After a cool break in the room we headed out for a stroll along the clan jetties in Georgetown. These are family owned docks with residences that have been in place more than 100 years. Each “clan” has their own jetty, and they are all a bit different (and open to the public).

It was a bit strange walking through these communities. Quite a few of the houses were open with some folks sitting outside (the walkways are quite narrow). In one instance a family was eating dinner just inside the door a couple feet from the walkway.

It was also an interesting mix of old and new. Their plumbing runs along pipes down the boardwalk. The houses, shacks really, are old and worn. But you see large LCD TV’s playing inside some of them. Occasionally we would see an elderly man sitting outside wearing shorts with no shirt/shoes, but he would be playing a game or browsing the internet on a smartphone. It was a worthwhile stop.

We then walked to a nearby night market for a bite to eat. Tracey had stir fried noodles and liked them.

I had some seafood Char Kuih Kak, also a stir fried dish of rice cake and pickled radish. This was easily my favorite dish of the trip so far. The pan adds a charred flavor to the dish that is very nice.

It was still quite hot and muggy at the market–in the 90’s at 9pm. We cooled off with some iced cane juice with lemon (yum!) and later with a serving of Ice Kacang. The latter is a dessert made with shaved ice, grass jelly, agar agar, creamed corn (!) and kidney beans (!!) all drizzled in rose and sarsaparilla syrups. It sounds awful, but it was quite tasty and refreshing on a hot night. In truth I would have been ok with just the ice drizzled in syrup.

We had our fill at the night market and had to get ready to leave Penang for Chiang Mai in Thailand. I wish we had more time on the island, so it will be on our “come back some day” list.