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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 Jared
September 20th 2008

8 Hours in 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]

By Mr D and Mrs Bear
August 31st 2008

20,000 Leagues (18 metres) Under the Sea

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Cooling down
Singapore Botanical Gardens

Hi all, just a quick update covering our last couple of weeks in Singapore and S.E. Malaysia. After a pleasant 8 hour flight from Brisbane we landed in steamy, sultry Singapore - 'The City State' just 36 miles north of the equator. Tina's never been before but my last visit 15 years ago was as a penniless backpacker and my memories were not that fond. Fortunately, this time around was much better. Singapore is a striking blend of the ultra-modern opulence of the downtown business district, with its skyscrapers and the plush top-end shopping malls of Orchard Road, contrasted with the [View Full Entry]

By RoelAnka
August 16th 2008

Pulau Tioman

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island flowers for a little romance

Na een wissel van het hotel, omdat deze toch echt te smerig was werden we wakker op 16-08-2008, vandaag zouden we terug keren naar Bako national park om een andere trail te lopen die meer tijd in beslag nam dan die van eergisteren,in de avond zouden we dan terug keren naar het hotel om onze tassen te pakken en een vlucht te nemen naar Johor Bahru, dit is niet meer het borneo gedeelte maar de andere kant. De prijs voor de vlucht was extra hoog vanwege het hoogseizoen waar alle vluchten waren volgeboekt, vanwege de korte tijd in maleisie waren we [View Full Entry]

By shn4clr
July 7th 2008

Long grim sleepless journeys to get to Paradise

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Fishing boats at Koh Phangan

Hi everyone, Well as it turned out we did not return to Koh Tao, but travelled on to Koh Phangan instead. We stayed at a small but perfect hotel on a white sand beach (what other kinds of beaches are there?) One of the outstanding things we found on this island is an Italian restaurant run by an Italian chef and his wife from Northern Thailand, who make all their own pasta, some of the best food we have eaten outside of Italy, not really what you would expect to find on a small Thai island. On to the ferry [View Full Entry]

By nezca
March 9th 2008

Rocks, squeaks, and screams

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Getting a train out of Singapore for Kuala Lumpur was impossible. Weekends are always hectic for crossing into Malaysia. However, not only has an Islamic militant been running loose , but Malaysian elections were taking place and the weekend marked the start of a week-long school holiday. Brilliant! Was I ever going to get to leave Singapore? Enter the overnite express commercial bus with a grueling 4:30am arrival @ Pudura [View Full Entry]

By aprilseven
November 26th 2007

Malaysia, truly asia!

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sultan abu bakar mosque, johor bahru

Included in our package tour is a trip to Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The place is quite similar to the Philippines. The tour guide fetched us from our hotel at 7:45am. Since we were only 5 in the group, we were able to save time in the immigration. From previous tour with big group, we spent an hour waiting for the rest to passed through an immigration. Many hours were wasted just waiting for the others. According to our tour guide, Johor is the third largest and one of the most developed states in Peninsular Malaysia. three time bigger than singapore [View Full Entry]

By LostHunters
October 25th 2007

Japamala

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We stayed at the Japamala on Tioman for 3 nights. The resort was absolutely amazing. Kevin went on adventures into the jungle, while I relaxed on the beach. We even got Thai massages. The little lady tried to squish Kevin into a tiny ball. We saw more monitors and monkeys. Everything about this secluded resort was relaxing and it really started to feel like we were on our honeymoon, then we threw our backpacks on and rode boat (that felt like a roller coaster), back to the mainland. We arrived back at Mersing and Caught a bus to Melaka. We'll put [View Full Entry]

By SINRUMBAFIJA
October 10th 2007

vivita y rumbeando.....

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mi grupo de escalada

Hola siento mucho no escribir mas a menudo, pero la verdad es que intento mantener tambien my diario de viaje al dia y tanto escribir es complicado, quizas algun dia me de por poner todas mis experiencias y anecdotas juntas y haga un libro de una sola copia para que lo vayais circulando y podais leer un poco mas lo que es el dia a dia con la mochila a cuestas. A ver si retomo el tema. Cuando llegue a Railay estaba yo sola y me daba un poco de rabia porque yo no hacia que andar y andar y decir [View Full Entry]

By AlyandJames
July 23rd 2007

In Transit

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Our Room

Took the hotel transfer to the long distance bus station in Kuantan, the twenty minute journey cost more than the price of our bus tickets for a three and a half hour journey to Mersing! We were punctual as ever purchasing our bus tickets two and a half hours prior to the bus departing. We left our bags at the station and headed to the near by shopping centre where I had spotted a Starbucks. Killed the time nursing our frappucinos and taking advantage of the free wireless. We ate an unusual cheese and pineapple roll on the journey down. We [View Full Entry]

By TH Tan
July 21st 2007

Pulau Tinggi durian trip

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RECOVERED

After missing a salivating trip last year to Pulau Tinggi, I would not let go another trip organized by Malaysian Nature Society, Johor branch this year. Not many people can resist the temptation of eating fresh durian on a tropical island while doing bird watching. I departed home at 8am, driving alone and passed through Yong Peng, Air Hitam, Kluang, Jemaluang and finally reaching Tanjung Leman ferry jetting at 12:30pm. I stopped at Kluang to buy a squid lure which was not put into use since nobody brought a fishin [View Full Entry]

The junction to Tanjung Leman from Kota Tinggi - Mersing trunk road

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