Hanging around

Borneo and friendly bullying!

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September 12th 2009
Sunday night after a 2 ½ hour flight delay I arrived in Kota Kinabalu (KK). The flight attendant happily announced the local time as 1.30am and that it was 31ºC outside! After arriving at the airport and passing through immigration I found that the one and only ATM was out of service so had to jump in a taxi and ask him to take me to a bank before the hostel. On arriving at the hostel I check ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu

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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