A2 China Town I

Malaysia

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March 29th 2010
After disembarking the aircraft we took a train and then a taxi to get to our hostel. We had been reading about how in Malaysia and Thailand it was customary to remove your shoes or sandals before entering temples and some hostels and hotels. So the irony here, is that we had been wearing sandals in the showers of all of the hostels that we had stayed in so far and now we were expected to walk a ... read more

Asia » Malaysia

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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