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I discovered Kampung Numbak using Wikimapia, a mash up of Google Maps and Wikipedia, while staying at 1Borneo, a megamall on the outskirts of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah. After finding it online I decided to pay Numbak a visit. There was something very strange about the juxtaposition of Borneo’s biggest mall and this impoverished village of 5,000 a stone’s throw away.

Numbak from the hillside.
Numbak from the hillside.
Numbak.
Numbak.
Numbak taxi stand.
Numbak taxi stand.
Trash on the shores of Numbak.
Trash on the shores of Numbak.
The children of Numbak expressing nationalist sentiments.
The children of Numbak expressing nationalist sentiments.
Numbak from the waterside.
Numbak from the waterside.
Chilling in Numbak.
Chilling in Numbak.
1Borneo from the university grounds.
1Borneo from the university grounds.
A mysterious concrete monument.
A mysterious concrete monument.
Pipes on the ground.
Pipes on the ground.
A long walk through a desolate campus at sundown.
A long walk through a desolate campus at sundown.

More from this trip can be seen by clicking here: Malaysia.

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Series: Malaysia 2013

A series of posts about my first trip to Malaysia in early 2013. I visited Sabah, Kuala Lumpur, and Malacca over the course of three weeks.

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Alexander Synaptic
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.