Orangutan

Kuching, Borneo

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April 28th 2008
We spent 1 week in Kuching, which was both good and bad. When we arrived we could see it was a quiet place, there were no tuks tuks or people trying to sell you things left right and centre, which made a relaxing change. Kuching was a strange place, it appeared as though it was built up rather rapidly to accomodate for a tourist boom, however the tourist industry had died here, and as time went o ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak » Kuching

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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