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Penang Island, Malaysia
6 places worth your time in Penang Island, with what each is actually like and when to go.
A UNESCO-listed colonial and Straits Chinese port, with clan jetties, shophouses and the street art that made it famous again.
The most elaborate clan house in Malaysia, built by a Hokkien family association and carved to an extraordinary degree.
A funicular to 830 metres, where the British built bungalows to escape the heat, with a canopy walk at the top.
The largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia, terraced up a hillside with a seven-storey pagoda combining three national styles.
Stilt settlements built over the water by Chinese clans, still lived in, each jetty one surname.
The smallest national park in the world, with a meromictic lake, turtle beach and monkey beach.
