With a couple of days to spare, we decided to stay in the heart of Georgetown which - despite the major changes to the surrounding city - seemed largely unchanged from my only previous visit in 1976!
This is our third World Heritage Site of the trip and it seems to be a much better example for how such sites should be managed than those in Laos.
The Yeng Keng Hotel was converted from an early Anglo-Indian bungalow which was owned by the President of the nearby mosque. It was refurbished in 2008 and opened last year and it is without doubt the best hotel we have stayed in on our trip. It is situated in the heart of Georgetown and has been retained many of the original features of the 19th Century building - they also added modern bathrooms, AC and a large plunge pool which is unusual for a city centre boutique hotel. They also had some of the friendliest staff that we have encountered.
We both enjoyed Georgetown - it brought back memories for me of Singapore when I first worked there in 1975 - not least because of the food - nasi lemak, roti canai, assam laksa, malabar fish curry and many more washed down with Anchor beer and followed by ice kacang
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