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
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
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
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, 16 Oct 2007 | By gilbi | Views [482] | Comments [8]
Estar viajando o mundo, certamente, e' a melhor coisa que eu poderia estar fazendo agora. Mas e' claro que em toda viagem se passa por bons e maus momentos, ate' entao meu bons momentos tem superado de longe os maus, no entanto essa minha passagem pela ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Mon, 1 Jun 2009 | By protonics | Views [305] | Comments [7]
29/05/2009 - 01/06/2009 Ayer llegamos a Borneo despues de pasar un par de dias en Kuala Lumpur, es una ciudad enorme, y mucho mas caotica y sucia que Singapore, lo mejor, las torres Petronas, son realmente impresionantes!!! Chinatown y Little India ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By protonics | Views [249] | Comments [8]
Desde Kuala Lumpur decidimos pasar las 3 semanas de Malaysia en Borneo donde nos han dicho que todo es mas autentico y salvaje. De KL volamos a Kuching (Sarawak) y nos alojamos en el Singasana Lodge... tenemos un roof top fantastico donde desayunamos ... Read more >
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 | By heathergay | Views [113] | Comments [3]
I have finally left Thailand after a wonderful 2 and a bit months and am chilling out in Kuala Lumpur for as long as it takes to get an Indian Visa, and am ultimately on my way to Singapore for my darling wee Eva's first birthday. I have booked to fly ... Read more >
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 | By seanandkate | Views [172] | Comments [3]
our time in malaysia, has been so interesting-we were in for a bit of a culture shock. we wake up to a 'call to prayer' every morning at 5:30. with the chanting we hear men yelling in the streets getting ready to start their day at the market. there are ... Read more >
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 >
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, 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
Fri, 23 Nov 2007 | By felix_and_stephanie | Views [1022] | Comments [2]
In the last 2 weeks…. We have traveled through Peninsular Malaysia, and were amazed by the different landscape and sights… from Kuala Lumpur; we saw the dynamic and metropolis city with the infamous Petronas Towers, from there we traveled by bus to ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Fri, 13 Feb 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [561] | Comments [2]
Melaka has
been occupied by many countries over its time, the Portuguese in the
16th century, the Dutch in the 17th century and the British from the
18th century, with Melaka and Malaysia only gaining Independence in
1957, so the architecture ... Read more >
Tags: melaka, kuala lumpur, thaipusam, batu caves, petronas towers
Sat, 21 Feb 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [369] | Comments [2]
Cameron Highlands
We headed to the Cameron Highlands for a change of scenery, as the
name suggests they reside about 1500m above sea level where the climate is far
cooler. However, there are some disadvantages to escaping ... Read more >
Tags: penang, langkawi, cameron highlands
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 | By hannahekers | Views [161] | Comments [2]
A very very late Selamat tahun baru cina! (Happy Chinese new year) to everyone. To celebrate Chinese new year, and the fact we had a long weekend, we (5 other volunteers and myself) went to the Chinese dominated city of Georgetown on the island on Penang.... Read more >
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [1044] | Comments [1]
Fri 7th Nov - Took the Boat to Sibu at 8:30am (Bahagia No.8). This leaves from
the Kuching Express terminal, which is about 30 minutes out of the city, and
needed to get there about half an hour beforehand. Had been told there was ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 | By george | Views [739] | Comments [1]
I started off in Kuala Lumpur, and headed up to the Traders Skybar opposite the Petronas Towers, armed with camera and tripod, but I only managed to fire off a few snaps before a friendly waitress came over and told me that the use of a tripod ... Read more >
Tags: malaysia, taman negara, perhentian islands, kuala lumpur
Mon, 22 Jun 2009 | By protonics | Views [558] | Comments [4]
AHORA ME TOCA A MI (SOY MERI). 07 JUN - MULU / KK AVION DE MULU A KOTA KINABALU (KK), CAPITAL DE SABAH. LLEGAMOS TARDE Y NOS PUSIMOS A BUSCAR UN BACKPACKERS BAJO LA LLUVIA. NOS QUEDAMOS EN EL SUMMER LODGE Y NOS REGALAMOS UNA PIZZA PARA LA CENA ;... Read more >
Fri, 27 Oct 2006 | By arfox | Views [279] | Comments [5]
Inevitably in my travels, there comes a time when I ask Why. Usually more than "a" time, several times infact, and I notice these times as I ease through them as if I’m passing through Kübler-Ross's five stages. The first time ( so sooory ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
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
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
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
Mon, 6 Aug 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [1025] | Comments [1]
I'm still smiling at this memory. I was washing my hands in a public toilet when an old man went in one of the cubicles. About 10 seconds later there's this exclamation, so i turn around and notice what is going on. High pressured water is squirting ... Read more >
Fri, 5 Dec 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [1102]
Fri 21st Nov - Today's objective....Christmas Cards. I know it
seems early, but I am in a Christian country and not sure whether I would be
able to easily get cards in the Philippines. Here they are easy to get hold of
and the post ... Read more >
