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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 Dan221075
December 23rd 2009

Last day in Penang Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Butterworth

Ferry

A late start again and we were in no hurry to rush out into the streets again. We had to re-pack our back packs and that takes around ½ hour just to organise what you need to get you through the night train. It made was made worse by the room being so small and we really couldn’t spread things out. Off to Kapitan’s for breaky at 11:30 and we had some prathra bread and curry dipping sauce. A quick bus trip to the ferry jetty and back to Butterworth train station only 100m from the jetty. The tickets for second [View Full Entry]

By laurentbon
May 25th 2009

Penang & Langkawi Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town

Buttherworth to GeorgeTown ferry

We can confirm that Malaysians don't begin their day as late as the average Thai, and they make far more noise in this train at least! A gaggle of bubbly, veiled women shout and laugh from 5.30am until we reluctantly rise. There's a lovely guy looking after everything including bringing us a flask of boiling water to make drinks! Border formalities at 10am are easy, although they take our temperatures for swine-flu screening. We note that some of the formal words are like phonetic English - a mark of the (fairly recent) colonialism. The green, unspoilt scenery of Malaysia unfurls out [View Full Entry]

By heraclio
May 21st 2009

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Chinese lampion

Malaysia, Penang, 14-02-2009, night time. It's already dark though still stifling hot when I get off at the Butterworth's bus terminal walking with stiff legs and a weary body from sitting in an uncomfortable local bus all day, a local Malaysian bus built for the avarage Malasian person whose frame is quite a few inches shorter than mine, whose legs not reaching anywhere near the lenght mine have. Clammed tightly under my metal seat al day my legs have a hard time becoming unbuckeled. My *ss feels like the metal of the seat has quite literally been imprinted on it!!! A [View Full Entry]

By Willie J
April 20th 2009

Penang, Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Butterworth

Snake Temple

3/16/2009 (Monday) So after nearly a week in Siem Reap, Cambodia I headed to Malaysia where I would first visit my friend Yee Chea and her family in Pulau Penang which is an island just off the Northeast coast of Malaysia. I booked my ticket on AirAsia.com as it was the cheapest airline to fly out of Cambodia. If you ever fly out of Cambodia beware though! Every entry and exit requires visitors to pay a $25 fee to leave and enter the country. There is no fee to enter or leave the country by bus (not sure by boat) but [View Full Entry]

By Dora The Explorer
November 6th 2008

Trains, Buses and Boats!! Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Butterworth

Fishing Village

From leaving Koh Tao by boat the next couple of days were spent travelling. We caught a three hour boat to Chumpon in Thailand. The boat ride was great and as there were only a handful of people on it we got the best seats in the house, or on the boat if you like......for free!! The weather was warm and as we reached Chumpon the pace slowed and we left the sea and sailed through a fishing river. Despite the boats looking interesting, the smell of fish was pretty strong and what some would call pungent!! Once getting off the [View Full Entry]

By Olliep
July 21st 2008

The Malaysian adventure begins!..... Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Butterworth

Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur

After a fairly late and drunken evening, we dragged ourselves out of bed at 8am, finished our final packing and started the hike to the pier. The boat journey was not one of our favourites but after almost 6 months, we were accustomed to travelling with a hangover. We arrived in Krabi at 10.30am and boarded a minibus for a town further south nearer the Malaysian border. As usual Me and Ollie were the tallest and were also crammed into the smallest seats at the back of the bus. However, after 6 months we had also learnt to perfect the art [View Full Entry]

By CaraTrev
February 8th 2008

Running for the Border! Asia » Malaysia » Penang » Butterworth

15 Passenger Minivan???

Feb 8th - 9th: We took a bus up to Butterworth where we stayed for one night and then caught what was supposed to be a 6 AM train out the next morning to Padang Besar, the border town where we crossed into Thailand. On our way to the train station in the morning we met a fellow American traveller by the name of Kendall who we ended up traveling with for the next few days. While waiting for the train, which left a couple hours late, we ended up getting to know him. Kendall is a med student from San [View Full Entry]

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