Day 1: The colonial charm of it, the melange of all things Asian; the food, the spices, the trishaws, the faces, the religions, the restaurants, the chai khanas, the coffee shops, the tilted, creeky, decrepit, and colorful two story buildings with wooden shutters, the clan houses, the clan jetties, the list goes on, make Penang and its main city Georgetown a very interesting destination. Penang was colonized by the British as a free port...As a result it attracted many different people...It is predominently Chinese and Malay...The Malay are Muslim Malaysians...The Malaysian are all who have Malaysian citizenship...The marriage of Chinese with the Malay is called Peranakan and their culture is refered to as Nyonya Baba...In Jalan (Road) Masjid Kapitan Kelling, there is a mosque, a church, a Buddist temple, and a Hindu temple in a less
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