Malaysia Travel Blogs

Away from Thailand we sprint!
May 27, 2006 (16 photos)

... e-mail them to get there secret spicy secret sauce, which the name deserts me on, simple creature, big tummy. Malaysia, good, good first impressions, really multicultural, majority Muslim country, but many Chinese, Hindu, Buddhist and Christian, we really ...

Swinging In Paradise....
Feb 19, 2008 (14 photos)

So on our second day here, Maureen and I have settled into our own little routines. Maureen likes reading her books in the shade in her lounge chair , and I like laying on my beach towel down on the sand , watching the waves and being warm!!!! I have been ...

Malaysia - Overview
Apr 11, 2008

... Malaysian Borneo as well so we can enjoy the rainforest experience.   It outstrips its neighbour Thailand in all departments and is a real gem of the Orient. For a stunningly varied trip head to Malaysia, but be prepared for some serious heat!

Langkawi - Eagle Island
Apr 24, 2006 (10 photos)

So we arrived in Langkawi on Monday 24th April at Lunchtime after a 2.5 hr ferry from Penang. We decided on going to Pantai Cenang to get a place to stay as we had been recommended AB Motel there. The recommendation was a reliable one and for about 15 ...

Chilling in Langkawi
Apr 28, 2004 (9 photos)

So much for all our plans of excitement and adventure in Langkawi. We arrived, we sat on the beach, we had a beer, we ate some, we had a swim, we had another beer, another beer, another beer... After 6 months of torture at the hands of Paul Bloody ...

Kuala Lumpur - the last stop before home
Jul 11, 2005 (10 photos)

Touch down in KL after a great flight and make our way to the hotel. We have a couple of days here to see the sights and chill out before the final flight back to the UK - how depressing! Our hotel is in a great location right next to all the hawker ...

This is Joseph Conrad territory
Jul 10, 2005 (11 photos)

Borneo! My preconceptions of this place were of primitive jungle, full of headhunters and crocodiles competing to end my trip even earlier. Well... a concrete jungle and a traffic jam were my first impressions. It got better fast though. Kuching is a ...

Cultural (con)fusion
Jul 2, 2005 (4 photos)

The most amazing thing happened on the way to Penang... an easy border crossing! Wait- stop. Think about it. Appreciate it, as I did. This was bloody amazing. Innumerable minibus, bus and ferry transfers worked seamlessly. No one ripped me off. Customs ...

Penang - Bye bye beach
Apr 22, 2009 (37 photos)

... bus (public transport in Malaysia is flawless) to Kek Lok Si Temple in Air Itam, it's the biggest buddhist temple in Malaysia. Luckily that day there was very few people around and this gave the place a really eerie, peaceful feeling. The architecture and ...

Where is Bus 11???
Feb 16, 2008 (18 photos)

... my way around foreign cites so well on my own. But we've managed to not get too lost. The local people from Malaysia  are soooo nice, we have only met two other Americans , and there are few tourist her at all. The food has such variety, ...

And so on to Penang
Apr 22, 2006 (6 photos)

So on we go We got a bus from KL to Penang (5hrs) and across the bridge to the island. We decided against staying in Georgetown which is the capital, so we got a taxi up to a place called Batu Ferringghi and tonight for about 3 quid each we are ...

Two Towers and the return of the King
May 31, 2006 (4 photos)

... queue was to big for us to get any tickets for a anything in the next three hours. We met a nice couple traveling up Malaysia in a bar, they were shocked by how dirty the place we were staying was, obviously they had just come from Singapore and Australia, ...

Even Small Jellyfish Pack a Pretty Big Sting....
Feb 19, 2008 (6 photos)

So our first full day in Langkawi started out with some relaxing beach time...the water here is warm and beautiful, and the beaches have the whitest sand I have ever seen. The small boutique hotel has only about 20 rooms, and about 15 beach chairs, so ...

It's just so...clean...
Jul 10, 2005 (10 photos)

Wow. Pizza Hut. I love you. Definitely my first stop after the islands. I know, this is sheer treason to the older travellers who regaled me with their stories when i was growing up and helped instill my wanderlust. I'm sure their motto would run ...

