Photos from George Town, Penang, Malaysia, Asia - page 7

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Beautiful lanterns at the Kong

Jerry and some more of the street art

Another typical dessert

Jerry’s dragon balls...

More street art

Faded glory - rickshaw outside private home

Another colourful window

None of the windows were religious as they had been specially commissioned for the house.

Vibrant colours, stained glass window in the Penang Colonial Museum

Buddha’s hand, Burmese Temple

Golden Buddha, Burmese Temple

Golden Buddha and carved ceilings at the Burmese Temple

The reclining Buddha at Chaoyang Mangalaram Buddhist Temple

A row of dragons under the high rises.

A candle for Suzie

Candles and tiled floor in the Chaiya Magalaram Buddhist Temple

Sparkling mirrored dragon balustrade at Chaoyang Mangalaram Buddhist Temple

Exterior of Chautauqua Mangalaram Buddhist Temple

Evening sky over Kapitan Keling Mosque

Candles at the Hindu shrine, under a tree, next to both a mosque and aCh Jesé Buddhist temple.

Warrior drummers at festival for last day of Chinese New Year

Large colourful incense sticks burning outside Chinese Temple.

Typical streetscape in Georgetown

Stained glass window, European and Asian influence.

Baba Nyonya portraits and furniture inlaid with mother of pearl in Peranakan Mansion

Floor and wall tiles

Old and new Georgtown

Old Chinese food containers

Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi

Just as the lights came on at Kek Lok Si Temple

More street art

Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi

The enormous bronze statue Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin at Kek Lok Si Temple

Sunset over Penang from the Kek Lok Si Temple.

Candles in the Temple

Street art, Penang Style.

Placing coins in prayer bowls at the base of Goddess of Mercy, Kuan Yin at Kek Lok Si Temple

The ‘tree’ for the wish ribbons, Kek Lok Si Temple

Wishing ribbons for sale at Kek Lok Si Temple.

Wall art on Chew Jetty

Some of the quirky steel dioramas which tell the history of that particular street.

Steel cartoons and wall painting

Penang Science Cluster (2)

Victoria Street

street art

Only you can stop air pollution

I hate street art

Goodwill Trading

fortune cat

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Brief history of Malaysia

Malaysia map

During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe...more history

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