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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 [...]

For my trip from Koh Phangan to Penang, Malaysia I bought a combined ferry and bus ticket. The journey is about 700 kilometres over land, excluding the 3 hours ferry ride from Koh Phangan to mainland. The lady at the travel agency was sure that it would be by VIP-bus, though I spoke to Francesco [...]

… but not yet… A few days ago I booked three airplane tickets: Kuala Lumpur – Beijing Beijing – Amsterdam Dusseldorf – Kuala Lumpur