Georgetown and Penang Island Photo 22

Georgetown and Penang Island

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February 25th 2010
So first of all, a Dutch guy I met while diving on Ko Tao sent me a few photos from one of the dives we did which I'll post up now. Back to more current events, our border crossing to Malaysia took most of the day and consisted of three mini bus journeys, beginning at 7:20am from Ko Lanta to Trang, Trang to Hat Yai and Hat Yai to Penang in Malaysia. We had an hour to kill in Hat Yai before cro ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town

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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