View of Petronas Towers from Luna Bar

Kuala Lumpur

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January 5th 2006
After New Year’s in Seoul, we flew to Singapore for one night before catching a bus to Kuala Lumpur (about 4 hours away). In KL we stayed with our friend from Michigan and the Bay Area, Mike. Lindsay’s friend, Megan, also met us in KL. She came up on a break from her assignment with the Peace Corps in East Timor. It also turned out that another friend of ours, Vishen, who we knew from AIES ... 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