Island life in Georgetown
January 28th 2011 So we headed for Georgetown. Once the British took over Melaka, they wanted to develop Singapore and Georgetown instead, so Penang has a fair few colonial relics, but is also getting pretty developed these days. We had a short political lecture from the taxi driver on arrival, and he was kind enough to point out the Chief Minister's office 61 floors above the town. He is from the Malaysian oppo
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