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Uncle Ooi took us out for dim sum
early in the morning. The food was great, and we ate heartily. Here is a
picture of the Oois. By the way, Mrs Ooi is dad's cousin sister and sister
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| Uncle Albert then showed us around Georgetown and we ended up at Fort Cornwallis. | |||||
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There were cannons there, and we
really love sitting on cannons. |
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Here is a photo of
the tip of Georgetown, near Fort Cornwallis. |
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Our next stop was most interesting, from a typical small street, leading to a humble entrance gatehouse, we visited Cannon Square, the location of Khoo Kongsi. |
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| This is where the 'club house' of the wealthy and influential Khoo family is located, and since the 1800s. | |||||
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This is a picture of the building
taken about 1904. |
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This is the theatre for
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Highly decorated windows. |
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This is the richly detailed main
altar. |
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| After Khoo Kongsi, Uncle Albert drove us over to Seberang Prai via the Penang Bridge, and brought us to dad's relatives in Taiping. |
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 After a sumptuous dinner with them in the "Lao Fu Zhi" restaurant, we said went to uncle's house before heading to catch the train for Kuala Lumpur. |
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The Taiping train station is really
classic small town style.
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