Our first stop in Malaysia was Georgetown, Penang. Whilst we were there we did a city tour as this seemed to be the easiest way see all the heritage buildings dating back to when the British were in Malaysia. It was clear from this tour that Malaysia is the "melting pot" of S.E. Asia. There are really strong influences from China, India and Thailand which are evident in the food, the buildings and religious sites etc. However, everybody seems to be able to speak English fluently, you will even hear them speaking it to each other. In spite of all this culture, I think we would both agree that the highlight in Georgetown was when we were strolling through a park only to come across two golf buggies, used to collect rubbish, being absolutely ransacked by
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