Sibu

               Sibu is an inland town, and the capital of Sibu District (229.8 square kilometres). It is a town built on the banks of the mighty Rajang River which is located at the confluence of the Rajang and Igan Rivers. Sibu also known as the Swan City. The population is dominated by the Chinese especially the Fuzhou as well as indigenous Melanau, Malay, and Iban. The town population (year 2010) is 257,800.


               Sibu is the main tourist gateway to the Upper Rajang River, with its small riverine towns and its many Iban and Orang Ulu longhouses.

There has been a marked increase in public buildings in recent years. Sibu now boasts the largest town square in Malaysia, and the tallest building in Sarawak is the Sanyan Tower also can be called "Wisma Sanyan" in the official Malay language), a newly refurbished waterfront and a large number of public parks. 

              Sibu also has university-level courses offered by Laila Taib College (previously known as United College Sarawak), which has built a campus on the site of the old Sibu airport.Currently, there are another University which still build in progress that is University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS) which located opposite Laila Taib College and beside The Stadium. 

                 In 2010,Sarawak Government had announced that Sibu will have its own Sarawak Islamic Complex Building,the second in the state after Kuching.

                 Sibu Jaya, which is located 25 km away Sibu Town, is being developed as a satellite town. Sibu Airport, was relocated to its present site 23 kilometres from town near Sibu Jaya in 1994.The first airport in Sibu was built in Teku,during World War II by the Japanese as a basic air strip. 

History 

Establishment

Before 1 June 1873, Sibu was known as "Maling", named after the winding portion, "Tanjung Maling", on the other side of Rajang River. Maling was a small village with a few small and simple shop houses with atap roofs and wooden walls and floors. The main population was Malay; and Chinese were in a minority.

In 1841 "Sarawak" (the present Kuching - Sarawak Capital) was ruled by 'White Rajah', James Brooke. On 1 June 1873, the third division was created and the division was named after the native rambutan fruit because the division had a lot of native rambutan known as "Buah Sibau" in the Iban language.

Sir James Brooke (1803–1868)

In 1901 Wong Nai Siong (Huang Naishang) led the first batch of Foochow Christians from China to Sibu to open up the fertile lands of Sibu for cultivation, a massive opening up of Sibu. This was a landmark year in the history of the development of Sibu.

Wong Nai Siong came to Singapore in September 1899. From there, he proceeded to West Malaysia, Sumatra and the Dutch East Indies. For six months he explored the places but failed to find a suitable place for the immigration and settlement of his folks in China. In April 1900, Mr. Wong Nai Siong came to Sarawak and got the approval of the Sarawak Rajah to look for a suitable site for Chinese immigrants.

Wong explored the lower valley and upper reaches of the Rajang River. He soon discovered that the Rajang Delta was very fertile and particularly suitable for cultivation. So he decided to choose the area for opening up for cultivation. With that decision, Mr. Wong went to see the second Rajah of Sarawak, Rajah Charles Brooke, for discussions regarding the matter of opening up of land for cultivation. In those days of the Rajahs, Sarawak was sparsely populated with vast land yet to be developed, Wong's plan was timely and very much appreciated.

So, when Wong Nai Siong went to see Sir Charles Brooke and explained to him his plan to lead large groups of Foochows to open up Sibu for cultivation, the Rajah immediately agreed. Both parties signed an agreement.^[4]

The Chinese immigrants came in three batches. The first batch consisted of 72 people, the second batch 535, and the third batch 511, totalling 1118 people. Of the total, 130 brought their spouses and families, while the others were bachelors. After working in Sibu, nearly all the immigrants chose to settle down and made Sibu their new home. They were happy to settle down for a brighter future in Sibu.

Wong Nai Siong (1849─1924)

 Sibu Fort
There used to be a Sibu Fort, which was built by Rajah Brooke in 1862. The fort was located at Race Course Road, however it no longer exists now. It was common for the White Rajah to build such forts to stake his territorial claim as well as means of protection.

The existence of Sibu Fort is proven by historical writings:

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...There is a fort in Sibu, as indeed there is at most of the river places in Sarawak. The fort at Sibu was close to the Resident Dr. Hose's house and was attacked by Dayaks only a few years ago. Johnson, one of Dr. Hose's assistants, showed me a very long Dayak canoe capable of seating over one hundred men... The river at Sibu was of great width, over a mile across, in fact, and close to the bank is a Malay village, and a bazaar where the wily Chinaman does a thriving trade in the wild produce of the country, and makes huge profits out of the Dayaks and other natives on this river.[5]

Rosli Dhoby

Rosli Dhoby, a Sarawakian nationalist, is one of the more illustrious sons of Sibu. He is well known for his assassination of Sir Duncan George Stewart, the second governor of colonial Sarawak in 1948. He was then sentenced to death by hanging and was buried at the Kuching Central Prison in 1950. After 46 years of his remains resting in the prison compound, it was moved out from the Kuching Central Prison and buried at the Sarawak's Heroes Mausoleum near Sibu Town Mosque on 2 March 1996.
In order to honour his involvement in the anti-colonial movement and his struggle against the British, he and his associates who were involved in the assassination (Awang Ramli Amit, Bujang Suntong, and Morshidi Sidek) were later given a full state funeral by Sarawak Government.

 

Rosli Dhobi (1933–1950)

 

Population

The population of Sibu experienced a slower growth rate compared to other towns and cities in Malaysia. There are many reasons resulting in a decline in the Sibu population.
However, the real numbers of people living today in Sibu is much higher due to high numbers of individuals not being counted in the census who live and work in other cities and countries.^[6]

Year	1970	1980	1991	2000	2009	2010
Total population	50,635	85,231	133,471	166,322	209,616	257,800

Tourism

 The attraction that can attract people to visit Sibu are:

 National Chinese Cultural Festival

 The United Chinese Association (UCA) Sibu holds its pride for hosting the 18th and the 26th National Chinese Cultural Festival. The cultural festival has always been officiated by the Prime Minister of Malaysia. Cultural village and the Lantern Riddles are among the activities organised during the festival.

Borneo Cultural Festival

Sibu played as a host to the Borneo Cultural Festival, A week-long celebration of food, music and dances celebrating the diverse cultural background of Sibu community such as Iban/Bidayuh/Orang Ulu (Dayak Pavilion), Malay/Melanau and Chinese in 2005. BCF stands as Sibu biggest tourism event. If you want to taste the local native traditional food, you should visit local native booth during BCF. The organising committee has line up lots of attractive programs and activities for the visitors. A showcase of rich racial and ethenic culture in the region. Promoting Sibu as a gateway to the central of Sarawak and playing its role to realize the Vision of Sibu in becoming city of cultural and festival. Since then, it has become an annual occasion and a trademark of Sibu. However,for the first time ever since the creation,it will not be held in 2011; which caused waves of protests from locals, including key players in Sibu Tourism Industry. However, Sibu Municipal Council announced that 2011 BCF is postponed to 2012, after discussion with State Government and in 2012, BCF was held from 6 June to 15 July 2012. Once again, in 28/06/13 until 07/07/13 BCF have been held at Sibu Town Square. It is free show for the public at Sibu Town Square. Just walking distance from all major hotel in the town centre. 

Banner for BCF 2013

Credit : http://www.sarawaktourism.com

Swan Symbol for Sibu

In order to promote itself to tourists and for branding purpose, Sibu Municipal Council under the former Chairmanship of Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew, adopted the swan as the symbol of Sibu town. According to the Sibu Chinese community, when the early immigrants arrived in Sibu in the mid 19th century and early 20th century, the present Rajang River reminded them of Swan River in Fuzhou, China. However, due to the fact that such a bird is non-existent in the town (except for the numerous huge artificial swan statues) or anywhere in Malaysia, the majority of the Sibu community, especially the natives, feel that such a choice is too artificial and does not invoke any special or deep feeling toward the so-called "Symbol of Sibu".

 

Visit Sibu Year 2009 & Pandaw River Cruise

Year 2009 was declared as 'Visit Sibu Year 2009', to boost the tourism industry in the central region. A new attraction is Pandaw River Cruise, which was started on 1 July 2009. This is a nine-day cruising up the Rajang river deep into the Pelagus Rapids Resort in the rural interior of Sarawak with Sibu Express Wharf Terminal as the first stop. The tourists in the cruise can enjoy the scenery of the tropical rainforest as well as visiting traditional and modern longhouses.^[8]
However, In March 2012,the river cruise ceased its operations due to poor respond and also high operating costs.

 Sibu BASE Jump

 B.A.S.E is an acronym for building, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliff) and BASE jumping is actually refer to an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from these fixed objects.

Sibu BASE Jump 2009 is the first ever BASE jumping event held in Sibu town. The venue for this BASE jumping with no doubt is the tallest building in Sarawak at the moment - Wisma Sanyan which consists of 27-storey or 126 meters height. The annual event was held at Wisma Sanyan, Sarawak's highest building, and participated by professional BASE Jumpers. Sibu Base Jump 2012 took place from 20th to 23rd September at Wisma Sanyan, which 28 Base Jumpers from 7 countries completed 761 Base Jumps during the event. Sibu BASE Jump 2013 will take place from 19th to 22nd September. Jumping will be off Wisma Sanyan on the island of Borneo in Sibu, Sarawak, East Malaysia. Standing 126 meters high Wisma Sanyan is the tallest building in East Malaysia. The welcoming atmosphere and hospitality in Sibu is the best we have experienced in Malaysia. This is a very unique and highly recommended event to attend.

Credit : http://ccwen08.blogspot.com

 

Landmarks

The first highrise building in Sibu was the Sarawak House hotel and shopping complex, built in the early 1970s by a group of local businessmen. Among the interesting landmarks in Sibu are Wisma Sanyan, a 28-storey building, which is the tallest building in Sarawak^[3] (to be surpassed by Kuching Tower soon), Tua Pek Kong Temple and the Central Market. The completion of RH Hotel and Kingwood Hotel which has been expand, in order to meet the tourism aspiration of the town. An 18-storey building has been build next to the original site of the hotel. 

Kingwood Hotel after the expansion

Central Market sibu

 Eng Ann Tua Pek Kong of Sibu was founded around 1870. From the original wooden structure of a Chinese temple. It was rebuilt in 1897 into Taoist architecture building. Most of its building materials were imported from China including the statue of the host deity, Lord Tua Pek Kong.

Like the other Tua Pek Kong temples in Sarawak, Eng Ann Teng Tua Pek Kong temple has met some major fire disasters in Sibu. But it did not suffer any damages. Even the Sibu big fire of March 8, 1928 which destroyed most of surrounding shop houses, left this Temple unscathed.

 

Tua Pek Kong Temple Sibu

The Civic Centre Museum (its official name was Dewan Kebudayaan dan Warisan;Cultural & Heritage Hall in English) had a display of Sibu's history, and Melanau, Iban, Malay, and Chinese artifacts and has been relocated to the new Sibu Cultural & Heritage Centre. 

Civic Centre Museum

  The YMCA Resort is an outskirts resort getaway for camping and retreat. 

The Sibu Heritage Trail

The Sibu Heritage Trail at the Sibu Heritage Centre here was launched in June, 2012

he trail was another initiative of the Sibu Municipal Council to promote Sibu as a city of cultures and festivals and a gateway to the central region of Sarawak.

Sibu Heritage Trail consists of nine heritage sites including :
1) Sibu Old Mosque,
2) Masjid An-nur,
3) Rosli Dhobi Warriors Memorial,
4) Old Muslim Cemetery,
5) Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum,
6) Hoover Memorial Square,
7) Tua Pek Kong Temple,
8) Sibu Central Market
9) Sibu Heritage Centre.

The whole trail loop measuring about 4km and took about an hour and half if one made brief stops at all the heritage sites.
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With its earliest settlement dating back to the 1800s, followed by the early immigration led by the late Wong Nai Siong, Sibu has grown by leaps and bounds into a major urban centre in Sarawak.
All the heritage sites identified are of great significance in the development of Sibu town.

