Georgetown, Malaysia

Georgetown is beautiful. The old Chinatown is probably one of the coolest urban areas I've been to, alongside Cape Town's Bo Kaap neighborhood (whose residents, incidentally, came from the Malaysian archipelago) and Havana. A lot of the buildings look like they haven't changed since the 1960s or even earlier, with many buildings in various stages of decay and renovation.

Georgetown was recently inaugurated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which I think is entirely deserved. The architecture here is unique, a mix of traditional southern Chinese village housing with British colonial influences, as well as Muslim influences from the town's Indian population.

These photos don't give you an idea of what the town is like, but the old advertisements certainly help contribute to a feeling of being stuck in another era.





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