Amy inside the dragon boat

Temple tour and cultural centre in Kota Bharu

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February 26th 2009
The next morning Mr Lee offered to take us on a tour of the Buddhist temples around the city for 80RM (16 pounds). Although Kota Bharu is mainly Islamic, there is a Buddhist minority which takes it's influence from the Thai border just north of the city. Mr Lee told us that, although he was not religious himself, his father was a Buddhist and used to take him to the temples as a child so he knew w ... read more

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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