An Orchid From the Garden Behind the Centre

Ipoh

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September 15th 2006
Lessons Learned We took the local bus from central Melaka to the terminal on the outskirts at about 11am maybe. Melak was bigger than Johor Bahru, and a lot less crazy. Once we'd arrived at the terminal and figured out where the ticket offices were, we realised that almost all of the Ipoh buses left at either (a) 9am or (b) 9pm. The one exception was a RM28 bus that left at 2pm. After s ... read more

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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