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Vintage rickshaws outside Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (Blue Mansion).

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Overview

Combine three distinct and ancient cultures with indigenous and colonial architecture, shake for a few centuries, and garnish with some of the best food in Southeast Asia, and you've got the irresistible urban cocktail that is George Town.

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