Category Archive: Malaysia Misc

Alor Setar – Malaysia

Alor Setar – Malaysia Alor Setar is a small but important city in the far northwest corner of Malaysia, just 30 km from the border of Thailand. Not surprisingly, some Thai influence is found in the city, including several Thai temples. When I visited I didn’t actually come across any Thai restaurants, shops or people. …

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PHOTO GALLERY: Malacca Malaysia

PHOTO GALLERY: Malacca Malaysia  Malacca is a famous historic port town on the west coast of Malaysia. As one of the most important ports on the old Asian trading route, Malacca is packed full of historic buildings: restored Chinese shop-houses, colonial European buildings, temples, mosques, churches and forts. Today Malacca also boasts nearly 40 museums …

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TRAVEL TIP- MONEY SAVING TIPS FOR TRAVELING IN MALAYSIA

MONEY SAVING TIPS FOR TRAVELING IN MALAYSIA Recently I’ve met several long-term travelers who are visiting Malaysia for the first time. Somewhat to my surprise, I quickly found myself giving lots of tips about choosing products, finding restaurants, and saving money on all sorts of things. Even though they are veteran travelers, they didn’t know …

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TRAIN TO PENANG

TRAIN TO PENANG I’d expected my train trip from KL to Penang to be relaxing and uneventful. After 2 solid weeks of racing around KL- daily cycling in the park, meeting up with fellow travel bloggers and local friends, learning new photography skills, snapping photos all over the city, exploring new places, and going on …

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