| Penang's main town, George Town has colonnaded streets of Chinese and Indian shophouses that demand thorough exploration by foot or trishaw. |
| Continue your exploration in the Katong district, famed for its ornate Peranakan shophouses, villas, restaurants and sweet shops. |
| It is a frenetic, vibrant city with fascinating temples, markets, Chinese shophouses and stately colonial architecture best explored by trishaw. |
| Against the backdrop of Hoi An's river and shophouses, it has a distinct charisma to itself. |
| With its Chinese shophouses, colonial bungalows and Anglo-Indian mansions, the city has no peer among the region's ports. |
| Now all but a few of the bumboats have gone and new life has been breathed into the old shophouses and godowns along the river banks. |
