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Thailand: The covered walkway, commonly known as a 'five foot way', that runs in front of the traditional Sino-Portuguese housefronts in Phuket old town

Thailand: The covered walkway, commonly known as a 'five foot way', that runs in front of the traditional Sino-Portuguese housefronts in Phuket old town

The traditional architecture of Phuket Town is distinctively Sino-Thai and Sino-Portuguese. Having been influenced by migrant Chinese settlers from southern China, it shares a great deal with neighboring Straits Chinese settlements architecture in both the Malaysian cities of Penang and Melaka, and with Singapore.






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CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Photographer:

David Henley

Credit:

Pictures From Asia

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