Malaysia
Trip Start
Jan 27, 2008
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Trip End
Jun 09, 2008
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Malaysia,
Malaysia
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Melaka is a pretty cool place overall. It's a fairly small Dutch style town with canals and traditional Dutch architecture in the town square. China town was busy as usual with the markets firing up over the weekend. Melaka had a very Fremantle/arty feel to it based in the port surrounded by a lot of museums and plenty of history....
We left for Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and were preparing ourselves for more city life. Found a busy backpackers in China Town which is right on the verge of their crazy markets. We visited the tallest twin towers in the world, the Petronas Towers and also the Menara KL Skytower. Both with a view as far as you can see and into the mountains. The shopping centres here are amazing... they even have rollercoasters in them.
We left busy and bustling KL and headed for Langkawi Island on a luxury overnight bus! Spent 4 nights on the island but would have likes to stay much longer! It's a pretty quiet island but still has plenty of cool bars and restaurants. We hired a scooter for most of our time there and rode around the whole island. Saw some beautiful waterfalls and mountains and of course some amazing beaches! We went on a cable car ride to the top of one of the mountains and enjoyed some good 'home cooked' meals at the local Irish bar. It's the island of monkeys and eagles and is a very difficult place to leave... It's up there with our favourite places we have visited so far!
Comments
looks like fun!!!!!
Hey looks like you guys are having a great time.
It was funny to see you a few blogs back carrying your back pack and 30 million other bags. Made me remember us with 20 back packs each when we were travelling. Kris