Another pretty beach

James’ Beach Paradise Update

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July 20th 2007
The journey to Perhentian was every bit as long and difficult as we had been expecting. We left Langkawi on a ferry at 5:30pm and didn’t arrive at Perhentian until 8:15 the next morning. The bus journey took us along the Thai border passing through Alor Star as well as several other out of the way towns. The driver seemed to like to stop every hour or so and turn on all of the lights, just to en ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Terengganu » Perhentian Besar

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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