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Penang - Buildings Definately Are Taller Than Coconut Trees!!

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January 17th 2008
From Langkawi we headed south to the next main island of Penang. We'd had a brilliant time on the beach at Langkawi so we planned to spend a couple of days having a look around Georgetown, the capital of the island. Langkawi has a rule that no buildings are allowed to be built higher than a coconut tree which means that there isn't anything higher than a two storey building - Penang on the othe ... 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