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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 nathan jones
September 21st 2009

tioman islands Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Mersing

I caught the boat from the Perhention islands to Kota Bhau at 7am with the sun rising over the larger Perhention Island. You have to catch a small boat out 20 meters to be picked up by a slightly larger boat to ferry you across, the bay was littered with these as people sadly left the perhention to reach there next destination, everybody as sad as the next to be leaving such a wonderful island. Other than agreeing that we would get the first boat out i had made no other plans with Trina and Maren about where to meet, they [View Full Entry]

By vivalaliberta
August 4th 2009

lonely island Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Mersing

tioman island

Von Sinapore sind wir mit dem Bus nach Mersing, dauert mit Grenzübertritt ca. 5h. Von Mersing noch mit da Fähre auf die Insel Tioman - und voilá. Jeder der sagt, Thailands Inseln und Küste ist schön, war noch nie hier. Die Insel ist nur Dschungel, es gibt keine Straßen nur Pfäde von Strand zu Strand. Kein Funken von kommerziellem Tourismus. Ein paar kleine Bungalows stehn hier, für die Leute die zum tauchen herkommen. Wir haben eine kleine Trekkingtour gestartet, dabei freie Leguane, zahme liebe Affen und unzählige Vögel und Schmetterlinge gesehen. Doch das wirklich beeindruckendste an Tioman [View Full Entry]

By hahahan
June 2nd 2009

Dayang 09 - A scuba diving weekend Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Mersing

Dayang 09

Its strange how things come together and how travel and learning something new brings people together. Thomas and I have been talking about learning scuba diving for years but never found an agreeable time to do so. And then, it all came together within 2 weeks. My work trip got postponed, JL's hol trip got postponed, Thomas and Dennis had an available weekend and so off we went. 3 guys and a gal off to Dayang for our padi open water beginner course. We had taken our pool and theory the previous weekend under a a very jovial and humourous [View Full Entry]

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 Asiaville
April 13th 2009

Monday April 13th Perhentian Islands Asia » Malaysia » Johor

Monday April 13th The minibus was fine, slept for a bit which was good because when you were awake you couldn’t look out the windows for the fear of dying as the driver tore his little hiace van through the jungle at breakneck speed. We arrived in the town to get a speed boat to the Perhentian islands at about 10.30 and boarded a little speedboat which proceeded to ramp over the waves and crash down on the ocean with enough force to have our asses bruised. Nice tip though as you headed out with all the islands in the distance. [View Full Entry]

By mdboulier
March 31st 2009

Rawahhh, the best kept secret in Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Pulau Rawa

Rawa! We're here

Pulau Rawa We left Pulau Tioman at about 7:30AM for Pulau Rawa. The ferry dropped us off right in the middle of the island. As soon as I stepped out of the boat, I was stunned! This place was amazing. It was only about 1000 meters long and 300 meters wide and the beach didn't even stretch across the whole island, but it was beautiful. You'll like the pictures of the island, but those don't even really do it justice. I had my camera in my room during the day when it was sunny, but I refused to leave the beach [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 hahahan
March 4th 2009

Kelong Trip+Go-Kart & Paintball in Johor 1-3 Mar 09 Asia » Malaysia » Johor

Motorcyle Diaries

A Kelong trip was in the making for quite some time and we finally did it! We set off early Sunday morning in a group of 9 across the causeway into our neighbours land for a short break away from our work. Isaac, Kelvin, Ivy, LH, GM, Pauline, HW, Jace and myself made the trip. Traffic was light and we had breakfast at a coffeeshop. I had black sause wanton noodles which I thought was tasty. I must have been hungry. Our first stop was the Go-Kart Track at Plentong. The former Permas Jaya track had shifted into a plantation and [View Full Entry]

By PoiGrl
February 21st 2009

Pictures From Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Johor » Johor Bahru

Just Me

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