Malaysia jungle train

Malaysia - the jungle train

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August 9th 2008
Khota Baru is in the northeastern corner of Malaysia. Not much here to interest travellers. It's a transit point between Thailand and Malaysia. Still, had a very tasty, simple meal in the night market. A good variety of local foods available. I took beef curry on safran rice. They spoon it into a rectangle of waxed brown paper and fold it up with two elastic bands to hold the package together. The ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Kelantan » Kota Bharu

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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