This was our walking tour of the sights of impressively multicultural Georgetown on Penang Island:
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A clocktower, because the European contingent needed to know what time the ships were getting in? |
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A cannon at Fort Cornwallis, Britain's trading base on Penang from the 18th century |
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The Protestant cemetery, where most of the British people from the island were buried. |
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The Blue Mansion, built by a very rich Chinese merchant according to the principles of Feng Shui, and recently renovated as a boutique hotel. |
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A shophouse - this is still what a lot of the streets are lined with. |
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A local kid... Oh, no wait... that one's mine. This is where we had lunch, actually. |
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What you can't see from the shop house photo is that you walk along either in the street or along these arcades under the houses, depending which is most blocked. |
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One of many Chinese temples |
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The minaret at the mosque |
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Another street scene with houses and a small temple |
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A 'street' on the Chinese jetty. These houses are built over water, with a whole Chinese clan originally owning one jetty. Now they must be among the most peaceful places to live in Georgetown and are protected under its new World Heritage status. |
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After the architecture, the people. This is a book I found in the coffee shop at the bus station. It is a series of profiles of people who live in Penang. Reading it made a great end to the day |
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