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Malaysia - land of tea and towers

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January 12th 2009
We spent the last two weeks in Malaysia. From Southern Thailand, we arrived by minivan in Penang, an old colonial town. Even though this town is at its core an old city, Malaysia surprised us by being more developed and modern than Thailand. In Malaysia, the majority of people are Malay, but there are many ethnic Chinese and Indians as well. Penang itself is mostly Chinese, and we stayed in the ... read more

Asia » Malaysia

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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