Wei Chen

Wei Chen has lived in five Southeast Asian cities and visited Penang more than twenty times over a decade — first as a backpacker, then as a digital nomad, and now as someone who considers it a regular base. He writes the practical guides: transport, money, connectivity, costs, and the unwritten local conventions that first-timers get wrong.

His approach is straightforward: what do you actually need to know before you arrive, and what will you figure out on your own anyway. He covers budget travel, getting around without a car, the SIM card situation, tipping conventions, and the real costs of a Penang trip — including the items that most guidebooks underestimate.