A Day that Started Wonderfully and Ended Terribly - Day 47: Biking South from Bangkok
August 31st 2008 Day 47: Batu Pahat to Kulai
Today was Merdeka, Malaysian Independence Day. We awoke and Grandma Doris was in the kitchen, strong coffee brewing, reading the paper, wearing thick reading glasses. It was such a warm and comforting feeling, like being with my own Grandma in New York. We went for Indian food, as we had earlier mentioned we loved it, and they were eager to take us to a great place t
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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 
