Now that I was done with the three big temples for today I had the rest of the time to wander around the old town. I had to rush a bit as it was now 3.30pm but fortunately places were to remain open except for a couple of museums.

I planned my route and first started in the colonial quarter by the waterfront. There were a couple of Churches along with colonial style administrative buildings used as law courts and for the state government

Moving closer to the waterfront was the city hall and town hall. Not sure why they have two? Across the field was Fort Cornwallis but was mostly just outer walls and canons so not much to see inside. Outside the Fort was the Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower.

Crossing back thru town there were many period buildings used as restaurants, coffee shops, or hotels. I was making my way to Armenian St which was much more touristy

Here there were masses of Chinese tourists along with lots of Germans who I kept meeting at the hostels. In one place there was a ridiculously long line to take photo next to a bike

Now we were in more of a Chinese area and there were a lot more Chinese Temples. The museums were all closed for the three day holiday so I didnt have to worry about them anymore.

Finally there were two Mosques I was trying to reach. The first Masjid Melayu was built by arab traders and their descendants still live in the houses beside.

The second Mosque took some more finding passing thru much of the Chinese district.

The Bengali Mosque was also built for its respective people and was diagonally shaped due the street design. The town had a much more historic and touristy feel than other places I had visited with a very strong Chinese and Indian influence.

Some people had bike rentals but not sure where they got them from

In the evening I went walking again to find food. There was a large Chinese night market in the hostel district but I didnt understand the food and some of it was pork.

The Mosques were lit up and at the Hindu Temple they were doing some ceremony where they bring a God in a procession raised on their shoulders. Others were smashing coconuts outside the temple which they need to warn tourists to stand back in advance.

I didnt want to spend too much on dinner having spent 15Rm for lunch so chose a tandoori chicken naan for 5Rm ($1.65). They chop the chicken into small pieces and kneed in with the dough.

Then they cook together in the tandoor oven mixing the flavours together. Quite delicious.