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Malaysia

Tue, 19 May 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [113]

This is more like the good old times in Central America - flying through countries. After just 3 days in Singapore we jumped on the bus and got ourselves another stamp in the passport. First stop was a town called Malacca - does not really matter ... Read more >

"Hey tall lady, where you from?"

Mon, 18 May 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [164] | Comments [3]

On Saturday, I got up bright and early to visit the Patronus towers. I was there by 7.30am to line up for a free ticket to the observation bridge, and found there was already a growing queue. As it is the main tourist attraction in town, you have to ... Read more >

Tags: kuala lumpur, patrous tower, melaka

Uncle Tan’s, orangutans, Kinabatangans

Mon, 18 May 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [105]

Jason Mraz should feel pretty proud of himself. Probably unbeknownst to him, his song “I’m Yours” is currently being sung, strummed, hummed and played obsessively by jungle village dwellers along the Kinabatangan river in the east of Sabah.... Read more >

Kota Kinabalu: Sleeping, snorkelling and relationship woes

Sat, 16 May 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [155]

When my little brother first started "big kids' school" my mother used to walk him to school. When she tried to leave she would be assailed by a barrage of wails. Anguish aplenty. She felt terribly guilty about leaving him in such a state ... Read more >

Heather Nova part two

Fri, 15 May 2009 | By sfau | Views [3]

Three hours from the island of Penang by ferry is the island of Langkawi, the duty free island of Langkawi! Q: what does that mean Andrew? A: amongst other things is that a pint of beer only costs 10RM…happy happy drunken nights!!!! I rocked up at ... Read more >

Sweating in Kuala Lumpur

Fri, 15 May 2009 | By tonielle_krisanski | Views [263] | Comments [4] | Video

Hi everyone, Well, the adventure has begun... in Kuala Lumpur. I arrived at 6am yesterday morning, and was greeted by a slightly worrying sight... every staff member was wearing a mask, and giving out forms to sign saying that we weren't suffering ... Read more >

Tags: kuala lumpur, getting lost, china town, little india, swine flu

Long-haul flight #1: Christchurch to Kota Kinabalu: Stream of consciousness

Tue, 12 May 2009 | By hotnoodle | Views [99]

Flight Christchurch > Auckland: 8am - 9.15am Was told by travel agent to arrive two hours early. This time of day very busy, apparently. Am never listening to travel agent again. Check in counter not even open. Extremely tired due to 4.30am ... Read more >

Heather Nova part one

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By sfau | Views [5]

I arrived on the island of Penang not in George Town as I was told when I brought the ticket the day before but at a bus station some place else. Ignoring the bleating of the various taxi drivers I stood in line and waited for bus 401 to arrive and ... Read more >

Gallery: Kuala Lumpur

Mon, 11 May 2009 | By jesseandjustine | Photo Gallery

Quick stopover at KL
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Gallery: Malaysia

Sun, 10 May 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Photo Gallery

Malaysia
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flying lizzard and the hair caterpiller

Fri, 8 May 2009 | By lissahirst | Views [89]

well we just completed a savage burn around our current home island, palau langkawi on our rented motorbikes. the aim was an expedition out to a huge cable car gondola thing that we didnt go on yesterday because it disappeared into a cloud bank, ... Read more >

Windsor Davies

Thu, 7 May 2009 | By sfau | Views [5]

Arriving at the international airport for Kuala Lumpur meant a 70km taxi ride into town. It took over an hour and I really should have had a fag before I got into the taxi. I’m staying in the “Golden Triangle” part of the city which is the main ... Read more >

Penang to Langkawi - the sea hurts!

Wed, 6 May 2009 | By lissahirst | Views [159] | Comments [1]

Lissa: We left our Penang guesthouse at 7.30am (far too early for backpackers) and arrived at the Port just in time for the morning monsoon to come belting down.  We huddled under a leaky marquee with 50 other tourists while the boat company sorted ... Read more >

we were right in the middle of a fucking reptile zoo. and someone was giving food to these bastards.

Fri, 1 May 2009 | By lissahirst | Views [156]

well we have spent 4 or 5 or 6 pretty sweet days exploring around palau pangkor (thats pretty close to the correct spelling). they have no Internet except for in the chinamans guesthouse, and we didnt want to give him any more money than a severe example ... Read more >

Gallery: Kuala Lumpur

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By flachi-gus | Photo Gallery


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