George Town, Macalister Road (2014, June 26)

Macalister Road 中路 or Jl. Macalister, is one of the main road in George Town, Penang. It was named after Colonel Norman Macalister. A confidante to Captain Francis Light, Colonel Macalister served as Governor of Penang from 1807 to 1811.

You can find many sights along Macalister Road as you stroll around. And I managed to snap a photo or two of the landmarks:

Churches along Macalister Road:
Cantonese Methodist Church
Penang Baptist Church
Penang First Assembly of God
St. Paul's Church

Eatery along Macalister Road:

New Lane Hawker Center

Between Anson Road and Residency Road:

Loh Guan Lye Specialist Center

YMCA Penang

Island Hospital

Between Komtar and Anson Road:

Penang Museum at Macalister, originally The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital

Menara UMNO

Sun Yat Sen Memorial Center(Penang Philomatic Union)

penang museum

menara UMNO

sun yat sen memorial center

And the colorful old shophouses along Jalan Kek Chuan: