A Spectacular Day, Aside From the Fly-Covered Lunch - Day 33: Biking South from Bangkok
August 17th 2008 Day 33: Taiping to Lumut
After a late night of drinking, playing with kids and watching the Olympics, we woke up really late, around 11:30. We quickly checked out of our sheisty hotel and returned to the fun food court from the night before. It was still packed with people, as it had been when we’d left at 2 AM. We enjoyed pork noodle soup, the first pork we’d seen in Malaysia, for breakfast.
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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 
