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Exploring George Town
... afternoon trip to Georgetown. Set off around 5pm with some good hour of daylight, headed into Georgetown through peak hour traffic madness. First stop, old clan jetties, a small village on stilts in the harbour, remains of many such jetties that were ...
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Mexico to Malaysia to Clan Jetties
... does not disappoint. Around every corner there is something new. We ate Italian food for lunch, then discovered the Chinese "clan jetties" where Chinese families built their homes on stilts above the water at the turn of the 20th century. ...
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Alley Eggs!
... into the crusher as needed. Hot tea over ice for me please! Alley eggs finished, it was off to explore the clan jetties located in Weld Quay. Each jetty is a village of houses built on stilts over the water. There are a handful of ...
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A Trading post
... as well as meeting religious needs. The extended family can provide practical support in times of need. There are also the Clan Jetties. These were originally constructed to house the port labourers who were too poor to find housing on ...
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Food, glorious food
... here though - I left Liz behind to enjoy the swanky hotel this morning (thank you Tesco points) and went to explore the clan jetties on the harbour. For an unknown reason (unknown to me, I'm sure other people understand), various families decided to live ...
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We Just Came For the Food
... in 5 large clans, each with their own temples, schools, and collections of homes built on stilts, these so called Clan Jetties extending out into the ocean. Little India is a collection of narrow streets packed with motorcycles, pedestrians and ...
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Catching up in Penang
... ); we visited the Church St. Pier - some new buildings around the marina here, but nowt happening; then we paid a visit to the Clan Jetties. We hadn't known these were here, but now the city has UNESCO World Heritage Status, the area has been given a bit ...
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The melting pot
... nbsp; The Chinese migrants arrived in George Town and set up homes on the port living on Jetties. There are Six Clan Jetties that line the harbour to the right of the ferry terminal. They look knocked together with scraps of wood that would ...
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Penang 4
... blocks. The final part of our culture and history lesson involved walking to one or two of the famous Clan Jetties, namely the Tan and Chew. These traditional Chinese waterfront settlements have the homes built on stilts over the sea, ...
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Old Haunts, New Discoveries
... who can't bear to be parted from their laptops even for the duration of a bus journey. Do I know anyone like that? Clan Jetties - traditional houses built in the 19th century on wooden jetties on stilts over the water at Weld Quay. Occupied by Chinese ...
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- Penang Museum and Art Gallery
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