Day 63: A Taste of Penang
Jul 23, 2008 (3 photos)

... Sunshine, all as Mr. Czech showed me around town and shared what knowledge he had of it. We ate dinner at a hawker center (Malaysia has them too), his was fried rice, mine was fried rice + fried egg. I hoped to order something more interesting, but had a ...

Cherating - Ghost Town!!!
May 7, 2006 (4 photos)

We arrived in Cherating around 8pm on Sunday evening. When i say arrived, we were left on the main road by our bus. We had checked out a place in lonely planet called Cerating Cottage which we went to and got a room(RM50) for the night. We had something ...

Tioman Islands - 1 of top 10 islands in world !!!
May 9, 2006 (6 photos)

We left Mersing for the Tioman Islands on Tue 9th May 2006 With a Phil and Julie who we had met on our 1st day in the Perhentian Islands. We went across on a very packed 5.30pm Ferry (RM 70 return each) and arrived at ABC resort just before 8pm....It was ...

flesh eating fish....
Jul 8, 2008 (57 photos)

... ; All I need are some people to put up the front money....any investors out there???     July 8 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...an exotic name like this...I'm expecting some ability to feel it's history...but this is a bright shiny city...as modern ...

Hikers Wishes and Tea Lovers Dreams
Apr 29, 2007

... underbrush, with streams of water running throughout. Bangladeshi workers brave the steep inclines picking the finest tea Malaysia has to offer. Clouds glide atop mountains like white feathers flying in the wind, rising from the valleys of ...

Penang - Part 2
Sep 14, 2004 (3 photos)

On Sunday 12th September 2004 I went to Palace Payar Marine park, this is near Langkawi Island. From Georgetown we took a ferry to the park, it took about 1 ½ hours to get there, but sitting on the top deck of the ferry in the sun made it a very nice trip ...

Kuala Lumpur
Apr 8, 2008 (1 photos)

... the minarets of a mosque and the Star of Islam. At night this is a truly breathtaking structure.   With Malaysia celebrating its 50 years of Independence (Merdeka) last year, the namesake square with the world's largest free-standing flagpole ...

On to Langkawi, but I don't want to leave
Mar 25, 2008 (7 photos)

... . We ventured back to resort, via some impressive snorkeling,  to search for Jorge before hopping on the boat to Langkawi in Malaysia.  Once in Langkawi, we find a beautiful resort just in time to change and head out to dinner and then hit up ...

Kuala Lumpur - Back in a big city
Apr 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... on Merkada Square(sounds unimpressive but is actually pretty damn huge, the tallest in the world) which was raised when Malaysia gained its independance, every year thousands descend on the grassy area to celebrate Merdeka Day. I was really taken aback by ...

The Hub of Malaysia
Apr 29, 2008 (27 photos)

... largely of reinforced concrete, with a steel and glass facade designed to resemble motifs found in Islamic art, a reflection of Malaysia's Muslim religion. The towers feature a sky bridge between the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors, which is the ...

Tea Time
Jan 22, 2007 (6 photos)

... out sounding like some strange mix of Malay and Italian with a heavy dose of Mr. Spock.  "Heya.. youuuu.  You likka Malaysia?  Whatever image that congers up in your mind is probably the right one.  Got a local bus out first thing in ...

Kuala Lumpur
Dec 1, 2006

Map PIN!

Last Stop In Malaysia
Jun 9, 2008 (6 photos)

We caught a bus and made it to our last stop in Malaysia, "Johor Bahru" for 2 nights. Stopped at one museum for a little history and then some shopping and a haircut.

Leaving Borneo
Jul 5, 2003

Leaving Borneo tomorrow and going back to the capital Kuala Lumpur on Peninsular Malaysia. It's been a fantastic month on this huge island (third largest in the world after Austrailia and Greenland) and the highlight for me has got to be climbing Mount ...

Cameron Highlands Tea
Apr 24, 2008 (22 photos)

... slopes for growing tea, then a prized commodity. The Cameron Highlands are still home to many tea plantations, being Malaysia's largest tea-producing region. We went on some tours of the area which included: two tea plantations, butterfly and bee ...

Mango Lassi
May 27, 2003 (1 photos)

I have found a place here on the main street that sells mango lassi and a whole host of vegetarian dishes. It is called Tcafe and although pricey when compared with other Malaysian restaurants its worth it for the mango lassi. They don't sell it by the ...