Another landmark is Old Sibu Municipal Council building, where formerly housed the Sibu Municipal Council Office and Public Library (before moving to its current building at Jalan Keranji in 1986) is now known as Sibu Heritage Centre (SHC) which houses the exhibits previously exhibited at the Civic Centre Museum.
This building has witnessed the transformation of Sarawak from a colony of the British to becoming an independent state by forming Malaysia in 1963. Sibu Heritage centre was the original administration building of Sibu Municipal Council.  It was later refurbished as Sibu Heritage centre Museum. Its upper floor houses the Sibu heritage museum.  The ground floor is a commercial belt. There is also a space for artwork exhibition

Sibu Heritage Centre

The Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum is the first medical museum in Malaysia, one of the oldest hospitals in Sarawak. It exhibits medical equipment and uniforms used by medical staffs at Lau King Howe Hospital.

Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum

Sibu Old Mosque (Masjid Lama Sibu)

This old mosque of Sibu has been here since 1883.Its first as a wooden structure was built by Tuan Haji Abdul Salam Minangkabau from Indonesia.

However, its structure is never changed; its original form remains intact.

Warriors Memorial site

Rosli Dhoby, born in Sibu, was an active member of one Sibu – based Malay Youth Movement (Gerakan Pemuda Melayu). On 3rd December, 1949 and at the age of 17 years Old, Rosli Dhoby led a group, codenamed the Rukun 13 (the Black Crow group).  They set off to assassinate the 2nd Gorvener of Sarawak, Mr. Duncan Steward. Rosli Dhoby and 3 others, namely Morshidi Sidek, Bujang Suntong and Awang Ramli Amit were arrested and hung. They were buried in Kuching on 2nd March, 1950. 46 years later, their remains were exhumed and brought back to Sibu.

They were re – buried at this Warriors Memorial Site on 2nd March, 1996.

An – Nur Mosque  (Masjid An- Nur)

 

This An-Nur Mosque was built to replace the Sibu Old Mosque to cater to the increasing Muslim population of Sibu. The State government of Sarawak provided the land, and its foundation stone was laid 15th December 1981.

An-Nur Mosque has a 93 – foot tall tower.  Its gold coated dome has a span of 63 feet in diameter reaching a height of 35 feet.

Oldest Muslims Cemetery (Sibu town Square phase 2)

This oldest Muslim cemetery site was estimated to have buried over 70 Muslims. However, the burial activity was stop during Japanese occupation in 1941. Over time, river bank erosion has caused some severe damages to the site. It was restored in 2003.

The two Angsana trees are said to be the temporary “Batu Nisan” or tombstones for one tomb. As most of the original tombstones were washed away, a memorial structure was later erected to commemorate it.

Hoover Memorial Square 

Hoover Memorial Square

 

 This square is named after a great Methodist Missionary (from USA), Reverend James Matthew Hoover. Reverend Hoover was the first foreign pastor who served the Methodist Churches of Sibu. From 1903 to 1935, he had helped to build 41 churches and 40 schools all over Sibu. When the Fuzhou settlement pioneer, Mr. Wong Nai Siong, left Sibu in 1904, Rev. Hoover helped to manage the settlement. His contributions to the early development of Sibu were fondly and gratefully recognized.

Sg. Merah Baazar, The Herritage Walk

Wong Nai Siong Memorial Garden was build by Sibu community who felt deeply grateful to his bringing their forefathers to Sibu.
This memorial garden is next to the landing point of Mr. Wong Nai Siong.

 

Sungai Merah is also where Wong Nai Siong Memorial Park is located. This park is to commemorate the contribution of Wong Nai Siong to the people of Sibu. A century ago, the Foochows begun arriving here with Chinese scholar Wong Nai Siong at the invitation of the White Rajah to cultivate food in Central Sarawak to feed the swelling local population.

The first batch of 72 Foochows arrived in Sibu in 1901 through the arrangement of Chinese scholar Wong Nai Siong. Although agricultural activities were unsuccessful in the initial years, the settlers perservered. They started to prosper when Rev James Hoover (there is another memorial park for Rev James Hoover in Sungai Merah), a Methodist missionary, brought in rubber seeds from Singapore.

A Heritage Walk had been constructed along the river passing through Sungai Merah and Wong Nai Siong Memorial Park form part of the Heritage Walk. This is an overview of the Heritage Walk. The layout board is rather faded and should be replaced.

Behind the memorial park is a round square called the "Landing Point". I guess this is the spot where the Chinese immigrant first landed.

Across the road, there is a small arch, called "Sungai Merah Gateway". Sungai Merah means "Red River". According to the legend, the river (Seduan River) once flow across here used to be red in colour.

The most prominent structure at this heritage walk is the Lovers Bridge. Built across the river and connecting the two pathway along the heritage walk.

Since it is called Lovers Bridge, many couples will walk across the bridge at night and enjoying the surrounding view at night.

 

Credit : http://lifemixx.com

This is what they called Pirates Esplanande. It's just wooden plank and 2 masts behind the ship's structure.

 The Riversteps is the access point to a boat to navigate along the river. It is also nice just to sit on the steps and enjoy the river flow. It's usually high tide at night and it is easier to berth a "sampan" or speed boat here. Note some construction work at the background. Looks like more new shop houses will be built surrounding this heritage walk

The river beautification is an ongoing process as highlighted by this notice

Credit : http://borneotip.blogspot.com

Bukit Aup Jubilee Park Located some 12 km from the town. The popular attraction of the park is its lake, which have lots of fish and you can feed them. Also, the park is popular for hiking. Once you reach the top of the hill, you can enjoy the view of Igan river and the town.

Sibu Lake Park located uptown. The park comprises an area of 11 acres lake, footpaths, jogging tracks, boat house, habitate island, bird sanctuary, barbeque and picnic areas, spash pool, canteen, jetty and others. 

