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 | Salamat Datang Kuala Lumpur!
2008-06-07, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By: mariat | | After a month in Thailand, it is a little strange to be in a completely different country with a completely different language. I arrived in KL (I don't think anyone actually refers to the city by it'... |
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 | Snorkeling in Borneo
2008-05-24, Semporna, Malaysia. By: gbrownlie | | We spent 2 days snorkeling round the islands near Semporna. Semporna on its own is a bit of a dump but the snorkeling was excellent. The first day we snorkeled near a tiny little island called Sibua... |
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 | I'm lovin' it
2008-06-02, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | I emailed Senja resort on Perhentian Kecil before I arrived to try and negotiate a deal for 4 weeks stay. It paid off and I got my aircon sea facing room for half price, RM75 about 12 pounds. It's wit... |
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| Back in paradise
2008-05-31, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | Well travelling alone is a different experience altogether and already it has both opened and closed doors for me. Let me explain.......Back on Tuesday I left Steve at the hotel in Bangkok at 7am for ... |
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 | Mount Kinabalu - On top of the World???
2008-05-27, Borneo, Malaysia. By: gbrownlie | | In our wisdom, after the jungle we decided to climb the highest mountain in South East Asia - Mount Kinabalu (Borneo), totalling 4095 metres above sea level (half the size of Mount Everest). We began... |
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 | All ok
2008-05-27, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | Hi everyone, Just a quick one to let you know my first night alone was a safe one. More details to come............... |
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 | Jungle Fever!!
2008-05-20, Borneo, Malaysia. By: gbrownlie | | So after spending a few days in Kuala Lumpur chilling out and seeing the sights - Petronas Towers and the huge shopping malls we headed to Borneo. We flew to Kota Kianabalu, spent the night there the... |
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 | Penang
2008-05-11, Penang, Malaysia. By: GBrownlie | | We spent 3 days on Penang in a quirky wee hostel called 100 Cintra Street, it was a cross between a museum and a prison! Clean though but certainly the strangest place we've stayed in.
Here we di... |
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 | Langkawi
2008-05-08, Langkawi, Malaysia. By: GBrownlie | | We said a fond farewell to the Thai islands on 3rd May and embarked on a 6 hour bus,taxi and ferry journey down to Langkawi which is an island North West of Malaysia. First thing we spotted was a Sta... |
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 | Fun and games in KL
2008-04-07, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By: juliac | | I am such a one-woman comedy act sometimes. The check-in for my bus back to Singapore is inside this nice hotel, where the bus company also has a hospitality area for waiting travellers. Having been p... |
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| Wasting time
2008-04-08, Pinang George Town, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | Yesterday we had a lazy day strolling around the air conditioned mall in George town and then in the evening went to the cinema for the princely cost of 60 pence, (and that was for both of us.)It was ... |
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| Georgetown Penang
2008-04-05, Pinang George Town, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | The speedboat at 1600 out of the Perentian Islands was just as hairy as on the way there, but it is the ONLY way to get to get there and back. Once on the mainland we took the night bus from Jertih, w... |
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 | Our favourite so far
2008-04-03, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | We spent a very lazy 4 days in Perhentian Kecil, doing no more than sleeping, eating, drinking, sunbathing and snorkeling loads. On our last snorkeling trip we were lucky enough to see black tip reef ... |
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 | Perhentian Kecil
2008-03-31, Perhentian Islands, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | We left our guesthouse and made our way by taxi from Kota Bharu to Kuala Besut. The next leg of the journey was by speedboat to the most amazing Island so far, Perhentian Kecil (small Island) on the n... |
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 | Jungle train
2008-03-30, Kota Bharu, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | We left Kuala Tahan at 7.30 in the morning for another early start. The local bus took us into Jerantut on a 2 hour journey costing 6MR (a pound). We then walked the 300 metres to the train station an... |
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 | KL - day 2 & 3
2008-04-03, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By: neitz | | On our second and third day in KL the weather was not very nice - lots of thunder and lightning. We were going to go up to the sky bridge of the Petronas on day two but the weather was too horrible. ... |
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 | Views of Petrona Twins Towers
2008-04-01, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By: neitz | | Ben and I left Penang this morning. We flew with Air Asia from Penang Airport to Kuala Lumpur Airport. We arrived in KL around 4pm AEST which is 1pm KL time.
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| Last night in Penang
2008-03-31, Penang Island, Malaysia. By: neitz | | Our last day in Penang has been very relaxing - well, we couldn't do much with sunburnt shoulders. We got ready to hang out at the pool. Ben went jet skiing while I took photos of him ripping up the... |
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| Penang - time to relax
2008-03-31, Penang Island, Malaysia. By: neitz | | Ben and I arrived in Penang on Saturday 29th March. We flew from Singapore with Malaysian Airlines to Penang. We then caught a taxi for 60RM which is roughly $22 AUD. The drive from the airport to... |
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| Kuala Tahan National Park
2008-03-28, Kuala Tahan, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | Once again getting around was just so easy. An air condtioned superfast coach for 3 hours then another 3 hours on a long boat down the river Tembeling to the small village of Kuala Tahan. Both parts o... |
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 | Hurrah......a new camera in Kuala Lumpur
2008-03-26, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. By: kay1968 | | Getting to Krabi airport was a doddle, a simple 30 minute taxi fare and we had hours to spare. Excess baggage, now there's a sore point. We both dumped everything possibly and we were still 6 kgs over... |
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 | Feellin Like Jacques Cousteau
2008-02-26, Semporna, Malaysia. By: sandman | | I have been really enjoying diving on my trip, but I never knew what I was in for on the next session of diving I was going to have! I took the bus from Sandakan to Semporna which was a beautiful driv... |
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