Today we are visiting a place that is an important part of George Town's heritage - the Clan
Jetties.
These are the last bastions of old Chinese settlements.
One of the things that has surprised me most about visiting the Clan Jetties is that people
live here with their pets, so even though their houses are on stilts above the water
they still keep dogs, cats and it works.
Here we've found some friendly little doggies.
Yes.
Leave it to me to find puppies.
Cats.
Hello, cat.
It is purring.
Cat, let's steal you.
You can fit in my backpack.
Well, we've encountered a lot of friendly cats and dogs but not this one.
All of the houses in this area are built on stilts over the water and they even have a
temple.
Here is the temple of stilts that we were looking to find.
This area is now part of the heritage trail and it was established roughly 150 years ago.
There are several distinct Jetty's along this area.
In fact, there were seven at one time.
One just burnt down and now we are visiting the Chew Jetty, which is welcoming us.
How are we feeling?
I'm feeling good.
I'm just resting on someone's porch I imagine.
This stilt villages actually remind me quite a bit of the ones I visited while in Brunei,
which are called the Kampong Ayer.
Those were even quite a bit bigger.
These are still very fascinating.
In the back of one of these jetties there is the most random Santa Clause.
In the back.