the A Famosa fort at the bottom of St Paul's Hill

It's good to be a friend and not a foreigner

January 10th 2008
We used Singapore as a transit point into Malaysia. This time we would do an overland crossing to Melaka. Because of our good experience with our last visit to Malaysia, we decided to see a little more of what the country could offer the backpacker. We used Melaka as a half way stop to the beach island of Pangkor. Melaka has a lot of colonial history relevant to our English heritage; most of ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Melaka » Melaka City

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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Donna and Neil

We saved for 3 years and then went Hoff to travel the world. Chris Columbus and Magellan eat your heart out...do you reckon other people will have already discovered the places we are going to? You bet! About Us Neil, originally from Hartlepool, UK and Donna, originally from the Wirral, UK have known each other for 19 years. We bought a house, got cushy jobs in Nottingham and always had a passion to travel and see what more was out there in the big wide world (sounds corny or what?). The opportunity came when we were both made redundant and given nice r... full info

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