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Month: February 2012

Crossing the Malaysian-Thai Border via Sungai Golok

Crossing the Malaysian-Thai Border via Sungai Golok

One of the things that I had been most curious about in Kelantan is how it is like at the border of Malaysia-Thailand so I allocated my last day there to drive over to the border and see it for myself. I learned from the people with whom I had worked on my job assignment in Kota Bharu that Thailand could be accessed from Kelantan by getting on a ferry at Pengkalan Kubor or crossing over the Golok River on…

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Fulfilling My Craving for A River in KIULU, Sabah

Fulfilling My Craving for A River in KIULU, Sabah

So, I was back in Sabah to attend a friend’s wedding last week. Attending a friend’s wedding can be quite expensive now that I’m staying in KL but if you may ask, while the wedding itself is already important, meeting up with old friends who are there to attend it is certainly just as important, if not more. 😛 So, before I boarded the plane, there was something that kept coming into my head, something of a longing for swimming,…

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Traversing Through the Dark Era of Cambodia at The Killing Field

Traversing Through the Dark Era of Cambodia at The Killing Field

Previously on my trip to Cambodia, I started off the day by visiting the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and see for myself how Pol Pot had turned a school into a prison and used it as the torturing camp for those who had the slightest sign of treachery against him. Bear in mind that most of the killings in the infamous genocide didn’t happen there. Instead, they were committed in a place 17 km south of Phnom Penh, in a…

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