Penang

Malaysia- Penang

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May 20th 2010
After our umptienth bus, taxi, ferry, bus, taxi journey from destination to destination we arrived in Penang. We had booked a guesthouse earlier on in the day, well we had booked three just in case as it was the weekend of Chinese New Year, but we had told all of them we would be there before 6pm. Yet due to the usual delays we arrived later than we expected so we were frantically making calls fro ... 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