Malaysia Travel Blogs - Page 4

I was told that there was very little to do in Kuching, but on a day off I spent and amazing few hours in a local National Park...Bako. I saw three types of monkey, including the probosis monkey, two types of snake, numerous insects, amazing plants, monitor lizards, spiders, wild boar and so many b…

Taman Negara Kinabalu (Kinabalu National Park), one of Malaysia's first national parks, is the country's first World Heritage Site, as designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its outstanding universal values and its role as one of the most important biological sites in the world.  Located in…

It just hit us. We wanted a break. We need a quick out-of-country holiday without charging VL days. Chili F, got a good idea: Cameron. Based from hearsays, it’s akin to Baguio…cool climate (which is a welcome change as we were starting to look like prunes from heat and humidity), str…

I must have dozed off for a bit as this morning I was woken by a  phone call from Tina at the Australian Embassy in Kuala Lumpar. Was VERY glad to speak to someone who could tell me what to do next.... this is what I had to do 1)Go to the Kuching Immigration office and pay 100 Ringe…

When i was little, my parents always brought me to Malacca, at that age I didn't know how to appreciate the old mansions, the buildings structure & etc... I was running up n down at the Fort A Famosa, climbed up steps to the oldest well, Sam Po Well. "Mom give me some coins"....I asked. Loved t…

My first TB meet-up and first time clubbing. It's just crazy!

After the first night was such a success, Nelll offered to take us around KL to see the Petronas Towers, but also took us out to dinner after! The Petronas Towers are amazing! Very beautiful... Me, Ruby & Vicy walked around KL a bit, and honestly if you only go to the Petronas Towers, you have…

Othman showed me around Kuching with his motorbike.Semenggoh Orang Utan rehabilitation centre.Long housesDamai Beach resort. Artificial beach.Increase of petrol, people were queueing to get the petrol before it got up 40%

Relaxed again yesterday after the whirlwind of the 5 Island. The usual suspects applied… golf, pool, and a stint downtown. The two new things entered here were ‘Fly Fish’ and a blowpipe. As part of a cultural thing, they had a blowpipe and target setup at the hotel and I figured I’d give …

I'm 36 hours away from departing for my trip to Penarik beach in Setiu, Malaysia. I'm going through some last-minute surfing on taxi fares to and fro Kuala Terengganu, the capital city of Terengganu state. I'm not too concerned about what I'll be doing when I'm there, because I plan to just vege o…

    We have returned to good old New Zealand • land of the long white winters • from Penang, Malaysia • land of eternal scorching summer. What a wonderful holiday we have had, we are not really tourists; we are travellers, we delve into the culture of all the countries we visit, …

We woke-up around 8am, no surprise, with lots of mosquito and bedbug bite in my body! haha.  But Mike got none, and he even managed to sleep well! He was actually snoring a bit loud haha. Then we had our yang chow rice and teh tarik for breakfast, and off we go for another bike rid…

Niah Caves is situated near Batu Niah town. ( less than 5 km) We came in from Miri ( 120km away) - it's a city with lots of hotels, amenities, airport and petrochemical processing facilities. Visitors can now use this as base for various visits to the national parks in the district and even going i…

Here is a reflection of my four month trip to South East Asia, which countries included, Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and The Phillipines. This trip I met up with some old TB Friends from a previous trip plus some new friends. This trip also included a spel…

I'm up at 730am, and today's the day that we say goodbye to Langkawi! Sigh... time flies when you're having fun. After a nice warm shower, Joann and I start packing up our stuff, just to make sure we don't leave anything behind later. Then we head down for a breakfast of mee goreng (fried noodles…