Penang is a place resembles the old Hong Kong memories. It does not have much skyscrapers as Hong Kong, but it feels like Hong Kong in the 50s. Architecture is heavily influenced by western colonial style, but at the same time infiltrated with Chinese Temples, Indian Town, Mosque. George Town is a little area that contains all the multicultural architecture with different religious influence. Heritage and old buildings were retained and revitalized into different usages such as inns, art workshop, bike shops, coffee shops and restaurants. We enjoyed walking along the streets in George Town as every turn has a similar architectural style but each building express itself with a distinctive feature.
Only if the doorway is a little bit taller, Dan would not hit his forehead many times!
When Daniel was young, he had a dream: to have an extended honeymoon with the woman he loves.
He did not know how she looks or where is she from, but he wanted to spend the first year of his marriage with his wife.
Inspired by the Bible verse, Deuteronomy 24:5 : When a man get married. The first year he shall not call to war or business, but stay at home and please his wife.
He thought what if people actually do it?
Life is short and full of hustles. Soon we will have kids, pursuing career, earning money and the list goes on and on. If we are to be married for 50 years of our lives, 1 year out of 50 is only 2%. Why don't we devote one year to just focus on marriage, enjoy and learn about each other, build a strong foundation for marriage, and create the memories that we would never forget?
We would never have the first year of marriage back. If we rush back to work the next day after our wedding and be occupied with other priorities in life, will we get to know each other’s needs or spend quality time together? So me (flOra) and my husband Daniel decided to give our best time and attention to each other in our first year of marriage.
This is part of our One Year Travel stories, specifically to Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea. Enjoy our stories and visit our blog to know more:
http://www.floridanventure.com/blog
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