A fishing village called Semporna and a very exciting island called Sipadan, East Borneo.
June 19th 2007 After a three hour flight from Kuala Lumpur we landed in Tawau Airport in East Borneo on the Malaysian part of the island. Luckily we met Mike who was also heading out to Semporna, so we could share a taxi ride as our booked minivan did not show up. As always when you arrive when it is dark it is exciting to wake up and go for a wander and take in the new impressions of a buzzing place. Semporna i
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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 
