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Ok well, as I described in my last post, I booked a flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (from now on abbreviated by KL). I headed to the airport around 4pm, arriving there around 5pm. My flight was leaving at 7.40pm, arriving in Kuala Lumpur at 8.40pm, which would leave me a bit less than [...]

Singapore (5 million inhabitants) is founded as a British trading colony in 1819, since independence (1965) it has become one of the world’s most prosperous countries and sports the world’s busiest port. It combines the skyscrapers and subway system of a modern, affluent city with a medley of Chinese, Malay and Indian influences a tropical [...]

Today I uploaded a selection of the pictures I made in Singapore. You can find the pictures here: * Pictures in normal view * Pictures displayed on Google maps * Pictures in Google Earth

Today I uploaded a selection of the pictures I made in Malaysia. You can find the pictures here: * Pictures in normal view * Pictures displayed on Google maps * Pictures in Google Earth

Malacca is the next UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 2008) I was visiting. Malacca was an important spice trading town in the past because of its strategic location next to the sea strait with the same name. The Portuguese ruled the state and city in the 15th century. the Dutch took over control of the [...]

Pulau Pinang (where Pulau means island) is an island off the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It was listed by UNESCO in 2008 as a World Heritage Site. Most inhabitants of the island live in Georgetown, the biggest – and capital – city on the north-west of the island. Founded in 1786 by British trader [...]