Credit also to : 

- wikipedia

- http://www.etawau.com

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58. Dumfries and Galloway
     - a council area in SW  Scotland; administrative centre, Dumfries.
59. Dunbartonshire
     - a former county of west central Scotland, on the Clyde, divided into East Dunbartonshire and
       West Dunbartonshire council areas.
60. Dundee
     - a city in eastern Scotland, on the north side of the Tay estuary
61. Dunedin
     - a city and port in the South Island, New Zealand.
62. Dunkirk
      - a port in northern France, scene of the evacuation of 335,000 Allied troops by ships and small
        boats in 1940.
63. Dun Laoghaire
     - a ferry port and resort town in the Republic of Ireland, near Dublin
64. Dunnet Head
     - a headland on the north coast of Scotland, between Thurso and John o'Groats.
     - It is the most northerly point on the British mainland.
65. Durban
     - a port and resort in South Africa, on the coast of KwaZulu-Natal
66. Durham
     - a county of NE England; county town, Durham
67. Dushanbe
     - the capital of the Asian republic of Tajikistan
68. Dusseldorf
     - an industrial city of NW Germany, on the Rhine, capital of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
69. Dutch East Indies
     - former name for Indonesia
70. Dutch Guiana
     - former name for Suriname


(Sources, Oxford English Dictonary)

Countries, city for Capital C

Countries, City for capital C are:

1. Cadiz - a city and port on the coast of SW Spain.
2. Caerdydd - Welsh name for Cardiff.
3. Caernarfon - a town in NW Wales on the Menai Strait, the administrative centre of Gwynedd.
4. Caesarea - an ancient port on the Mediterranean coast of Israel.
5. Cagliari - the capital of Sardinia.
6. Cairngorm Mountains - a mountain range in northern Scotland.
7. Cairo - the capital of Egypt.
8. Calabria - a region of SW Italy. Capital - Catanzaro
9. Calais - a ferry port in northern France.
10. Calcutta - former name (until 2000) for Kolkata.
11.California - a state of the US, on the Pacific coast. Capital - Sacramento.
12. Calvary - the hill outside Jerusalem on which Christ was crucified.
13. Camargue - a region of the Rhone delta in SE France with many shallow salt lagoons, known for
                          its white horses.
14. Cambodia - a country in SE Asia between Thailand and southern Vietnam. Capital - Phnom Penh.
                          officially called the Khmer Rebublic (1970 - 5) and Kampuchea (1976 - 89).
15. Cambridge - a city in eastern England, site of Cambridge University.
16. Cambridge - a city in eastern Massachusetts in the US, site of Harvard University and the
                           Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
17. Cambridgeshire - a county of eastern England; county town - Cambridge.
18. Camelot - the place where King Arthur held his court.
19. Cameroon - a country on the west coast of Africa between Nigeria and Gabon. Capital - Younde.
20. Campania - a region of southern Italy. Capital - Naples
21. Camp David - the retreat of the President of the US, in the Appalachian Mountains in Maryland.
22. Canaan - the biblical name for the area of ancient Palestine west of the River Jordan which the
                      Israelites conquered and occupied.
23. Canada - the second-largest country in the world, covering the entire northern half of North
                      America with the exception of Alaska. Capital - Ottawa
24. Canary Islands - a group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, off the NW coast of Africa, forming a
                                 self-governing region of Spain; co-capitals, Las palmas (on Gran Canaria) and
                                 Santa Cruz (on Tenerife). The main islands are Tenerife, Gran Canaria,
                                 Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gomera, La Palma, and Hierro.
25. Canaaveral, Cape - a cape on the east coast of Florida known as Cape Kennedy 1963 - 73), the
                                      site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, from which the Apollo space
                                      missions were launched.
26. Canberra - the capital of Australia, in Australian Capital Territory.
27. Cancun - a resort in SE Mexico, on the Ne coast of the Yucatan Peninsula.
28. Cannes - a resort on the Mediterranean coast of France, site of an annual international film
                     festival.
29. Cantabria - a self-governing region of northern Spain. Capital - Santander.
30. Canterbury - a city in Kent, SE England.
31. Canton - Var. of Guangzhou
32. Cape Cod - a sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, USA
33. Cape of Good Hope - a mountainous headland south of Cape Town, near the southern tip of
                                          Africa.
34. Cape Province - a former province of South Africa; it was divided in 1994 into provinces of
                                 Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape,
35. Cape Town - the legislatice capital of South Africa and administrative capital of the province of
                            Western Cape.
36. Cape Verde Islands - a country consisting of a group of islands in the Atlantic off the coast of
                                         Senegal. Capital - Praia.
37. Capitol - the seat of the US Congress in Washington DC.
38. Capri - an island off the west coast of Italy, south of Naples.
39. Caracas - the capital of Venezuela
40. Carcassonne - a walled city in SW France.
41. Cardiff - the capital of Wales. Welsh name Caerdydd.
42. Cardiganshire - a former county of SW Wales, which became part of Dyfed in 1974. The area
                                became a county once more in 1996, but was renamed Ceredigion.
43. Caribbean Sea - the part of the Atlantic Ocean lying between the West Indies and the mainland of
                                Central and South America.
44. Carlisle - a city in NW England, the county town of Cumbria.
45. Carmarthenshire - a county of South Wales; adminstrative centre, Carmarthen
46. Caroline Islands - a group of islands in the western Pacific Ocean forming the Federated States of
                                    Micronesia and the country of Palau.
47. Carpathian Mountains - a mountain system extending south-eastwards from southern Poland and
                                             Slovakia into Romania.
48. Carpentaria, Gulf of - a large bay on the north coast of Australia.
49. Carthage - an ancient city on the coast of North Africa near present-day Tunis. Founded by the
                        Phoenicians c.814 BC, Carthage came into conflict with Rome in the Punic Wars, at
                        the end of which it was destroyed.
50. Casablanca - the largest city of Morocco, a port on the Atlantic coast.
51. Caspian Sea - a large landlocked salt lake, bounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan,
                             Azerbaijan, and Iran. It is the world's largest body of inland water with an area of
                             about 371,800 sq. km.
52. Castile - a region of central Spain, formerly an independent Spanish kingdom.
53. Castilla-La Mancha - a self-governing region of central Spain. Capital - Toledo.
54. Castilla-Leon - a self-governing region of northern Spain. Capital - Valladolid.
55. Catalonia - a self-governing region of NE Spain. Capital - Barcelona.
56. Cathay - the name by which China was known to medieval Europe.
57. Catskill Mountains - a range of mountains in the state of New York, part of the Appalachian
                                        system.
58. Caucasus - a mountainous region of SE Europe and western Asia, lying between the Black Sea
                         and the Caspian Sea, in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and SE Russia.
59. Cavan - a county of the Republic of Ireland. County town - Cavan.
60. Cayenne - the capital and chief port of French Guiana.
61. Cayman Islands - a British dependency consisting of a group of three island in the Caribbean   
                                   Sea, south of Cuba. Capital - George Town.
62. Celebes - former name for Sulawesi
63. Celebes Sea - a part of the western Pacific between the Philippines and Sulawesi.
64. Central African Republic - a country of central Africa. Capital - Bangui.
65. Central America - the southernmost part of North America, linking the continent to South
                                    America and consisting of the countries of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El
                                    Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
66. Centre - a region of central France. Chief City - Orleans.
67. Cephalonia - a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.
68. Ceredigion - a county of western mid Wales. Administrative centre, Aberaeron.
69. Ceylon - former name for Sri Lanka.
70. Chad - a landlocked country in northern central Africa. Capital - N'Djamena.
71. Champagne-Ardenne - a region of NE France. Chief city - Rheims.
72. Champs Elsees - an avenue in Paris, leading from the Place de la Concorde to the Arc de
                                  Triomphe.
73. Chandigarh - a city in Chandigargh Union Territory in NW India, the capital of the states of
                            Punjab and Haryana.
74. Channel Islands - a group of islands in the English Channel off the NW coast of France, of which
                                   the largest are Jersy, Guernsey and Alderney.
75. Channel Tunnel - a railway tunnel under the English Channel, linking the coasts of England and
                                   France, opened in 1994 and 49 km long.
76. Charleston - the state capital of the US state of West Virginia.
77. Charleston - a city and port in the US state of South Carolina. In 1861 Confederate troops
                           bombed Fort Sumter, in the harbour, marking the beginning of the American Civil
                           War.
78. Chartres - a city in northern France, noted for its Gothic cathedral.
79. Charybdis - a dangerous whirlpool in a narrow channel of the sea, opposite the cave of the sea
                          monster Scylla.

