A hornbill at KL bird park

Running from the monsoon rain, Penang and back to KL

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November 7th 2009
After completing our scuba diving open water courses on Tioman Island, we headed north to another island off the east coast of Malaysia called Perhentian Island. Perhentian is actually two separate islands and we stayed on the smaller of the two at an area called Long Beach (which as the name suggests is next to a long beach). We'd heard mixed reports before getting to Perhentian as to whether or ... 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