in the early days and even the importance of spices even as of today in the daily lives of locals. There's a pleasant cafe where visitors can sit on the deck which looks over to the Batu Feringghi beach front. For more on the spice garden , click www.tropicalspicegarden.com

Opening Times: 9.00am - 6.00pm

Admission charge: RM13 adult

Guided Tours: by appointment

Lone Craig Villa, Lot 595 Mukim 2

Jalan Teluk Bahang, 11100 Penang, Malaysia

Tel/Fax: +6 04 881 1797

The Penang Heritage Trust

26A Stewart Lane, 10200 Penang Malaysia. Tel: +6 04 264 2631 Fax: +6 04 262 8421 Email: phtrust@streamyx.com website: www.pht.org.my

A non-governmental organisation set up for the conservation and preservation of Penang's Architectural, Cultural and living heritage. Set up in a house on Stewart Lane, not too far from the house where Sun Yat Sen, known to millions as 'the Father of the Chinese Revolution', lived whilst 'visiting' penang. The centre is run by volunteers, who are passionate about conserving their heritage. A number of the volunteers also conduct guided heritage walk tours, please click to Heritage Walk Georgetown for more details.

Unfortunately the houses along this row are in a delapidated state. After the Rent Appeal Act was repealed in year 2000, the rental in georgetown heritage sites have increased tremendously. Many tenants who used to stay in houses like these were evicted and then were left abandoned. The owners are unwilling to renovate the houses - too much money and work would have to be poured into conserving them - rewiring, plumbing, the sewage problem in georgetown proper is archaic and needs a lot of work - just too much money,really...

So little old ladies like the one in this picture, have been ousted out of homes that they've been living in for decades and Georgetown begins to decay... urbanising, modernising - the name of the game, really...

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