Pimped out Rickshaws

January 26th 2008
Thursday we hopped on a bus to Melaka in Malaysia. The border crossing was ridiculously easy and lax. It was about a 4 hour bus ride, with a stop for lunch. Melaka is a good size city but not huge. It's interesting because there is influence from lots of cultures here...dutch, portugese, indonesian, chinese, etc. Thanks to a nice lady we met on the bus ride into town (from the bus station), w ... 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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Cara & Trevor

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Well our 3 month 10 day Asia trek ended April 29, 2008, a month short because of political issues but otherwise a great experience. We traveled from Singapore up through Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and China. Unfortunately we didn't get to go to Nepal because of political tension in Kathmandu. We couldn't go to Tibet because of the riots to free Tibet from China. And we chose not to go to India because of the heat, border tension with Nepal and because everyone we talked to said it was really hard to get around. The winner of the overall best country for sights, ease of travel, food an... full info

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