80. Chechnya - a self-governing republic in the Caucasus in SW Russia. Capital - Grozny. Also
                          called Chechen Republic.
81. Cheltenham - a town in western England, in Gloucestershire.
82. Chennai - a port on the east coast of India, capital of Tamil Nadu. former name (until 1995)
                       Madras.
83. Chequers - a mansion in Buckinghamshire the country residence of the British Prime Minister.
84. Cherbourg - a port and naval base in Normandy, northern France.
85. Chernobyl - a town near Kiew in Ukraine, site of a serious accident at a nuclear power station in
                          1986.
86. Chesapeake Bay - a large inlet of the North Atlantic on the US coast, extending 320 km
                                    northwards through the states of Virginia and Maryland.
87. Cheshire - a county of west central England. County town - Chester.
88. Cheviot Hills - a range of hills on the border between England and Scotland
89. Chhattisgarh - a state in central India; capital - Raipur.
90. Chicago - a major city and port in the US state of Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
91. Chichen Itza - a site in northern Yucatan, Mexico, the centre of the Mayan empire after AD 918.
92. chile - a country on the Pacific coast of South America; capital - Santiago.
93. Chiltern Hills - a range of chalk hills in southern England, north of the River Thames.
94. China - a country in east Asia; capital - Beijing.
95. China, Republic of -official name for Taiwan.
96. China Sea - the part of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of China.
97. Chisinau - the capital of Moldova
98. Chongqing - a city in Sichuan province in central China, the capital of China 1938 -46.
99. Christchurch - a city on the South Island, New Zealand.
100. Christiania - former name for Oslo.
101. Cincinnati - an industrial city in the US state of Ohio.
102. Cinque Ports - a group of ports in SE England, which from the 11th to the 16th centuries were
                                allowed trading privileges in exchange for providing a large part of England's
                                navy. The five original ports were Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and
                                Hythe.
103. Clackmannanshire - a council area and former county of central Scotland; administrative centre,
                                         Alloa.
104. Clare - a county on the west coast of the Republic of Ireland; county town, Ennis.
105. Clwyd - a former county of NE Wales, replaced in 1996 by Denbighshire and Flintshire.
106. Clyde - a river western central Scotland which flows from SE Strathclyde to the Firth of Clyde.
107. Clyde, Firth of - the estuary of the River Clyde in western Scotland.
108. Cocos Islands - a group of twenty-seven small islands in the Indian Ocean, an external territory
                                  of Australia since 1955. Also called Keeling Islands.
109. Colditz - a castle near Leipzig, Germany, used as a top-security camp for Allied prisoners in the
                       Second World War.
110. Cologne - an industrial and university city in western Germany, in the state of North Rhine-
                         Westphalia.
111. Colombia - a country in NW South America; capital - Bogota.
112. Colombo - the capital and chief port of Sri Lanka.
113. Colorado - a river of the US which rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and
                          flows to the Gulf of California, passing through the Grand Canyon.
114. Colorado - a state in the central US; capital - Denver.
115. Columbia, District of
116. Commonwealth of Independent States - a confederation of independent states, consisting of
                                                                        Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova,
                                                                        Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and
                                                                        Uzbekistan, established in 1992.
117. Como, Lake - a lake in the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy.
118. Cooros - a country consisting of a group of islands in the Indian Ocean north of Madagascar;
                       capital Moroni.
119. Conakry - the capital of the African country of Guinea.
120. Congo - a najor river of central Africa, which rises in northern Democratic Republic of Congo
                      and flows 4,630 km westwards and then southwestwards to form the border with the
                      Congo before emptying into the Atlantic. Also called Zaire River.
121. Congo - an equatorial country in Africa with a short coastline on the Atlantic ocean; capital
                      Brazzaville.
122. Congo, Democratic Republic of - a country in central Africa, with a short coastline on the
                                                               Atlantic Ocean; capital Kinshasa. Former name (until 1997)
                                                               Zaire.
123. Connacht - a province in the south-west of the Republic of Ireland.
124. Connecticut - a state in the north-eastern US, on the Atlantic coast; capital, Hartford.
125. Connemara - a mountainous coastal region of Galway, in the west of the Republic of Ireland.
126. Constantinople - the former name for Istanbul from 330 to the capture of the city by the Turks
                                    in 1453.
127. Cook, Mount - the highest peak in New Zealand, in the Southern Alps on the South Island,
                                 rising to a height of 3,764 m. Official name Aoraki-Mount Cook.
128. Cook Islands - a group of fifteen island in the SW Pacific Ocean, a self-governing territory in
                                free association with New Zealand; capital, avarua on Rarotonga.
129. Copenhagen - the capital and chief port of Denmark.
130. Coral Sea - a part of the western Pacific lying between Australia, New Guinea and Vanuatu.
131. Cordoba - a city in Andalusia in southern Spain.
132. Corfu - one of the Ionian Islands, off the west coast of mainland Greece.
133. Corinth - a city on the north coast of the Peloponnese, Greece.
134. Cork - a county of the Republic of Ireland, on the south coast in the province of Munster;
                   county town, Cork.
135. Cornwall - a county occupying the extreme south-western peninsula of England; county town,
                          Truro.
136. Corsica - an island off the west coast of Italy, a region of France; chief towns, Bastia and
                        Ajaccio.
137. Corunna - a port in NW Spain, the point of departure for the Spanish Armada in 1588.
138. Cos
139. Costa Blanca - a resort region on the Mediterranean coast of SE Spain.
140. Costa Brava - a resort region on the Mediterranean coast of NE Spain.
141. Costa del Sol - a resort region on the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain.
142. Costa Rica - a republic in Central America on the Isthmus of Panama; capital, San Jose.
143. Cote d'lvoire - official name for Ivory Coast.
144. Cotopaxi - an active volcano in the Andes of central Ecuador, at 5,896 m te highest in the world.
145. Cotswold Hills - a range of limestone hills in SW England, largely in the county of
                                   Gloucestershire.
146. County Durham
147. Covent Garden - a distrit in central London, the site until 1974 of London's chief fruit and
                                    vegetable market, and the home of the national opera and ballet companies,
                                     based at the Royal Opera House.
148. Coventry - an industrial city in the west Midlands of England.
149. Cowes - a town on the Isle of Wight, southern England, famous as a yachting centre.
150. Cracow - an industrial and university city in southern Poland.
151. Crete - a Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean; capital Heraklion.
152. Crimea - a peninsula of Ukraine lying between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
153. Croatia - a country in SE Europe, formerly a republic belonging to the federation of Yugoslavia;
                        capital Zagreb.
154. Cystal Palace - a large building of iron and glass, designed for the Great Exjonotopm pf 1851 in
                                  London. it burned down in 1936.
155. Cuba - a Caribbean country, the largest and furthest west of the islands of the West Indies;
                    capital Havana.
156. Cumberland - a former coounty of NW England, united with Westmorland and part of
                                Lancashire to form the county of Cumbria in 1974.
157. Cumbria - a county of NW England; county town Carlisle.
158. Curacao - the largest island of the Netherlands Antilles, situated north of the Venezuelan coast.
159. Cuzco - a city in the Andes in southern Peru, capital of the Inca empire until the Spanish
                      conquest in 1533.
160. Cyclades - a large group of islands in the southern Aegean Sea.
161. Cymru - Welsh name for Wale
162. Cyprus - an island in the eastern Mediterranean, south of the Turkish coast; capital Nicosia.
163. Czechoslovakia - a former country in central Europe, now divided between the Czech Republic
                                     and Slovakia.
164. Czech Republic - a country in central Europe; capital Prague.

