Cannon @ the Fort

Penang - Our last stop in Malaysia

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September 4th 2008
It proved hard getting a bus ticket to Penang after the celebrations in KL, as they had a bank holiday, we asked several operaters on the street and all said the buses were fully booked, but we eventually found a desk in the sweaty bus station that had seats left for 0830 the next day. Took around 4hrs to get there, crossed over the 13km Penang bridge(longest in Asia), we arrived and it looked ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town

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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