During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's history were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's secession from the Federation in 1965. To be updated
July 26th 2008Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Besar Hi all, hope you're all well.
We're writing to you from a free Wi-Fi bar in Kho Phi Phi, Thailand. We've just had a nice breakfast and it looks like it may be sunny today....fingers crossed. Anyw ... 8 photos[full story]
July 26th 2008Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching We have spent several days here in Kuching and are loving it. The city is large, looks prosperous has many areas of new housing but has managed to hold onto the old part of the riverside area so that ... [full story]
May 2nd 2008Asia » Malaysia
Something we hadn´t bargained for during our trip was time travel, but this was certainly what we experienced landing in Kuala Lumpur.
We had spent two months without global brands and suddenly ... 10 photos[full story]
July 25th 2008Asia » Malaysia Just a short entry this eveing as I am feeling a bit ill tonight! Kate has been sick for the last couple of days so I am praying I am not coming down with her bug! Hardly got any sleep last night as ... [full story]
July 21st 2008Asia » Malaysia » Selangor » Subang Jaya Moving to Subang Jaya has been a much easier transition for us than last year's move to China for many reasons. The most obvious is that most people here speak English. Still, I can't help but ackno ... 14 photos[full story]
July 23rd 2008Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu As if I need reminding that water can be a rough place to travel over!
The last two days we have traveled over to some small islands off the coast of Kota Kinabulu, they looked lovely, beautiful w ... [full story]
June 23rd 2008Asia » Malaysia » Pahang » Tioman Island Mandag morgen, altså 23. juni og sankthansaften (!), tok vi buss fra Melaka til Mersing på østkysten av Malaysia. Båtene til vår neste stopp, Tioman Island (for øvrig en taxfreeøy - med billig øl), gå ... 27 photos[full story]
July 18th 2008Asia » Malaysia » Selangor » Kuala Lumpur Meine lieben, es gibt mal wieder viel und vorallem neues zu berichten!!!! Bin jetzt knapp 2 Wochen wieder aus Cambodia da und es hat sich viel getan... was ich erst als unkoordiniertes Hin und Her emp ... 39 photos[full story]
July 22nd 2008Asia » Malaysia I have been working in the clinic for two days now and I LOVE it! The babies are just so unbelievably cute! I have my favourite already - a little girl named Cinta. She is adorable! They say that ... [full story]
July 22nd 2008Asia » Malaysia » Pahang » Tanah Rata Half of the people in Cameron Highlands are of Chinese descent, around 30% Indian, and the rest Malay. The Cameron Highlands is an old British hill station and (according to an informative Indian shop ... [full story]
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