Destination: Malaysia
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Tue, 29 May 2007 | By jamesanddan | Views [28874]
Since we last blogged (blog meaning web log for those that are interested!) we briefly stopped over in Cherating (small beach village on the eastern sie of Malaysia) and also spent a few days in Kuanatan, just a bit further down the coast. Not much ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 | By language-guides | Views [13777] | Comments [4]
Have you ever been stuck in a country wanting to be polite, but
not even knowing the word for 'please'? Or been frustrated when you
couldn't ask for the most basic directions to where you're going?
The WorldNomads.com Malay Language Guide ... Read more >
Tags: language guides, language lesson, malaysia, malaysian, learn malaysian, malay language, podcast, phrase book, ipod, iphone
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [4722] | Comments [1]
Kuching is the capital of the east Malaysian state of Sarawak, i.e. part of Malaysian Borneo. I'd never heard of the place until a few weeks ago, but judging by the number of tourists, i was in the minority. After being delayed in KL, I eventually ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 | By hutch07 | Views [4119] | Comments [11]
...unless her name is Jeannot. Or at least that's what Cham the Chapati Man claims. Greetings friends! It's been a while since our last update, but fear not, we have been blazing our way through Malaysia and the Thai islands and have many Am-asian adventures ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 | By jenko7 | Views [1928] | Comments [1]
Well we decided to fly to an island off the north west coast of Malaysia called Palu Langkawi. Unfortunately we picked a crap hotel but that was our fault as we went for the cheapest one. The island has plenty of monkeys, eagles (we are staying in ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 | By taroso | Views [1795]
I was originally going to write about turtles in Cherating. There's a turtle sanctuary there, with a small museum with models of turtles, diagrams of their breeding cycle, some turtles in a pond, and two tubs of baby green turtles waiting to be released ... Read more >
Tags: General
Thu, 6 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1794] | Comments [2]
At 6am on Thursday morning we woke to go on our river safari along the Kinabatagan river. I did not sleep well, partly due to not having a pillow, despite my efforts to roll one of the thin mattresses into one, and partly cos I am rubbish at sleeping! ... Read more >
Tags: jungle adventures, animals
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 | By nigelb | Views [1781] | Comments [2]
Laura writes: Hi guys, well, arriving in Malaysia was a relief after Thailand. As soon as we got off the plane, the first thing we noticed, was how easy and organised everything was. The services provided were a luxury in comparison. A cheap shuttle ... Read more >
Tags: adventures
Sat, 28 Jul 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1579] | Comments [1]
Wild pygmy elephants that only 3m away, snakes coiled up in branches, proboscis monkeys looking fat, an orangutan mother and her baby swinging in the trees above our heads, a huge monitor lizard swimming in the water by the boat, bats, birds of prey, ... Read more >
Tags: wildlife
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1514] | Comments [8]
This weekend I went and did something completely different! I like the outdoors, and am a reasonably sporty person (and not terribly unfit), but for the last couple of years I have been one lazy mofo (hence the big belly and round face you all know and ... Read more >
Tags: adrenaline, mountains, the great outdoors
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1464]
After climbing Kilimanjaro I said I'd never climb a high mountain just for the sake of it again. It should have great views, or/and lots of flora and fauna - not just a box to put a tick in on THE list. The pictures I've seen and the lure of 'climbing' ... Read more >
Tags: trekking
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 | By george | Views [1448] | Comments [2]
Langkawi
Arriving in the dark from the Koh Lipe
ferry, when I found a taxi I was a bit suspicious of the driver's
claims that almost every bed on the island was full. Lankawi is
right up in the north west of the peninsular part of Malaysia, ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [1419] | Comments [8]
Saturday morning Andy and I met at the ferry point to go for a day of Snorkeling at one of the best dive sites in the world. Sipadan is one of a group of islands off of the south east coast of Sabah from the port town of Semporna. It had a sheer reef ... Read more >
Tags: snorkeling, sightseeing, onward planning, beaches & sunshine, walking, markets, on the road
Tue, 3 Jul 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1339] | Comments [1]
It's with a particularly slow and cold bus that i crawl my way to Taman Negara National Park. It's a full day of travelling and I'm glad of the final leg which is by boat - I'm so chilled that i start falling asleep. This would be nice except my dropping ... Read more >
Tags: wildlife, trekking
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By jenko7 | Views [1333]
Well we have not long been in KL that we realise we don't want to spend 5 nights here. We are already looking to spend a few days somewhere else. We'll go for a walk round the city and check out the sights first of course but we would prefer to be ... Read more >
Tags: Shopping
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By anna | Views [1333]
Our 3 day sail from Singapore to Langkawi was relatively uneventful. On our exit from Singapore we entered the Malacca Strait which is one of the well known pirate hot spots in the world. Apparently pirates tend to stick to robbing cargo ships so ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By mel_mel | Views [1323]
Selamat tengahari, Well, our time in Malaysia has drawn to a close. We spend one last night here, and then we fly off to Singapore for a few days before returning home. After posting last night, Chels and I just returned to our hotel, ate ourselves ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1308] | Comments [2]
I fly into Penang because I want to avoid all the insurgents and trouble in the south of Thailand. If the Bangkok Post is to believed, the pulling-up of train lines is now a regular occurrence. It's not only the west that has this problem. The island ... Read more >
Tags: island
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 | By count_zero | Views [1275]
The coach we took from Pak Bara to Kuala Lumpur, that was supposed to get in at 0730, actually disgorged us at 5am. As you would expect, this came as a bit of a shock to the system. After a few minutes of frantic gesticulation with the driver we decided ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By mh71 | Views [1255]
So at around 10.00 pm the day after I was supposed to leave, at around the same time the day before, my wife drove me to the airport. I was running a little late than schedule this was because honestly, I was dragging myself to move. ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 | By flower-lily | Views [1244]
After departing the busy island of Pulau Penang via ferry, I boarded a bus to the Cameron Highlands. The scenery changed from a congested concrete jungle to lush green mountains after a few hours on the rickety old bus. I arrived in the pouring rain at ... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 | By markr_mcmahon | Views [1220]
Tuesday 22nd January We were picked up by our guide for the day – a chap called Alias who had a more mysterious name than you might expect from someone who looked like Malaysia's answer to Penfold from the 'Dangermouse' cartoon – and he drove us to ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 | By arfox | Views [1201]
One of my favorite things to do while backpacking is hit a local supermarket or drug store to check out the dizzying array of local products. A -=great=- way to explore the local culture, and it usually is quite entertaining as well. Now, as many ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Tue, 15 May 2007 | By la_gitana_pequena | Views [1157] | Comments [1]
Having been sick of the sleezyness of the late-night crowd in Georgetown's China-town I decided after 2 days to move on to Langkawi about which I saw a documentary once on the travel channel back in Sydney, for a bit of relaxation time and beach life, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Thu, 20 Sep 2007 | By thomaspichl | Views [1152] | Comments [1]
Hallo zusammen, olala, in den letzten 5 Tagen habe ich wieder einmal ziemlich viel erleben duerfen. Lisa und Theresa, meine beiden Wiesbadenerinnen, die ich im Hostel in Singapur kennengelernt hatte, entschlossen sich angesichts ihrer chronisch leeren ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
