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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 Jo and Mark Davies
October 30th 2009

First blog Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

Hello everyone, Here is our first entry of our adventure!! Sorry its taken a while. We had a good flight to Siungapore I enjoyed the plane food as usual & Mark enjoyed watching 5 films and not talking to me!!!!! On arrival to a hot & steamy Singapore we soon realised we had over packed our bags, never mind!! It took us awhile to get used to the time difference but we had a good few days including as visit to the zoo which was ace! We then moved on to the Perhentian Islands, beautiful paradise, being in the sea was [View Full Entry]

By Caro 1
October 28th 2009

made it to Kuala Lumpur! Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

The harbour cruise

The parting of the ways came for Al and me this morning, I panicked as usual when my booked coach was half an hour late to pick me up. As it turned out we spend in under 40 mins to the airport and i had time to spare!! I have arrived in KL , the landscape looks very different from HK and mainland China . We are much nearer the equator , its monsoon period so the sky was grey and light rain splattered down but its 86 degrees so very deceptive. the vegetation is very luch lots of palms before [View Full Entry]

By overit2
October 28th 2009

From the Peak Tram to Macau and back by ferry Asia » Macau » Macau

Malaysia & Hong Kong 794

Wednesday 28.10.2009 Day 13 We went to Hong Kong Island by ferry we walked up to the end of Nathan street to get to the ferry then we went to the tallest building in Honk Kong the 2itc which is the 5th highest in the world they do not let people joy ride up to the top like other placed do so we could not go up to the top. We then went up the giant escalator up the side of the mountain though the streets and shops. We shop at a coffee shop on the way and had a healthy [View Full Entry]

By overit2
October 27th 2009

Day of rest Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Malaysia & Hong Kong 752

Tuesday 27.10.2009 Day 12 We are having a day of rest today setting up out computers catching up on emails and blogs and booking ongoing hotels and trips. We went to the night markets again. [View Full Entry]

By overit2
October 26th 2009

Taken for a ride in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Malaysia & Hong Kong 771

Monday 26.10.2009 Day 12 We fly from KL to Hong Kong on the way from the airport to our hotel we got a private cab who said it would cost $98 hkd to the hotel + tolls this was about how much I had read it would cost. When we got to the hotel the driver told us it would be $980 hkd! We informed him we were told $98 and he said to talk to the person who had organized the trip for us so he phone then and put me on. This guy now told us that he told [View Full Entry]

By overit2
October 25th 2009

Stoner wins Sepan Moto gp convincingly Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia & Hong Kong 326

Sunday 25.10.2009 Day 11 We had bfast in the hotel and then went to Sepan Moto gp for the big race. We got great seats on the strate next to grid row we could see in the pits the start and finish as well at the rider board and first turn and a few other turns out the back. There was only one rider crash in the race and that was De viso who was coming 3rd at the time we saw him crash and this put Rosie in third place. Stoner took the lead at the beginning of the race [View Full Entry]

By Hanoi06
October 25th 2009

TRÊN CAO NGUYÊN GENTING- MALAIXIA Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

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Trên cabin cáp treo dài nhất thế giới, chúng tôi đến với cao nguyên Genting, nơi có liên hợp khách sạn 5 sao lớn nhất thế giới [View Full Entry]

By KBSB
October 25th 2009

Petronas Towers & Batu Caves Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

View from Petronas Towers Skybridge

Just a quick update. Yesterday we queued for a couple of hours to get tickets to the Petronas Towers trip and skybridge. It's a bit nuts and really noisy. I took a book and lots of people take cameras. I don't see the point in taking photos of tourists queueing. We get tickets for the last tour of the day at 6.30pm and head back to the hotel for breakfast. We then venture to Bukit Bitang. It's more shopping, more malls, more insanity. We get lost and in a good way find the Pavillion. Yet another huge mall with gigantic food [View Full Entry]

By Team A2
October 24th 2009

Day 10: I do, again Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

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The Masjid Jamek.

We're a bit relieved to be married again. We were worried about losing our wedding rings during our travels so we left them at home in Adrian's mum's completely indestructible safe. Although we'd planned on picking up some inexpensive wedding bands before leaving San Francisco, we didn't get around to it and so have been ringless until today. It's a weird feeling and we each keep playing absentmindedly with our ring fingers. Thankfully, our nearby mall came to the rescue with some cheapie options - so for $2 US (Angelique) and $9 US (Adrian) we are now again joined in blissful [View Full Entry]

By overit2
October 24th 2009

Sepan Moto gp for qualifying Asia » Malaysia » Wilayah Persekutuan » Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia & Hong Kong 192

Saturday 24.10.2009 Day 10 We had bfast in the hotel and then went to Sepan Moto gp for qualifying Rossi got Pole and Loranso second Pedrosa 3rd and Stoner 4th. Stoner was all set for a fast qualifying but messes up one of the comers. We got the buss back to the hotel and wet out for dinner without the group and had an early night. [View Full Entry]

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