Penang, "Pearl of the Orient"
December 5th 2008 We had planned to fly to the Philippines from Indonesia but it's cheaper to fly there from Saigon. So we instead flew to Kuala Lumpur again in Malaysia and went north to the island of Penang. This island was leased to the English in the late 18th century and you can't throw a stick in Georgetown without hitting a historical building.
We visited a mansion built by an uber wealthy Chinese guy
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