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LIM JETTY, entrance
Lim jetty is the closest one to the ferry terminal. Skirting the entrance of...
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Plank piers
They all have plank piers/walkways with houses on stilts on one or both sides.
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Approaching the jetty.
SE view with a concrete fishing jetty on the left, & the shipping port on...
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View east towards
the ferry terminal.
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East
Since Penang lost it’s free port status in 1969, many of these maritime...
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Concrete fishing jetty in the foreground
& the ferry terminal behind it. Note two of the colorful ferries + the...
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SE view toward the mainland.
The high hill in the background is Bukit Mertajam for which that...
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View back (north) toward downtown.
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View west from the temple
toward Chew Jetty, the next one. I think many of those buildings in the...
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CHEW JETTY,
the next one west of Lim Jetty. Not sure why I only shot one photo?...
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TAN JETTY
west of Chew Jetty. Note the sign. In some of the clan jetties, motorcycles...
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Most of the homes on one side.
Note that most of the homes are on one side of the plank walkway, not on both...
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Looking back
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View east toward Chew Jetty
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Closer view, looking at the back 'yards'
of Chew Jetty.
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Chew Jetty, rear view
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View SW toward New Jetty,
with the Penang Bridge in the distant background on the left.
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LEE JETTY,
traditional style, with homes on both sides of the narrow plank walkway.
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Neat & colorful
This Jetty is still my favorite. Here, just a stone’s throw away...
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They have bigger front 'yards'?
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Looking south toward the mainland
& Bukit Mertajam.
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Looking back (north)
They obviously don't have (or enforce) a no-motorbike rule here?
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Between the houses.
If you come to the jetties at low tide, you may catch some monitor lizards...
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View west toward the New Jetty
Those are likely public housing flats in the background.
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NEW JETTY,
established in the 1960s traditional style with houses on both sides of the...
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