The Daily

- Georgetown, Malaysia

Back to my ol' walk-abouts.

I was just across the street getting some banana leaf rice, white rice served on banana leaf with an assortment of vegetables, curry meat or fish and papadum, and I couldn't help but notice this man reading the entire time. He didn't look up once, and never changed position. I love how indulged one can be with... well anything in life really. I just hope he wasn't reading the write up on Justin Bieber hanging up behind him.

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Declared by UNESCO 'a living world heritage city' in June 2008, Georgetown is a meld of historic 19th century buildings and contemporary Malaysia. Sights and attractions, fine dining, numerous shopping malls and travellers from all over the world all come together here in a vibrant, colourful city teeming with locals who are living their lives as they have done for generations.

If you could imagine Laos' Luang Prabang, but three times the size, with traffic lights, busy morning commuters and car ferries crossing the Mekong between oil tankers and fishing boats, then you're heading in the right direction.

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