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Background: 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.

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By pedwards98
May 22nd 2009

Malaysia Day 5 Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Sensational sunset

Day 5 Today is the longest travel day of our trip. We travel form JB to Butterworth via Kuala Lumpur on the Exspress Rekayat train. We are travelling 1st Class and we wish the seats on the train could be transplanted onto our Air Asia flight back to Oz. We journeyed up from JB through what was jungle but is now predominantly palm oil plantations, which is one of Malaysia’s major exports. The train left JB about 30 minutes late but the trip has been quite pleasant. Lots of leg room in the seats and they recline very well. We arrived [View Full Entry]

By pedwards98
May 21st 2009

Malaysia & Singapore Day 4 Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Dave with taxi driver friend

Day 4 - Today has been a very quiet day indeed. We decided we had had enough of crossing the border to Singapore and just chill in Johor Bahru. We strolled out about midday and headed to a couple of shopping centres. Conveniently close together we visited Tesco and Jusco along with the myriad of specialty stores that you get in a modern shopping mall. I found a Starbucks Coffee Shop in the mall, and of course in Malaysia they provide free wi-fi internet access. In saying that, I did eventually find out that wi-fi is free in Singapore once you [View Full Entry]

By UK2KL by bike
March 30th 2009

30 March 09 Johore Bahru (JB) (Malaysia) Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Central Catchment Area - Singapore

Getting out of Singapore yesterday was not as bad as I thought it would be. Being a Sunday the traffic was light and the sign posting excellent. The only issue we had was with the 'one way system' around the city which seemed to go in the opposite direction to the way we wanted to go. The island is fairly flat (thank goodness) as it was very hot and humid. By the time we reached JB in Malaysia, having covered only 23 miles we were shattered. We were both very tired however even before we started that day. The previous night [View Full Entry]

By PoiGrl
February 21st 2009

Pictures From Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Just Me

Malaysia [View Full Entry]

By pedwards98
February 15th 2009

Malaysia 2009 - Singapore, Johor Bahru, Penang, Langkawi & Kuala Lumpur Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Sunday 15th February 2009 91 days to go. We are off to Malaysia and Singapore on 17th May and will be away for 4 weeks. Flying Air Asia X for the second time, so hoping the service is just as good as we had last May. First port of call is Johor Bahru, hotel is booked and also Singapore. [View Full Entry]

By leeandamy
February 15th 2009

Just chilling Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Shops and restaurants in JB

Well, the last few days have been just spent chilling out in Johor Bahru. The city is not particularly interesting but the guest house was so nice, as well as being really cheap, that we thought it would be nice to stick around and relax for a few days after the mania of Singapore and KL. Also, it gave us an extra week or so for the weather to get better in our next destination, Mersing. Mersing is on the east coast of Malaysia, about 3 hours north of here (in the southermost tip). It's a quiet little fishing town and [View Full Entry]

By PoiGrl
February 12th 2009

Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

On my free day in Singapore I had the opportunity to go to Malaysia. The original plan was to spend a couple of days in Singapore and a couple of days in Malaysia but that tour ran out of room so we booked for Singapore only. Once we got there the guide said that enough people were interested we could to a day trip to Malaysia which is about 30 minutes from Singapore. I decided that I wanted to get on that band wagon and was so very happy that I did. I have to also admit that I wanted another [View Full Entry]

By PoiGrl
February 12th 2009

Malaysia Continued Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Continued... Next stop after lunch was a chocolate factory. The main products that come out of Malaysia is rubber, coca beans and palm oil. I tried a tomato flavored chocolate…wouldn’t recommend it but it wasn’t too bad. Last stop was duty free shopping before going home. Wish we had more time because I would have liked to drive another 3 hours to get to Kuala Lampur did get a picture of a sign with the words on it. We returned to Ho Chi Minh City and will leave for Nha Tran which is northeast of Ho Chi Minh City. I am [View Full Entry]

By whereintheworldisamy
February 5th 2009

i dedicate this to mr chris mah... and pulai springs resort... and tasty assam laksa Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Aaaaaaaand we are off... again. Currently at a free internet kiosk at the very flash singapore airport. oh how i miss the old changi! with its tacky forest in the middle if the transit area and the yellow colour palete. they also used to have this awesome game show in the middle of the airport! it was the airport game show... seriously. saf's sister won something there once! so once again im off, somewhere in the world. the plan this time is singapore - malaysia (mah's resort) - guangzhou - vietnam im excited!!! i arrived on wednesday night to a very [View Full Entry]

By Jared
September 20th 2008

8 Hours in Johor Bahru Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

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Today Paul and I left Singapore for Malaysia where we will split up. Staying in Singapore was a lot of fun and a good starting place for the whole Asian adventure. Paul is headed to climb some mountain in Asia. He says it is the the tallest mountain in SE Asia... I'll just take his word on that. I am headed to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. I am going to take a night train from Johor Bahru to KL and it will only cost me the equivalent of about US$12... For a bunk with air conditioning... For a seven [View Full Entry]

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