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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 Gordon and Jenny
December 10th 2009

Melaka, Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

View of Melaka wheel behind Dutch buildings

From Singapore we got a bus to Melaka in Malaysia via the bridge which connects the two countries. The journey took us just 4 hours. We decided after many months of 'slumming it' to upgrade and stay in the 4 star Holiday Inn for a few days! We felt a bit scruffy and out of place walking in with our backpacks on, but hey ho! The hotel was gorgeous with a lovely outdoor pool overlooking the sea. Our room felt extremely luxurious and it was a nice change to have our own ensuite bathroom! The hotel was conveniently located near the [View Full Entry]

By frisian traveler
October 27th 2009

Saya orang Belanda, dia orang China. Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Jonker street detail

08 - 10 October When we arrived in Melaka / Malacca by bus from Mersing it was already late afternoon. We had checked the web beforehand and had already decided we wanted to stay in Chinatown, opposed to the area further down where most guesthouses are centralised. It takes a bit of searching to find something affordable in China town, but we succeeded and got a room at the Cheng Hoon hotel. Nice place, large foyer to hang out in or use wi-fi. Most evenings there were a bunch of 'old' Asian people chatting each other up in Chinglish with the [View Full Entry]

By Sammy Al
October 24th 2009

The Last South East Asian Days... Kuala Lumpur, Melaka and Singapore Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

I am now writing to you from Australia!! Eeek exciting times! A lot has happened in the last week, and I will now update you on my recent antics! So making a swift exit from Penang before causing any more trouble we took what for us seemed like an incredibly short 5 hour bus ride to Kuala Lumpur. Here we would find a whole new level of heat! Just before we disembarked from the bus there was a typical short burst of powerful rainfall. When we went outside not only did the familiar heat wave hit us, but the puddles that [View Full Entry]

By Affandy
October 10th 2009

Malaysia Wedding Style - Malacca Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

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Malaysia Wedding Style - Malacca [View Full Entry]

By RDBowdon
October 9th 2009

Fish Ate Her Feet Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Fish Head Curry!

Like the Rough Guide says, Melaka grows on you. We've done a lot of walking around. The first night I left the family asleep and walked a few blocks in a light rain to a big outdoor food court, and had a great bowl of spicy seafood Laksa with a large Tiger beer. Yum. The next day we found an Indian restaurant that serves great roti (griddle flat bread) for breakfast, and fish head curry for dinner. We found lots of other fun/interesting stuff here. The "fish spa" where Melody paid 50 good ringgets to have little fish nibble the dead [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
October 6th 2009

Caj, caja, caju, caj, pri caju, s cajem ... Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Yee Tea whe-hee!

Pa to ni res. Pa to NI res, no! Vecer se je zakljucil na najbolj nor nacin. Z Yeejem in njegovo zeno (mislim, da Susan) smo sli za vogal na vecerjo: na fried rice in ying-yang nudlne. Oboje je bilo naravnost fantasticno, pa se poceni - castila sta kar onadva. "Small money, don't worry!" se je stalno smehljal Yee, ko sem mu hotela poturiti svoje ringite. Potem sva sla malo naokoli: najprej za naslednji vogal, kjer so snemali nek kitajski film (?!??!), potem pa naokoli po mestecu. Uau. Ce se mi je prej zdelo nekoliko zaspano, se mi je zdaj ta [View Full Entry]

By RDBowdon
October 6th 2009

I Want Coffee Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Where We Didn't Stay

Melaka, 3:45 am Left home 3:30 pm Sat, Param drove us to RDU. Changed planes in Houston, changed planes in LAX, EVA Air 13+ hours to Taipei, hung around there for a few hours, then 4 1/2 more to KL. Once there we had to figure out how to buy a SIM card for the GSM phone Melody bought on EBay, get some cash from the ATM (ringgets, about 3 to a dollar), clear customs (long line). After that came the harder part: find a bus to Melaka. We still don't know whether there is one, a carefully guarded secret, or [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
October 5th 2009

Green Tea with Yee Tea Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Selamat datang ke Melaka!

Zajtrk je bil trodelen: najprej dragonfruit od vceraj, potem pitstop pri mamak (jaz najprej roti chanai, ker roti pisang kao no have, potem pa z Edom se tose in cez ginger teh tarik), na koncu pa se kokos pri sosedih. Matr, v taki situaciji bi imela vedno dobre sosedske odnose. Ko sem imela vse spakirano in je bil Ed nared za sluzbo (danes grejo gledat lokacijo za snemanje, t.i. reccee), me je zategnil do postaje KTM. Bye bye Ed, bye bye Kepong, sem jokcala! "Heh, you'll be back," me/se je tolazil Ed. Ves, da bom. Sla sem do KL Sentral (1,30r), [View Full Entry]

By Jilly Willy
September 17th 2009

Taxi's, Backpacks and Temples Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Fishy Feet

OK - So I know I won't be blogging a lot when I get into Borneo, so I'm getting it in whilst I can. You all know i like to do things out of the ordinary from time to time, but just take a look at my feet in this piccy. The doctor fish nibbling at my feet are not only cleaning them, but they are nibbling away all the dead skin to leave feet feeling lovely and soft......and clean as a whistle....not to mention relaxed. Tara, if you get some of these in your fish tank, I'll never miss another [View Full Entry]

By Amy and Dan
September 8th 2009

Getting a history lesson in Melaka and Penang Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

Penang

05 September 2009 - 09 September 2009 After having spent more money than we anticipated in Singapore, we got up early on Saturday morning to get a train to Melaka on Southern coast of Malaysia. We had decided that due to missing the bus because of a delay in immigration on our entry into Singapore, we would opt for getting out of the country by train (we hoped this would cause less hassle.) As it turned out, Immigration exiting the country was quite straightforward, as we exited Singaporean immigration at the train station and entered Malaysian immigration at the border. 1 [View Full Entry]

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