The Petronas Towers on a gloomy afternoon

Malaysia - KL and Borneo

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May 28th 2008
We took the train from Singapore to KL - not as exciting as we'd hoped; mostly eight hours of railway cutting, but made up for by our first sighting of the Petronas Towers. We were staying in a hotel with a view of the towers and even in the gloom of a very grey afternoon they seemed to glow. By night they looked magical! After a short stay in KL we moved on to Sabah, Borneo - the last leg of o ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah

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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