Fit for a king

No Koala in Kuala Lumpur

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December 27th 2006
While the journey to Kuala Lumpur from Duri, Indonesia was arduous, our two day stay there was anything but. That trek though, man, it was a long day. After we finally got off the ferry, which took quite a while, and before getting on land we were hit with a "landing tax". This had to be paid in Malaysian Ringgit which we of course did not have. We only had Indonesian currency. "Luckily" ther ... 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