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First Stop Off - Malaysia!

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April 27th 2006
We flew from Auckland to Singapore (via Brisbane) and landed in Singapore at about 3am. Tried to find somewhere to sleep at the airport and couldn't so ended up waiting for the first train to start at 5am! We went across to Malaysia (after waiting in a traffic jam with 10000 scooters!) and caught a bus up to a place called Mersing (probably equivalent to the Huntly of New Zealand ... but still v ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Pahang » Pulau Tioman

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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