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Parks & Gardens   Kuala Lumpur

Parks & Gardens, Kuala Lumpur

 12 Reviews  The Lembah Kiara Recreational Park, located in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, is a popular recreational spot in the middle of the city widely visited by many during weekdays and weekends. Ideal for morning or... 

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University Sains Malaysia   Penang

University Sains Malaysia, Penang

 1 Review  Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Penang is the main and the original campus. It is located on a hill overlooking Penang Bridge and was once a military barracks and so there are some really solid... 

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Fort Wall   Melaka

Fort Wall, Melaka

 5 Reviews  Here's the view of Porta de Santiago from the back. Like the front, the insignia of the Dutch company, VOC is stamped somewhere on the stone relief. Can you see where it is? VOC was a powerful Dutch... 

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Batu Caves   Kuala Lumpur

Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur

 26 Reviews  KL can be quite confusing so here is a tip on where to catch the No. 11 bus to the Bantu Caves. If you are standing at the north end of Jalan Petaling where the market is and the street is closed for... 

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Portuguese Square   Melaka

Portuguese Square, Melaka

 2 Reviews  Visit the Portuegese Settlement, inhabited by descendants of the Portuegese who colonised Malacca (as Melaka used to be called) centuries ago. They hardly look Portuegese anymore but retain many... 

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Sunway Lagoon   Kuala Lumpur

Sunway Lagoon, Kuala Lumpur

 7 Reviews  we took a taxi from Ampang Park to Sunway, cost R30. Loved the waterpark, not busy, and lovely to cool off. Bought tickets online as works out cheaper that way. HOWEVER..once in you cannot get out and... 

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Jonker Street   Melaka

Jonker Street, Melaka

 1 Review  This is a little eating shop in Jonker's street that has great food for dirt cheap prices. The environment is comfortable and cozy. You will get authentic Melaka food and the Baba cendol. Besides... 

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Malacca   Kuala Lumpur

Malacca, Kuala Lumpur

 5 Reviews  The hotel tour desk had tours to everywhere and everything. Our group of 13 wished to visit Malacca and we organised a bus with driver and guide for the day. We asked that the bus be for ourselves,... 

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Merlimau - Tun Teja Mousoleum   Melaka

Merlimau - Tun Teja Mousoleum, Melaka

 1 Review  In the history of Melaka, Tun Teja is known for her tragic love story. She is the daughter of palce official Sri Amar Di Raja of Inderapura (now Pahang) who was admired by many during her time,... 

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Melawati Hill (Bukit Tabur)   Kuala Lumpur

Melawati Hill (Bukit Tabur), Kuala Lumpur

 2 Reviews  Bukit (hill) Tabur (sprinkle) (or Bukit Taboh(fistfight), to some people) offers a chance for any climbers to see KL view. In fact, it is an ideal spot to enjoy fireworks play during new year or... 

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Alor Gajah District Museum   Melaka

Alor Gajah District Museum, Melaka

 1 Review  Located in the midle of the Alor Gajah town, this is the best place to find out more about Alor Gajah's history, particulalrly of the Naning War which saw fierce clashes between the British and the... 

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Genting Highlands   Kuala Lumpur

Genting Highlands, Kuala Lumpur

 5 Reviews  The Genting Highlands seem to be a very popular weekend playground for KL's more affluent citizens. The hilltop landscape is one of large concrete resorts with huge theme parks. It must be popular... 

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St Francis Xavier.   Melaka

St Francis Xavier., Melaka

 1 Review  Ever noticed a white statue near St Paul's church in Melaka, Malaysia? Before you think this is the patron saint of the church, let me just say that it's actually the greatest Christian figure in Asia... 

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Churches, Temples & Mosques   Kuala Lumpur

Churches, Temples & Mosques, Kuala Lumpur

 10 Reviews  A very interesting temple which most visitors to KL misses, is the Pudu pillayar, or Ganesha temple in Jalan Pudu. It is very close to the Maybank office tower. Prayers are performed at 7am/pm. In the... 

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Johore Bahru   Melaka

Johore Bahru, Melaka

 1 Review  Johore Bahru is at the southern end of West Malaysia right at the causeway which crosses over to Singapore and is the state capital of Johor Darul Takzim. JB, as its commonly known, is very popular... 

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Street Vendors   Kuala Lumpur

Street Vendors, Kuala Lumpur

 3 Reviews  Durian is one of the favourite fruit in Malaysia with a very distinct smell recognisable from a distance. One day while walking around with my friend Coralie, we came accross this street vendor with... 

