I have been living in George Town, on the West Malaysian island of Penang, since 2009. Back then, I fell in love with Penang's scruffy old-world charm, sun-battered shophouses, multicultural heritage and relaxed way of life.
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"Little Children on a Bicycle," a mural by the Penang-based Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic at the upper end of Armenian Street, was named one of the world's best pieces of street art by a U.K. newspaper (Photo by Kit Yeng Chan).
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