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<\/a><\/p>\nDank der gut ausgestatteten Schlafkaj\u00fcten verging die 36-st\u00fcndige Fahrt fast wie im Flug.<\/p>\n
In George Town erwartete uns allerdings eine b\u00f6se \u00dcberraschung und wir hatten eine \u00fcberm\u00fcdete Schlacht geschlagen um an Land zu gehen.<\/p>\n Die Stadt liegt auf der Insel Penang an der Ostk\u00fcste Malaysias und beim \u00dcbertreten der L\u00e4ndergrenze wurden wir wie erwartet 500 Jahre in die Vergangenheit geschleudert.<\/p>\n Die damalige Mode war auch nicht ohne.<\/p>\n Aufgrund der immensen Gr\u00f6\u00dfe hielt die Wirkung der R\u00e4ucherst\u00e4bchen weiterhin an.<\/p>\n Unsere K\u00f6pfe f\u00fchlten sich quasi wie aufgequollen an.<\/p>\n Gl\u00fccklicherweise brachte uns die lokale Propaganda wieder auf den Boden der Tatsachen zur\u00fcck<\/p>\n und wir realisierten, dass die eigentliche Macht von uns und nicht vom K\u00f6nig ausging.<\/p>\n Um unsere ungeheure Macht zu demonstrieren, wagten wir ein unglaublich gef\u00e4hrliches Experiment.<\/p>\n Von unseren Taten beeindruckt, fl\u00fcsterte uns ein aufmerksamer Rabe zu, <\/p>\n dass andere Revolution\u00e4re in der Stadt viel Street-Art versteckt haben und so machten wir uns auf nach Georgetown, die Kunst zu erkunden.<\/p>\n Marge Simpson:<\/p>\n The Indian Boatsman:<\/p>\n Cats And Humans Happily Living Together:<\/p>\n Lion Dance:<\/p>\n Old Motorcycle:<\/p>\n Imprisoned Children:<\/p>\n Mignons, Evil’s Little Helpers:<\/p>\n Cultural Girls:<\/p>\n Kids On Bicycle:<\/p>\n Pizza Eating Dog (No Cat Poo Involved):<\/p>\n Bruce Lee:<\/p>\n Skippy:<\/p>\n Love Me Like Your (not you’re…) Fortune Cat:<\/p>\n No Animal Discrimination Please:<\/p>\n The Magical Number #27:<\/p>\n Please Care And Bath Me:<\/p>\n Come To The Dark Side:<\/p>\n Shout, Shout, Let It All Out:<\/p>\n Your Royal BBQness:<\/p>\n To Kill The Dragon, You Need A Sword (TKTDYNAS):<\/p>\n Insert Title Here:<\/p>\n Boy On Chair:<\/p>\n Children Playing Basketball:<\/p>\n Brother And Sister On A Swing:<\/p>\n Die Namen haben wir uns \u00fcbrigens nicht alle selbst ausgedacht. Neben den gemalten Street-Art Bildern gibt es \u00fcberall in der Stadt verstreut noch stahlharte, geschwei\u00dfte Comics (humorous illustrations in the form of iron rod sculptures, ‚Marking George Town‘):<\/p>\n Gold Teeth Quiet Please (Street Fighters) Wrong Tree Untrained Parakeet Budget Hotels Narrowest Five Foot Way Temple Day Double Role Ah Quee? Kandar The Main Street Cannon Hole Gedung Rumput Beca Tok Tok Mee Cheating Husband Property Ting Ting Thong Yeoh Only Too Narrow Roti Benggali<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe traditional Indian goldsmith sat cross legged on a floor mat. Bent over a small bench to work their work demanded patience creativity and skill.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTo the dismay of parishioners of the Portuguese church there. Church Street also housed the headquarters of the notorious Ghee Hin secret society.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe betel nut or \u2018 Pinang\u2019 tree gave the island its name. Aiyoh, Think I climb up the wrong tree!
\nAlso called toddy or palm wine, tuak is an alcoholic beverage made from underdeveloped flower of coconut palm. The collecting and market for tuak was entirely an Indian affair with the majority of its drinkers being Indian labourers.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nParrot astrologers were Indian fortune tellers, who used green parakeets to foretell a person\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAt the turn of the last century many shophouses were turned into cheap hotels and making this internationally known tourist strip very popular with backpackers.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nObviously, this is less than five feet\u2026The \u2018Five Foot Way\u2019 of Wan Hai Hotel is said to be the narrowest in Penang.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDuring the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month the goddess of Mercy Temple is a packed with devotees seekin divine guidance.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nUp until 1909 the police doubled as George Town’s firefifghters.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe street is named after Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee who gemerously donated his house to the Municipality for vehicle access ensuring that his name lives on for prosperity.s of Mercy Temple is a packed with devotees seekin divine guidance.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNasi Kandar originated from Tamil Muslims. Hawking home cooked curry dishes and rice from containers slung on both ends of a Kandar (Wooden Stick).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nChulia Street was one of the main streets laid out by Captain Francis Light. Today is known as „Backpackers“ main street.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nA cannon shot fired during the 1867. Penang riots made a large hole in this area hence the name.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWhile its royal English name sound very grand, it’s also locally known as „Gedung Rumput“ or Grass Godonm with bullock carts being parked along this wide street.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nNext\u2026.here, here and here!
\nLocally known as ‚beca‘. Most of the trishaw paddlers also doubled as tourists guides.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTok tok mee is so called because hawkers would strike a \u2018Tok Tok\u2019 sound to signal their presence.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWhere\u2019s my husband?
\nThe local Chinese say the rich men who lived in Muntri Street kept their mistresses here, hence the name \u2018Ai Cheng Hang\u2019 or Love Lane.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nIn the 1800\u2019s, shops and godowns on Victoria Street were built at the Seafront.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSeck Chuan Lane was a distribution centre for market produce. Many itinerant hawkers took advantage of the crowds by plying their foods here. One of the favourite foods sold is ting ting thong or rock candy, a hardened mixture of sugar, sesame seeds, and nuts loved by kids. It has to be ‚Chiselled‘ and ‚Hammered‘ to break it into smaller biteable pieces.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nYeoh Kongsi was established in 1836 to look after the welfare of the newly arrived Yeoh clansmen.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe hand-pulled rickshaw was the most popular form of transportation in early Penang.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nRoti Benggali came from the word Penggali (shareholders‘ in Tamil).<\/p>\n