Sopingi and the rice wine ceremony

Borneo - Brunei and Sabah

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November 30th 2007
We were going to start an intrepid tour in a few days in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, but we had a few days available first so we decided to go to Brunei. Bandar Seri Begawan (the capital of Brunei) seemed a very strange place, a tiny country sandwiched between Malaysian Sabah and Malaysian Sarawak. It is a very rich country with a lot of oil reserves, and also had the richest man in the wo ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak

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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