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Bob_Blakey

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28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« on: October 06, 2023, 11:47:02 »

28th September 2023


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Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2023, 14:23:48 »

Lot of headscarves and narrow gauge. I'm guessing Malaysia.


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Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2023, 14:44:54 »

Quote from: Oxonhutch on October 06, 2023, 14:23:48

Lot of headscarves and narrow gauge. I'm guessing Malaysia.

............... plus what looks very much like Malaysian flags !


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Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2023, 08:40:32 »

Yes it is (obviously) Malaysia - I would defy anybody to take a photograph of virtually anything in Malaysia that didn't have their national flag in it, they are very proud of their homeland - but I was rather hoping for a few attempts to identify a more precise location.


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Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2025, 22:51:35 »

Stumbling across (due to my age, possibly Roll Eyes

) this topic, whilst looking for something else - I cheated, using Google:

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The image shows the platform of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, specifically identified as a platform at Plaza Rakyat LRT Station.


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William Huskisson MP^▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

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Re: 28/09/2023 - Where was I?

« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2025, 09:02:39 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on August 08, 2025, 22:51:35

The image shows the platform of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, specifically identified as a platform at Plaza Rakyat LRT Station.

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you have been greatly misinformed by Google. (It may not be the first time!).

It is actually the KTM railway station at Alor Setar, where we had just arrived having taken a taxi from Kuala Kedah after travelling by ferry from Langkawi.


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