Visit Pulau Tikus Town In Penang!!!

Pulau Tikus is a suburban town about two miles from Penang Road, lying along Jalan Nurma and on the route if the Blue (Hin) Bus Company. Although sinewhat neglected by tourist, Pulau Tikus has a number of tourist attractions, including some of Penang’s better eating places, a market interesting architecture and a variety if temple. The food is in the coffee shops along Jalan Buma and the restaurants (also a tidy shop) along Jalan Cantonment, which intersects Jalan Burma in the centre of Pulau Tikus . Moreover , Gurney Drive with its abundance of hawker food is just a few streets aways.

Along Burma Lane there there are two Theravada Buddist temples, the Burma Lane Burnese Temple and the Wat Chaya Mangalaram Thai Temple. There is a Tua Peh Kong temple in Jalan Burma, and the Malaysian Buddhist Assiciation is near-by. The Pulau Tikus Market (across jalan  Burma on Jalan Pasar), active from around 7.30 AM until late morning, is the one of the hire interesting of Penang’s markets, the side street (particular Bangkok Lane) contain attractive examples of pre-war terrace housing, with tiled facades on many of the buildings while the area to the west of Pulau Tikus has fine old bungalows in high compounds.

Pulau Tikus has both a large Baba Chinese community and a substantial Eurasian population, the latter concentrated around the  Church of the lmmuacukate Conception in an area known as Kampong Serani.