View from my beach mat

Lounging on Long Beach

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July 12th 2006
Unbelievably chilled out! I spent a whole week on Perhentian Kecil, or "the wee island" as I referred to it. I found out just today that Perhentian literally means "resting place" (not in a morbid way!) and I can't think of a better place to relax to the max. My new travel buddy Stacey and I landed a pretty good chalet in the first place we tried on Long Beach, which was lucky given how har ... read more

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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