"Muddy Confluence"

The name Kuala Lumpur means "Muddy Confluence". It comes from this place where the muddy water from two small rivers come together and get mixed. When the water from the two rivers mix the colour difference is very obvious. They called this river section “Muddy Confluence” and in the Malay language that is Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia part II - Penang Island and Kuala Lumpur

July 21st 2018
A super-hot national park, a super-tall skyscraper, a super-big cave and some more things which really aren't super-anything We didn’t spend more than a few days in Malaysia and we only went to two places, Penang Island and Kuala Lumpur. When we planned this trip we never included Malaysia in our plans at all. Laos, Vietnam and Thailand were the three main destinations. We wanted ... 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

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