Sarawak

Kuching to Brunei, Self-drive

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July 26th 2008
What rainforest? asked local voices at the Rainforest World Music Festival. Rainforest, longhouses, oil palms, logging: these are the story of the Trans-Borneo Highway in Sarawak. A romantic notion of the longhouses has them all buried deep in the rainforest, with the communities leading a happy, subsistence lifestyle. In reality there are increasingly groups of longhouses close to the highway ... 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