Advertisement
« previous next »
Tension and Discrimination  
   

Tension and Discrimination

Malaysia is still in the infancies of challenging discrimination... Whilst we we're in Penang there we heard of huge bovial rioting in Johor.
GeorgeTown

March 19th 2007
Our trip to Georgetown (which is on the North East corner of Penang Island at the top of the Malay pennisula) was something of an event in itself. The actual coach journey there was painless, but we arrived in a bus station on Penang that was as close to Georgetown as those dodgy EasyJet airports are to the cities that they claim to serve. Being now fully accredited backpackers, we decided tha ... read more
Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town

Malaysian Flag 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 Fe... ... read more
Advertisement
Tot: 0.137s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 26; dbt: 0.1215s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb