Longboats

Totally shocked by Borneo

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June 22nd 2006
Borneo was not a place I planned on going. No particular reason, but originally we just figured that after we got to Singapore we'd wind up heading back up through Malaysia on the way to Thailand. There were a few things we could have checked out - Melaka, the Cameron Highlands, Penang.... but the reviews we got from other travellers didn't have us itching to go there. Not that they sounded bad ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sarawak

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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