Thanon Rama I, Bangkok, with ubiquitous 7eleven, traffic and pedestrian overpass

An historic market building in Georgetown's old districts - the beautiful entrance meets the intersections at an angle

Detail of shophouse 2nd floor Georgetown, Panang Island, Malaysia - Georgetown is famous for its large old town districts of intact historic shophouses with their characteristic arcades

Arcaded street in Georgetown, Panang Island, Malaysia - traditional Malaysian shophouses - Georgetown is famous for its large old town districts of intact historic shophouses with their characteristic arcades

Pulau Ketam, an island with a village raised on stilts above water on the coast outside Kuala Lumpur - accessible from KL by KTM Komuter LRT line via Port Klang station - from Port Klang you catch a fast boat to the island

Paser Ris station on Singapore's EW (Green) MRT line

Raffles Place subway station in the middle of Singapore's business district - a rehabilitated historic building is used as a subway entrance

Telok Ayer Market (aka Lau Pa Sat or "old market" and Pasar Besi or "iron market") in Singapore's Central area - it's a historic Victorian cast iron structure in an octagonal shape originally built in 1894 on newlly reclaimed land, it is now used as a large food stall centre - the original structure was dismantled in 1984 to make way for a new MRT subway line, all the parts were placed in storage and the building was reconstructed using the original parts and reopened in 1991 - it's a stunning architectural gem with the incongruous atmosphere of a mall food court

An interesting miniature six-storey apartment building in the Geylang Road area of Singapore

Singapore's distinctive concrete spiral staircases, typical of historic Malaysian urban buildings