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Cameron Highlands

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January 25th 2015
We took the air conditioned bus from Penang to Tana Rata in the Cameron Highlands. This took about 5 hrs and cost about £3.50. We passed a lot of areas where there had been landslips. This was caused by recent heavy rain as well as illegal logging, people told us. (In the east of Malaysia there have been terrible floods recently with deaths and people losing their homes.) Our guesthouse was 2 min ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Pahang

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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