Yahoo Ranks Penang as World's Top 10!

An online travel guide has picked Penang as one of the top 10 islands in the world “you must see before you die.” Yahoo! Travel writer Gary McKechnie ranks Penang eighth on the list of the “must visit” places. Other islands listed are Bali, Vieques in Puerto Rico, Easter Island in Chile, Ischia in the Conch Republic, Galapagos in Ecuador and Palm Islands in Dubai.

These destinations offered something that could not be found anywhere else, said McKechnie in his article ‘10 Islands to Explore Before You Die’ (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-37926474). He praised Penang as one of the top 10 islands in the bay of Naples (Italy), Chiloe in Chile, Bora Bora in French Polynesia, Key West in the Conch Republic, Galapagos in Ecuador and Palm Islands in Dubai.

These destinations offered something that could not be found anywhere else, said McKechnie in his article ‘10 Islands to Explore Before You Die’ (http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-37926474). He praised Penang as having a range of modern high-rise buildings to 19th-century British architecture. He also suggested visitors try out lor bak, lok-lok and ikan bakar. On the local architecture, he described Penang as one of the top 10 islands in the world “you must see before you die.”