The World start with capital B

Countries or places which start with B:

1. Babel @ Tower of Babel
2. Babylon - ancient city in Mesopotamia. It was the capital of Babylonia in the 2nd millennium BC
                     and was famous for its Hanging Garden
3. Babylonia - an ancient region and powerful kingdom of Mesopotamia
4. Baffin Island - a large island in te Canadian Arctic, Situated at the mouth of Hudson Bay.
5. Baghdad - the capital of Iraq
6. Bahamas - a country consisting of a group of islands off the SE coast of Florida, part of the West
                       Indies - capital Nassau
7. Bahrain - a sheikhdom consisting of a group of islands in the Persian Gulf - capital Manama
8. Baikal, Lake - a large lake in southern Siberia. It is the largest freshwater lake in Europe and Asia
                            and, with a depth of 1,743 m, the deepest lake in the world.
9. Baile Atha Cliath - Irish name for Dublin

10. Baku - capital of Azerbaijan
11. Balearic Islands - a group of islands in the western Mediterranean forming a self-governing
                                   region of Spain, with four large islands (Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, formentera)
                                   and seven smaller ones - capital Palma
12. Bali - mountainaous island of Indonesia.
13. Balkans - the countries occupying the Peninsula in SE Europe bounded by the Adriatic and
                      Jonian Seas in he West, the Aegean and Black Seas in the east, and the Mediterranean
                      in the south
14. Ballarat - city in Victoria, Australia, formerly the centre of a rich gold-mining industry
15. Balmoral Castle - a Scottish castle used by the British royal family as a holiday residence.
16. Baltic Sea - an almost landlocked sea of northern Europe, between Sweden, Finland, Russia,
                          Poland, Germany, and Denmark.
17. Baltimore - a port in north Maryland, USA
18. Bamako - capital of Mali
19. Bandar Seri Begawan - capital of Brunei, on the island of Borneo
20. Bangalore - city in south central India, capital of the state of Karnataka
21. Bangkok - capital and chief port of Thailand
22. Bangladesh - country of the Indian subcontinent, in the Ganges delta
23. Bangui - the capital of the Central African Republic
24. Banjul - capital of Gambia
25. Barbados - an island country of the West Indies, part of the Windward Island group - capital
                         Bridgetown.
26. Barbuda
27. Barcelona - a city on the coast of NE, Spain- capital of Catalonia
28. Barents Sea - part of the Arctic Ocean to the north of Norway and Russia
29. Basilicata - region of southern Italy - capital Potenza
30. Basle - a commercial and industrial city in NW switzerland
31. Basque Provinces - self- governing region of northern Spain - Capital Vitoria
32. Basra - a city and port of Iraq on the Shatt al-Arab waterway
33. Basse-Normandie - regoin of NW France, on the English Channel - chief city, Caen
34. Basseterre - capital of St. Kitts and Nervis in the Leeward Island, on the island of St. Kitts
35. Bass Strait - channel separating tasmania from the mainland of Australia
36. Bastille - a fortress and prison in Paris. It was stormed by a mob on 14 July 1789, an event which
                      marked the start of the French Revolution.
37. Bath - a spa town in SW England, founded by the Romans
38. Bavaria - a state of southern Germany, capital Munich
39. Bayeux - a town in Normandy in France, famous for the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth
                      about 70 metres long, illustrating events leading up to the Norman Conquest and made
                      between 1066 and 1077
40.Bay of Bengal, Bay of Biscay
41. Bayreuth - town in Bavaria in Germany, where regular festivals of Wagner's operas are held
42. Bedfordshire - a country of south central England, country town Bedford
43. Beijing - the capital of China
44. Beirut - the capital of Lebanon
45. Belarus - a country in eastern Europe, capital, Minsk. Formerly called Belorussia
46. Belau
47. Belfast - the capital and chief port of Northern Ireland
48. Belgium - a country in Western Europe on the south shore of the North Sea and English Channel;
                        capital, Brussels
49. Belgrade - capital of Serbia
50. Belize - a country on the Caribbean coast of Central America; capital, Belmopan. Former
                    name(until 1973) British Honduras
51. Belmopan - the capital of Belize
52. Belorussia -former name for Belarus
53. Belsen - a Nazi concentration camp in the second World War, in NW Germany
54. Benelux - the countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg as an economic union
55. Bengal - a former province in the north-east of the Indian subcontinent. in 1947, it was divided
                     into West Bengal, which became a state of India and East Bengal, now Bangladesh.
56. Bengal, Bay of - a part of the Indian Ocean lying between India to the west and Burma and
                                  Thailand to the east.
57. Benin - a country of West Africa; capital, Porto Novo. Former name (until 1975) Dahomey.
58. Ben Nevis - a mountain in western Scotland. Rising to 1,343 m it is the highest in the British
                          Isles.
59. Bergen - a port in SW Norway, a centre of the fishing and North Sea oil industries.
60. Bering Sea - an arm of the North Pacific lying between NE Siberia and Alaska.
61. Bering Strait - a narrow sea passage which separates the eastern tip of Siberia from Alaska and
                              links the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea, about 85 km wide at its narrowest
                              point
62. Berkeley - a city in western California, a site of a campus of the University of California
