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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 renzo59
November 14th 2009

Niah and Similajau National parks Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Bintulu

bintulu

we stayed at Niah national park bungalow. great accommodation and wonderful walks in the park. the caves are so huge it takes hours to walk them trough. by bus we travelled to Bintulu and then to Similajau national park. [View Full Entry]

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 Karen away
November 3rd 2009

In and around Kuching Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak

Sibu

I left Miri and headed for Sibu, there's not much to see or do, but its a good stop of point to get the ferry onwards to Kuching, otherwise it was an 18hr bus ride and i didn't fancy that! The ferry to Kuching was freezing, they set the aircon at arctic, luckily i had my bag with me so could dress accordingly! I've based myself at a really nice hostel here and have been going on overnight trips around the area, without having to lug my backpack with me, which has been great. Kuching's a really nice city with a [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 brucemoon
October 25th 2009

Miri - Marvellous! Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Miri

Marvellous Miri

Prologue With a couple of days to kill between Gold Coast & London (the el cheapo flight schedules didn’t work our way) we headed to Miri (in Sarawak, Borneo). When booking, we’d not a clue about the place. Later, we read up and came to the conclusion it was merely an ’industrial’ town servicing the oil industry. How wrong we were. As always, if you want to 'see' more detail in an accompanying picture, click it to enlarge. The Journey We left GC early and had a 4 hour layover @ KL before connecting to the Miri flig [View Full Entry]

By Caitlin10
October 23rd 2009

Biggest Cave in the World! Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Gunung Mulu National Park

Cave Explorers

After reaching double digit dive status in Sipadan with 14 dives under our belts, Sam and I headed to Mulu National Park in the Malaysian side of Borneo. It was another long travel day with by far the worst overnight bus I have ever been on and 9 hours in a freezing over-airconditioned airport. But in the end we both agreed it was all worth it. Mulu National Park has (arguably) the largest caves in the world. If you have ever seen the Caves episode of Planet Earth then you have seen where we were (and if you haven't seen it, [View Full Entry]

By Frisco
October 20th 2009

Mulu et Niah : aventures dans les parcs nationaux du Nord-Sarawak Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Gunung Mulu National Park

Vol au-dessus du Sarawak

Apres trois jours a me la couler douce dans le paisible sultanat du Brunei, je remets le baluchon sur l'épaule et je reprends la route de la Malaisie. Destination le Sarawak, l'autre Etat malais de Bornéo, celui qui m'est encore completement inconnu et qui m'a conduit a nouveau sur cette ile. Le voyage commencera au nord, a Miri, et se finira deux semaines plus tard au sud-ouest, a Kuching, que d'aucun ont décrit comme l'une des plus belles villes d'Asie du sud-est. Gunung Mulu National Parc : le joyau du Sarawak Une matinée dans un bus confortable et flambant neuf m'a [View Full Entry]

Mulu - Sous le signe de la chauve-souris

Deer Cave - La plus grande caverne du monde

By RDBowdon
October 19th 2009

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

Arriving at Bako

Sunday we took the local bus from Kuching to the boat dock for Baku National Park. Unlike Taman Negara, for which the boat ride is an optional tourist add-on while locals arrive by land, there is no road to Baku. In fact you can only reach the dock at high tide, otherwise you have to wade through the surf and across the beach carrying all your stuff. Lucky for us the tide was in. At the dock, the boat owners take turns. These are little four-passenger dingies with outboard motors. Our assigned boat had no canopy for shade; we could see [View Full Entry]

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