Batu Ferringhi

March 4th 2005
We took a bus from Georgetown to the north coast resort of Batu Ferringhi ("Foreigner's rock") which has a nice beach but the water is no good for swimming. Things were very quiet and we spent the morning on an almost deserted beach. This is the first (and only) beach we are visiting that was hit by last year's devastating Tsunami. We could not tell whether the silence was due to the the fact ... 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

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We started this travel blog in 2005 when we set off on a ten-month around-the-world trip with a couple of backpacks and not much else. In 2008, we emigrated to New Zealand with four suitcases and a guitar and spent the first month travelling throughout the country, from Auckland to Christchurch, via a roundabout route. We now live in Christchurch and post the odd blog now and again...whenever the travel bug bites. Happy reading! Also, for a non-travel related blog, see whatdoesawombateat?... full info

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