Afternoon in Georgetown

The locals here have been so nice; it's hard to get used to.  I keep expecting people to ask for money for pictures, or tell me I'm on private property, but instead I got 'You should come back in an hour, the building will be all lit up and it's really pretty', 'There's a great temple around the corner you can take pictures of' and 'Sure, you can take our picture, actually we'd love to have you in one of our wedding photos!'

I spent the rest of Thursday afternoon checking out some of the more interesting buildings, mosques and temples around the city.

One of the most interesting places I visited were the clan jetties.  These are small communities built out on the water.  There are several of them, one of the largest, the Chew jetty was very touristy with people selling hats and post cards from their houses, but the others were much quieter.  Each is it's own separate neighborhood, with wooden floors extending far out over the water on cement pillars.  One had houses built on cement pads as well.  You could definitely get lost in one of the jetty's, I went to find one temple I had seen from the water and had to weave my way through various winding alleys to get there.

There's a building under there somewhere

I met this couple and asked if I could take a picture because I loved the bride's head covering, they asked me to take a few pictures with them!

Cannon at Fort Cornwallis