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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 tembiwoo
February 27th 2009

Pulau Pankor or Pankor Island Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Chinese Temple Gardens

Well once again we got lucky. We had a great bus from Penang to Lamut but the driver failed on his mission to top us as we did arrive safely! Sometimes you get a wild one or sometimes they are tame but do try to drive the bus while texting their girlfriends or lighting a cigarette with both hands off the wheel steering by their elbows! Thats Asia and I suppose nothing too different from Africa either? It was a short half hour ferry hop to the Island and then a quick minibus taxi - only 12 ringets and no one [View Full Entry]

By HenC
February 3rd 2009

Pulau Pangkor Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Waiting at the busstop for going to pulau pangkor...

Well, it's quite nice, but don't go to the Islands in Thailand immediately before... ;) However it's always good for some nice photos ;) As an island with mostly muslim people living on it, Pulau Pangkor is quite interesting - Just have a look! Greez [View Full Entry]

By Sophie and Dale
January 26th 2009

Postcard views and Peaheads... Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Boat in Langkawi

From the Cameron Highlands we got back to our original route to Pulau Pangkor, an island just off the west coast town of Lumut. After a bus-bus-ferry-taxi ride taking nearly the whole day we pulled up in Pangkor along with a million other Malay & Chinese holidaymakers and were surprised to see a million also leaving the island presumably after just coming for a day trip. We'd planned this part of our trip quite badly in our eagerness to come here and had arrived on Chinese New Year Day, not a good time to go anywhere it seems. As soon as [View Full Entry]

Us and the Aussies in the No Worries Beach Bar

By jenron
December 10th 2008

Pulau Pagkor - Just what we were looking for Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Beach at Tuluk Nipah

Wednesday 10th December We arrived in the port city of Lumut at 4:05am. Fortunately a good cafe was nearby so with NIcky we spent a few hours over a few coffees waiting for the day’s first ferry. Like elsewhere in Malaysia, however many times you ask for coffee or tea without sugar it always arrives incredibly sweet. The cafe was by no means empty at this early hour (some youngsters watching live football, Chelsea v Roma, others with their laptops playing games and watching videos, a couple of policemen, a few couples and then strangely a large family with several small [View Full Entry]

By mattandmarissa
November 20th 2008

Pulau Pangkor Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

The beach

18 to 19 November We had a lot of time left and not much more of Malaysia to see before we could enter Thailand (stupid visa rules). We never planned to go to Pangkor, but after reading in the Lonely Planet that the government was promoting it as one of the country's top destinations, we thought a few days on a beach wasn't a bad idea indeed. To get there we had to take two buses and then a ferry (not a problem after the trip to the Cameron Highlands!). Once again we had not booked anywhere to stay. The taxi [View Full Entry]

By Dan n Nic
November 11th 2008

Good ol fashioned Malay holiday Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Swinging the evening away

After another stupidly uncomfortable night outside KL's low cost carrier terminal we peeled ourselves from the benches and hopped on a few buses. Our next destination (and last main stay in Malaysia) was the small friendly island of Palau Pangkor......A place where the locals go for the weekend or a well deserved break! I was starting to regret not straying from the main tourist trail in Malaysia and so was really pleased when we arrived here to find locals on holiday with only a very few foreigners to be found. We managed to find a lovely little cluster of "Chalets" at [View Full Entry]

By bedreddin
June 26th 2008

Tales of the Beach Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Large trees with foot-long broad leaves and box-shaped fruits stretch almost parallel to the sand out towards the sparkling sea, providing a natural canopy under which to escape the heat or the rain. Under the trunk of one is a triangular mosquito net (mine) with sand piled on its sides and attached to wooden sticks in the corners to keep out vermin and mosquitos. Draped width-wise and covering half of it as well as the trusty pack is a dark blue rain poncho. It provides shelter from rainstorms if I crouch in the middle of the makeshift "tent" and fold up [View Full Entry]

By two4deroad
June 25th 2008

Pangkor Island: Pink Taxis and Monkey Business Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Pangkor

The mainland of Malaysia receded in the backwash of the ferry as we settled in for the 30-minute ride. This would be peanuts compared to the 4 hours bus ride we had just completed from Cameron Highlands to the pier at Lumut. Our destination was Pangkor Island (Pulau Pangkor) - a small, green enclave off Malaysia's west coast. The concrete dock led to a reception room which, in turn, led outside to the parking lot. And in the parking lot was a most unexpected sight: a fleet of pink (yes, pink) mini-buses turned taxis. The driver quoted a fare for the [View Full Entry]

By H T
February 28th 2008

PEACEFUL PANGKOR Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Coral Beach

To get to Pangkor island we needed to get a bus from Puduraya station to a place called Lumut on the west coast mainland. From here we had to get a boat. Tim had checked with the buses and we set off at 9aam on a very comfortable air conditioned coach. We had one stop along the way for only a few minutes and sure enough as we were told we arrived in four hours. It was a bit confusing as we were not sure at first if we were in the right place as the driver never said. Eventually we [View Full Entry]

By Kelvinator
February 27th 2008

Unforgettable Malaysian Wonders Asia » Malaysia » Perak » Pulau Pangkor

Pulau Pangkor Sunset

Like all good blogs this one starts with a man named Roland and a yellow pick-up truck. But this isn't any ordinary blog, its special, a bit like me, so I'll do this blog backwards, stir things up a bit. Besides, a man named Roland makes for a spectacular ending (not to mention his yellow truck). So instead I'll start with a group of Swedes... As you may have noticed I have been on Pulau Pangkor, an island. On the ferry through I met some Swedes, this group of four adopted me, and quite rightly so. As I would make a [View Full Entry]

Im the coolest person alive in this photo

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