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A little cool down, Tanah Rata, Malaysia travel blog

A little cool down

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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In the morning before we left for Cameron Highlands we went out to search for some breakfast. Instead of sitting down we decided we just wanted some fruit and bread stuff. So we picked up some slurpie's (of course) and went to check out some street ...

Swinging In Paradise...., Langkawi, Malaysia travel blog

Swinging In Paradise....

A travel blog entry by elizacass

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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 ...

We are wanderers..., Georgetown, Malaysia travel blog

We are wanderers...

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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... see a tourist info place on the way so we stopped into the air-con building and grabbed some maps of town and other parts of Malaysia and just did a bit of research for a bit; then we went out to brave the heat on foot again. Fort Cornwallis is basically ...

Trip to Ipoh, Ipoh, Malaysia travel blog

Trip to Ipoh

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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The 2 days before leaving Tanah Rata we sat around town updating our blog and checking e-mail, playing cards and on the i-pod. Our legs were so sore from the first day both our calves hurt with every step so we didn't get far ...

To the big KL we go!, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

To the big KL we go!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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After the great day at the park we were ready to go to the big city. While we were waiting in the lobby before we went to catch a train our guest house manager let us know there was a bus station just a short walk away that had buses to KL so we didn't ...

Penang - Bye bye beach, Pinang, Malaysia travel blog

Penang - Bye bye beach

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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... the 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 ...

One Night in Mersing - day 10, Mersing, Malaysia travel blog

One Night in Mersing - day 10

A travel blog entry by thetwodaves

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We were the only foreigners on the six-hour coach trip from Kuala Lumpur, heading for the port town of Mersing (so that we could get a ferry to Pulau Tioman the following morning).  Perhaps it was for this reason that we appeared to be the only ...

Where is Bus 11???, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

Where is Bus 11???

A travel blog entry by elizacass

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... 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, ...

Even Small Jellyfish Pack a Pretty Big Sting...., Langkawi, Malaysia travel blog

Even Small Jellyfish Pack a Pretty Big Sting....

A travel blog entry by elizacass

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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 ...

Camaraderie in Cameron Highlands - days 29 to 32, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia travel blog

Camaraderie in Cameron Highlands - days 29 to 32

A travel blog entry by thetwodaves

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... ; We were to stay in one of the 'Nissen Huts'; semi-circular tubes of metal which had housed British troops when Malaysia was under the administration of the UK.  The setup was very summer camp-like, with communal everything.  Amenities around ...

Penang, Georgetown, Malaysia travel blog

Penang

A travel blog entry by ieeworldvoyage

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Version traduite plus bas Dec 30, Penang I will walk far to get a proper coffee and some bread in the morning!! Since I don't feel too well when I get up, noodles or rice just do not cut it for me... and the right place we found!! Georgetown White Coffee ...

Chilling in Langkawi, Langkawi, Malaysia travel blog

Chilling in Langkawi

A travel blog entry by carolandthomas

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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, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

Kuala Lumpur - the last stop before home

A travel blog entry by carolandthomas

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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 ...

Malaysia - Overview, Johor Bahru, Malaysia travel blog

Malaysia - Overview

A travel blog entry by kimandrob

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... 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 ...

Day 63:  A Taste of Penang, Georgetown, Malaysia travel blog

Day 63: A Taste of Penang

A travel blog entry by sirrocko711

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... 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 ...

flesh eating fish...., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

flesh eating fish....

A travel blog entry by rawhideone

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... .  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 ...

This is Joseph Conrad territory, Kuching, Malaysia travel blog

This is Joseph Conrad territory

A travel blog entry by zee

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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 ...

Hikers Wishes and Tea Lovers Dreams, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia travel blog

Hikers Wishes and Tea Lovers Dreams

A travel blog entry by lisa-ashley

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... 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 ...

Cultural (con)fusion, Penang, Malaysia travel blog

Cultural (con)fusion

A travel blog entry by zee

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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 - Part 2, Penang, Malaysia travel blog

Penang - Part 2

A travel blog entry by penguinmad

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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 ...

KL the town of two towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

KL the town of two towers

A travel blog entry by jeroenandlinda

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After a short night of sleep we pack up our suitcases ready to head out to Kuala Lumpur, the buzzling capital of Malaysia. We arranged a transport with Edmond around noon, but first we have our last lunch in Malacca. We found a cute little cafe in a side ...

On to Langkawi, but I don't want to leave, Langkawi, Malaysia travel blog

On to Langkawi, but I don't want to leave

A travel blog entry by madman96

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... . 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 ...

Waterslides, rides, AND a petting zoo? OH BOY!, Ipoh, Malaysia travel blog

Waterslides, rides, AND a petting zoo? OH BOY!

A travel blog entry by jackie_n_james

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... it was a little funny. We've actually started to notice a change in who honks at us from when we were in Thailand to Malaysia now. Taxi's that wanted to get our attention were the ones in Thailand that did it and although they still do in Malaysia we've ...

It's just so...clean..., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

It's just so...clean...

A travel blog entry by zee

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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 ...

Kuala Lumpur - Back in a big city, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

Kuala Lumpur - Back in a big city

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth

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... 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 ...

The Hub of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

The Hub of Malaysia

A travel blog entry by goodrichodyssey

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... 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 ...

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia travel blog

Kuala Lumpur

A travel blog entry by loudan1979

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Last Stop In Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia travel blog

Last Stop In Malaysia

A travel blog entry by goodrichodyssey

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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 ...

Away from Thailand we sprint!, Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia travel blog

Away from Thailand we sprint!

A travel blog entry by mills-mcshea

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... got to 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 ...

Cameron Highlands Tea, Tanah Rata, Malaysia travel blog

Cameron Highlands Tea

A travel blog entry by goodrichodyssey

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... 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 ...

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