63. Berkshire - a former county of southern England, west of London, divided in 1998 into six
                         unitary authorities.
64. Berlin - the capital of Germany. At the end of the Second World War the city was divided into
                    two parts: West Berlin, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany, and East Berlin, the
                    capital of the German Democratic Republic. The two parts were reunited in 1990.
65. Berlin Wall - a fortified wall built in 1961 by the communist authorities between East and West
                            Berlin. it was opened in November 1989 after the collapse of the communist 
                            regime in East Germany and later dismantled.
66. Bermuda - a UK overseas territor consisting of about 150 small islands off the coast of North
                        Carolina; capital, Hamilton.
67. Bermuda Triangle - an area of the western Atlantic Ocean where a large number of ships and
                                       aircraft are said to have mysteriously disappeared.
68. Berne - the capital of Switzerland.
69. Bethlehem - a small town near Jerusalem; it was the native city of King David and, according to
                           the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke, the birthplace of Jesus
70. Beverly Hills - a city in California, on the NW side of Los Angeles, the home of many film star.
71. Bharat -  Hindi name for India
72. Bhopal - the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
73. Bhutan - a small independent kingdom on the south-eastern slopes of the Himalayas; capital,
                     Thimphu
74. Biafra - a state proclaimed in 1967, when part of eastern Nigeria declared independence. In the
                    ensuing civil war the new state's troops were defeated, and by 1970 it had ceased to exist
75. Big Ben - the great clock tower of the Houses of Parliament in London and its bell
76. Bihar - a state in NE, India; capital Patna
77. Bikini - an atoll in the Marshall Islands, in the western Pacific, used by the US between 1946 and
                    1958 as a site for testing nuclear weapons.
78. Bilbao - a port and industrial city in northern Spain
79. Billingsgate - a large London fish market originally situated near London Bridge and now
                             located at the Isle of Dogs in the East End.
 80. Birmingham - an industrial city in west central England
81. Biscay, Bay of - the North Atlantic between the north coast of Spain and the west coast of
                                 France, noted for its strong currents and storms.
82. Bishkek - the capital of Kyrgyzstan
83. Bissau - the capital of the African country of Guinea-Bissau
84. Black Country - an industrial district of the English Midlands
85. Black Forest - a hilly wooded region of SW Germany, lying to the east of the Rhine valley
86. Black Hole of Calcutta - a dungeon 6 metres square in Fort William, Calcutta, where perhaps as
                                              many as 146 English prisoners were imprisoned overnight after the
                                              capture of the city by the nawab (governor) of Bengal in 1756.  only
                                               twenty-three prisoners were alive the next morning.
87. Blackpool - a seaside resort in NW England
88. Black Sea - a tideless almost landlocked sea bounded by Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Turkey,
                          Bulgaria and Romania
89. Bloemfontein - the capital of Free State province and judicial capital of South Africa.
90. Blue Nile - one of the two main headwaters of the Nile, rising in NW Ethiopia and meeting the
                         White Nile at Khartoum
91. Blue Ridge Mountains - a range of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern US, stretching from
                                              southern Pennyslvania to northen Georgia
92. Bodrum - a resort town on the coast of western Turkey, site of the ancient Greek city of
                       Halicarnassus
93. Bogota - the capital of Colombia. Official name Santa Fe De Bogota
94. Bohemia - a region forming the western part of the Czech Republic
95. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - official name for Venezuela
96. Bolivia - a landlocked country in South America; capital, La Paz
97. Bologna - a city in northern Italy; capital of Emilia-Romagna region.
98. Bombay - former name (until 1995) for Mumbai
99. Bonaire - one of the two main islands for the Netherlands Antillies; chief town, Kralendijk
100. Bondi - a coastal resort in New South Wales, Australia, a suburb of Sydney.
101. Bonn - a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, the capital of the Federal
                    Republic of Germany from 1949 until the reunification of Germany in 1990.
102. Bordeaux - a port of SW France on the River Garonne, capital of Aquitaine and a centre of the
                           wine trade.
103. Borneo - a large island of the Malay Archipelago
104. Bosnia-Herzegovina - a country in the Balkans in SE Europe, formally a republic belonging to
                                             the federation of Yugoslavia; capital Sarajevo
105. Bosporus - a strait connecting the Black Seas with the Sea of Marmara, with Istanbul at its
                           south end
106. Boston - the capital of the US state of Massachusetts
107. Botany Bay - a bay in New South Wales, Australia, the site of Captain James Cook's landing in
                              1770.
108. Botswana - a landlocked country in southern Africa; capital, Gaborone
109. Boulogne - a ferry port and fishing town in northern France
110. Bournemouth - a resort on the south coast of England, a unitary council formerly in Dorset.
