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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 Morv Craig
November 21st 2009

Singapore, Kuching and Bako National Park Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

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We travelled from Melbourne to Singapore and then on to Kuching. Whilst in Kuching we went to Bako National Park on a small long boat through a crocodile invested river. We had to wade to the park beach as the tide was out and the boat couldn't reach teh jetty. Bako is amazing and we saw lots of probiscus monkeys and at least one posionous snake (it was asleep on a tree), a Komodo Dragon and wild boars. We also went to an Orangutan sanctuary where they nurse wild Orangutans back to health and feed them until they are strong enought [View Full Entry]

By Becky and Chewys great escape
September 17th 2009

BOILING BAKO!!! Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

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So after hearing the horror stories that the park had no drinking water and showers and that it was smelly, we were happy to be going to Bako for a day trip. Up nice and early again , because everything goes early in Kuching, we leave our accommadation with Lydia, our English buddy from the Seahare accommadation. We are first to arrive for the 7.30am bus and its was busy, and 45 mins later, we arrive at Bako National Park. Already a queue , we pay to get in, and are shown to a boat man(Mohammed), who takes you on a [View Full Entry]

By Scary Israel
August 4th 2009

Planet Of The Tobys Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

male proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)

How do I sum up Bako National Park? It stinking hot and there's no water. On the last night there was no power either. It hasn't rained at Bako in quite a long time and their dam is almost empty. Sometimes the toilets flushed, mostly they didn't. Sometimes there was a trickle of water from the taps, mostly there wasn't. The streams in the forest were reduced to small puddles filled with dead leaves and little shoals of rasboras. I had a bit of a poke around to see if I could find any catfish or bettas but there appeared to [View Full Entry]

silvered leaf monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus)

By wandring1
July 15th 2009

Island wildlife at Bako National Park Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Macaque on the grass

River ride We are better prepared this time. We have shoes for the walk and thongs for the beaches. We have sunscreen and bug repellent ready. It's an easy boat ride along the river to the national park. We wave as we pass a couple of local motor boats. A fisherman waves back. There are lots of fishing nets hanging up and cane fish traps in the water. Locals are washing dishes in the river and moving goods to market. Islands loom up from the mist in the distance. After a half-hour on the water we dock at the pier. On [View Full Entry]

By Beth and Craig
June 28th 2009

Primarily Primates: Our First Days in Borneo Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Proboscis Monkey in Bako National Park

"Craig, if we travel in Borneo, do you think we'll see Proboscis monkeys?" I asked repeatedly in the lead up to our trip. I really hadn't thought of much else about Borneo. The trip, as has become usual, was not really planned. All I knew while flying to Kuching was, I hope I see Proboscis Monkeys. On the second day we hopped on a city bus with our friend Natalie to the Bako Jetty. Here we purchased our tickets to ride a speedboat through the crocodile infested waters to Bako National Park. Yes, man-eating crocodiles. The previous day, while visiting the [View Full Entry]

By RainbowDaisy
June 21st 2009

Photos from Singapore, Malaysia and Borneo Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Ganesh shrine, Singapore

These are the photos that are missing from previous entries that I promised to post when home. [View Full Entry]

By laurentbon
June 6th 2009

Borneo to KL Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Borneo wildlife!

We arrive in Borneo at 8pm - very exciting! and hook up with oddbod Jerry - a fruit obsessed American from deepest bible-belt land, to share a cab into the centre of Kuching. Takes a while to find a cheapish place here, and we settle for hip and friendly Singasana Lodge, before heading out for our first Nasi Lamak, fried banana and sweet potato fritters at one of the waterfront stalls (we return to this place, run by a woman and her 2 teenage sons, time and time again and chat a lot with them!). We see some giant wildlife straight [View Full Entry]

Chinese shopfronts and the Mosque, Kuching

The rare proboscis monkey - yes, it is rude to laugh!

By Jane and John
April 12th 2009

Bako National Park Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Proboscis Monkey

One good reason to visit Borneo is to see some of the abundant wildlife. On Saturday 4th April we went to Bako National Park for a two night stay. Bako is just 45 minutes by bus and then 30 minutes by speedboat from Kuching. The accommodations was fairly basic, just a hut with fan and cold showers, and surrounded by jungle. No alarms necessary in the mornings as we were woken by dozens of monkeys jumping and bouncing on our roof. There are some beautiful and well-maintained trails around the park which took us through all the different types of terrain [View Full Entry]

By cyrillbuehler
February 8th 2009

Reise 2008 - 2009 Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

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Baku N.P. [View Full Entry]

By Lozza83
August 31st 2008

Last week in Borneo Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bako National Park

Sibu Swan

Returned to Miri from Bario on the 22nd August and went back to stay at the Highlands. Think Joel and I are now Johanne's (the lady who runs the hostel) favorite people. Most people she hardly speaks to but she treated us to takeaway and let us drink her black market alcohol!! Had a really good night drinking illegal alcohol and watching illegaly copied dvds!!! On sat Johanne got on of her friends to take Joel to the airport and me to the bus station. We went seperate ways for the week because he had had enough of the jungle and [View Full Entry]

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