Hotel Penaga George Town

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The lorongs of Penang are the back lanes, and that is what this garden once was, a 3 meter access lane to remove the night soil. Obviously it is no longer needed for that, so we decided to turn it into our best feature. By shifting the terrace walls back we widened the laneway enough to make a little oasis of private green so that all the back rooms, half of all in the hotel, overlook this space and the beautifully restored tiled roofs of the adjacent buildings. The granite pavers were brought from China as ballast in the ships of the 19th century, along with dragon pots of salted eggs. The pots now decorate all the balconies, planted with Frangipani trees whose fragrance tempers our tropical heat.