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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 Caro 1
November 11th 2009

more from Sabah Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

sunset

as promised more phot0s! Sarawak seems very different from sabah the city of 2half a million people is very very old and the state has some of the oldest virgin rainforests in the world. I am on a five day small group tour but just found out that i;m the only one!!im not too happy as this is not what I booked! They tell me that the tourist trade has really been hit by the recession and they have fewer visitors this year couple with the fact it is the low season. hey ho you'll just get more photos more often [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
November 10th 2009

On the Move again!-Thoughts on Sabah Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

paradice personified!

We flew from Penang due south to the large island of Borneo heading for the State of Sabah and the city of kota Kinabalu. Sabah like other places in Malaysia is a huge mix of races and we were told that different peoples speak more than 32 dialects very few written so most are dying out. We seem to be stepping from one paradise to another and our wonderful hotel while a resort is of a local design incorporating all of the Malaysian traditions and set on the sea front with the most fantastic views, we have sat on a little [View Full Entry]

By lifeswonders
October 28th 2009

Kuching Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

uncle tan staff

Kuching is a pleasant city/town with tasty Laksa (for breakfast of course) for 4 Ringitt about $1.30 it has a chinese/ malay feel with a smattering of Indigenous cultures thrown in. I hesitated about visiting another Orang utan centre but I'm so glad I went because 'Ritchie' the dominant male showed up for a feed of bananas and sugar cane, those animals are awesome up close and personal a little too close at one stage when I decided to make a hasty retreat. I was wondering what to do next when I met up with 3 single women i.e women traveling [View Full Entry]

By RDBowdon
October 15th 2009

Squatting in a Borneo Dental Clinic Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

Andrea and Miss Finger Puppet

Here we are, Andrea & I, in the Choo Pok Shing Dental Clinic of Kuching, where we've been camping in the waiting room for almost two hours now. Turns out they don't do whitening, only scaling. OK, I said, and returned to the waiting room. "Why don't they leave?" they ask themselves. There is no A/C but a large fan and comfy sofas. Melody and Benjamin have gone off to scout out accommodation options. "When will they return?" we ask ourselves. Meanwhile Andrea has entertained me with a half-hour extemporaneous finger puppet play, in which I played the straight man. Miss [View Full Entry]

By Gemma and ste
September 22nd 2009

Malaysian Borneo - Sarawak Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

Semengoh WIldlife Centre

Our final few days in Borneo was spent in and around Kuching before returning to Singapore. Kuching is the capital of Sarawak, and it was a lovely little city to chill out in and wonder around, a perfect place to spend a few days. Whilst we were here we went River Kayaking down the upper stretch of the Sungai Sarawak. This took 3-4 hours as we kayaked through some amazing jungles & breathtaking scenery. It was mostly a gentle kayak with a few rapids thrown in for good measure. We then went and visited the Annah Raus longhouse. It was quite [View Full Entry]

By Toddy11
September 18th 2009

When Harry Met Toddy Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

Little mosque, big noise.

There is a real sense of anticipation as we peer into the jungle. Everyone is very quiet, even the children. Thirty metres in front of us is a timber platform with bananas, coconuts and sugar cane in a small pile. Behind the platform the jungle rises uphill. A tall thin tree groans and sways in the distance. Then another. The orangutans are coming. Noises in the Night “You look exhausted”, said Sim. We had just sat down to have lunch at the regular food hall next to work. I nodded, “Prayers and Crackers”. He smiled. Prayers[ [View Full Entry]

There's a joke here about me and Pussies..

By Wanderly Wagon
September 17th 2009

Staying with ex-headhunters in the Borneo Jungle Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

Skulls of the hunted!

Since I last blogged we have been back to Kuala Lumpur to catch a flight to Borneo. We landed in the city Kuching in the province of Sarawak. It was here that we were going to try and stay with a village tribe in the Borneo jungle. We had booked in to a certain hostel that had offered better and cheaper tours into the jungle and it was highly recommended by others. When we arrived they told us the guy who ran them was gone to Kuala Lumpur and didn’t know when he would be back! Great. We had a walk [View Full Entry]

By Becky and Chewys great escape
September 17th 2009

KUCHING THE CAT Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

The Great Cat of Kuching

We arrived in Kuching by air from Kuala Lumpur on a ridiculously cheap flight with Air Asia, something like £30. Because we were getting very lazy and had not done any reading ahead, we arrived at the airport to find that all the local buses that stopped at the airport had been suspended(what a surprise!) meaning we had to waste money on a bloody taxi(evil of all evils). This wasn't the only problem is was bastard, bastard hot, bastard humid and bastard more expensive than the Malaysian Peninsular. After being dropped at the cheapest place in town we found it too [View Full Entry]

By Becky and Chewys great escape
September 17th 2009

CREEPY KUBAH Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

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We gave up on Bako and emailed the Forestry Department to see if we could stay in Kubah. Its basically the closest National Park to Kuching and due to the popularity of Bako gets bugger all in the way of visitors. If you read the travel guide most of them do push Bako as the number one destination. Well we had come back from our stay in the longhouse and decided to book the accomodation at Kubah. Again it was something silly like £2 per bed per night to stay in a twelve bed hostel in the forest so we were [View Full Entry]

By Becky and Chewys great escape
September 17th 2009

FREAKY FISH FIGHT Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

Those fish started biting!

What can we do that is a treat and soemthing a bit different a cheap at the same time? After wondering around the non-tourist part of town we finally found Tribal Remedies , a spa where traditional tribal methods are used to make you look and feel fabulous. The special offer of half price on The Fish Spa was intriuging to say the least. Tempted and a little bit daunted we went for it. We were lead into a very softly lit room, with neon tanks filled with fish of all sizes. There was dark wood decking surrounding this and little [View Full Entry]

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