111. Bradford - an industrial city in northern England, a unitary council formerly in Yorkshire
112. Brahmaputra - a river of southern Asia, rising in the Himalayas and flowing through Tibet, NE
                                India and Bangladesh, to join the Ganges at the Bay of Bengal
113. Brasilia - the capital of Brazil
114. Bratislava - the capital of Slovakia
115. Brazil - the largest country in South America capital, Brasilia
116. Brazzaville - the capital of the Republic of Congo
117. Bremen - a state of NE Gernamy; capital, Bremen
118. Brest 1 - a port and naval base in France, on the Atlantic coast of Brittany
119. Brest 2 - a river port and industrial city in Belarus.
120 .Bridgetown - the capital of Barbados
121. Brighton - a resort on the south coast of England., noted for its Regency architecture. It 
                          became a city in 2000
122. Brisbane - the capital of Queensland, Australia
123. Bristol - a city and port on the River Avon in SW England.
124. Bristol Channel - a wide inlet of the Atlantic between South Wales and the south-western
                                     peninsula of England, narrowing into the estuary of the River Severn.
125. Britain - the island containing England, Wales and Scotland, and including the small adjacent
                       island.
126. British antarctic Territory - part of Antarctica claimed by Britain in 1962, formerly part of the
                                                     Falkland Islands Dependencies.
127. British Columbia - a province on the west coast of Canada; capital, Victoria
128. British Empire - a former empire consisting of Great Britain and its colonies, territories, and
                                   dependencies, which reached its peak around 1920, when over 600 million
                                    people were ruled from London.
129. British Honduras - formerly name for Belize
130. British Isles - a group of islands lying off the coast of NW Europe, including Britain, Ireland,
                               the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, the Orkney Island, the Shetland Islands, the Scilly
                               Isles, and the channel Islands.
131. British Virgin Islands
132. Brittany - a region of NW France, on the Bay of Biscay and the English Channel; chief city.
                        Rennes
133. Brno - an industrial city in the Czech Republic, the capital of Moravia
134. Broads - a network of shallow lakes, linked by slow-moving rivers, in Norfolk and Suffolk
135. Broadway - a street running through the length of Manhattan in New York, famous for its
                            Theaters
136. Bronx - a borough in the north-east of New York City
137. Brooklyn - a borough of New York City
138. Bruges - a city in NW Belgium, caital of the province of West Flanders
139. Berunei - a sultanate on the NW coast of Borneo; capital Bandar Seri Begawan
140. Brunswick - an industrial city and former duchy and state of northern Germany
141. Brussels - the capital of Belgium and home of the headquarters of the European Commission
142. Bucharest - the capital of Romania
143. Buchenwald - a Nazi concentration camp in the Second World War, near the village of
                               Buchenwald in eastern Germany.
144. Buckingham Palace - the London home of the British sovereign since 1837
145. Buckinghamshire - a county of central England; conty town, Aylesbury
146. Budapest - the capital of Hungary
147. Buenos Aires - the capital and chief port of Argentina
148. Bujumbura - the capital of the African country of Burundi
149. Bulawayo - an industrial city in western Zimbabwe
150. Bulgaria - a contry in SE Europe on the western shores of the Black Sea; capital, Sofia
151. Burgundy - a region of east central France; chief city, Dijon
152. Burkina Faso - a landlocked country in western Africa; capital, Ouagadougou. Former name
                                 (until 1984) Upper Volta
153. Burma - a country in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal; capital, Naypyidaw. Official name Union
                       of Myanmar
154. Burundi - a central African country on the east side of Lake Tanganyika; capital, Bujumbura
155. Byelorussia
156. Byzantine Empire - the empire in SE Europe and Asia Minor(present-day Turkey) formed form
                                         the eastern part of the Roman Empire in AD 395. It came to an end with 
                                         the loss of Constantinople (fomerly Byzantium) in 1453.
157. Byzantium - an ancient Greek city, founded in the 7th century BC, at the southern end of the
                             Bosporus. It was rebuilt by Constantine the Great as Constantinople (modern
                              Istanbul)


Sources from Oxford English Dictionary

Trip to Melaka

Although it was a short vacation but its kinda enjoyable. Goes for vacation with my family is something that i wait for a long time, since i can't take any vacation randomly without a reason, so it's quite precious time for me to spend my time with my family. Besides, my sister only able to returned home during school holiday since she still training as a teacher in KL. We went to KL on 6 June 2013 used Airasia Airline....... luckily, our flight on scheduled without any problem and without delayed. At KL, we straight went to TBS for our next destination, that is Melaka.

We arrived in Melaka around 3 o'clock. we just rested for the first day. on our 2nd day, we went for a Cruised at Melaka River. Before that, we went to Muzium Samudera.

After that, we went for river cruise, it took 45 min.

 Before, we went for river cruise, we managed to experienced other unique attraction on our way to the port.

On the third day, we went further up, we went to the Tamingsari, park and Mall....

Quite a memory, right......