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Kuala Lumpur   Melaka

Kuala Lumpur, Melaka

 1 Review  Kuala Lumpur, or "KL" as it is commonly known, is the capital and the largest city of Malaysia and is found midway along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The city's past is still very much... 

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Shops & Markets   Kuala Lumpur

Shops & Markets, Kuala Lumpur

 3 Reviews  the Durian fruit also known here in south east asia as the "King of Fruits" is widespread and Malaysians claim that their durian are the best, better than the durian cultivars of thailand or Indonesia... 

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Railway Stations   Kuala Lumpur

Railway Stations, Kuala Lumpur

 2 Reviews  This is the locotion for the finale of the film Entrapment (1999, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones). In the film, the station was refered to as Pudu Station but actually it was shooted... 

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Alternative Medicine & Therapies   Kuala Lumpur

Alternative Medicine & Therapies, Kuala Lumpur

 1 Review  Around Bukit Bintang there are lots of reflexology and massage places. I have read a bit about reflexology but up until now I have been disappointed with my experiences with it, which just amounted to... 

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Merdeka Square   Kuala Lumpur

Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur

 4 Reviews  National Day. I returned from Penang and 11:30pm just in time to see the crowds getting ready for the midnight fireworks near the Merderka Square. The lights and the mix of people near the Square &... 

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Putrajaya   Kuala Lumpur

Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur

 1 Review  Putrajaya is where all the new federal administrative capital buildings are. The buildings are innovative designed and in harmony with the surrounding. Putra Mosque and Putra Square, The Prime... 

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Chinatown   Kuala Lumpur

Chinatown, Kuala Lumpur

 2 Reviews  This fresh market is located on Jalan Hang Lekir next to Hotel Malaya. The entrance is in between two florists. The best thing about this wet market is that you can find some local food in the hawker... 

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Suria KLCC   Kuala Lumpur

Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur

 3 Reviews  Suria KLCC: Anchoring at the base of the Petronas Twin Towers. Among the key tenants are Isetan, Parkson Grand and the Cineplex chain, Tanjong Golden Village. Anotehr leading name is Marks and... 

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Grand Prix Formula 1   Kuala Lumpur

Grand Prix Formula 1, Kuala Lumpur

 2 Reviews  Oh Boy! You know when you watch F1 on TV; maybe sometimes you lower the volume? Well raise the volume at most then imagine the sound 70 times worse... Now maybe you can get the grip out of it ;o) It... 

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Pangkor Island

by AndreSTGT

Though not a tropical paradise like the east coast islands, Pangkor is in a different way a very pleasant and relaxed small island with nice beaches. There are few travelers on the island and the package tourists are concentrated in two luxury resorts on secluded beaches, therefore the weekdays are very quiet here. If your stay happens to fall on the week-end, expect hordes of local tourists to invade the island (see pic). This is culturally certainly interesting, but if you're looking for peace and tranquility avoid the week-end.

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PAY DAY at the end of the day,...

by AliJoe

PAY DAYEnd of the day, uncle Mat always pay his employee cash by coconut. According to uncle Mat, he feel happy with this dedicated employee. He (it) never complained about Work Hazard, Safety, Pensioned Fund or intent to joint Beruk / workers Union.The only thing hard time for uncle Mat is....this Beruk can not see *Beruk Betina* ( Female Monkey). He (it) could not be bother during working hours, left the working place immedietly to *fight*. To warn you not to be scared. Even this Beruk and Beruk Betina show the sharp teeth and fank. Its nothing, just to show appreciation to each other. When they coming closer, normally the Beruk Betina will showw retialiation ( not cheap man !! ).. But other way around, Beruk always ROBUST to encounter this situation. Uncle Mat know this *fight* won't take long, just a couple of minute only, won't jeopordise the main production.Sometime funny thinking...

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GRADUATED !! This Beruk...

by AliJoe

GRADUATION DAYThis Beruk just graduted from BERUK ACADEMY....eager to give a service and to show his capabilities. Uncle Mat, eager to test his new coworker. Proofed this new employee is very dedicated and productive too. Compare to his old employee, always caught sleep under coconut tree. Dreaming fly to the moon and married with Tycoon's daughter.Uncle Mat know to phyco his new employee. Always sit him to front of his bycyle. This Beruk feel he is important. Do not worry, the Beruk won't show his bad character. He appreciate uncle Mat by putting him infront to lead the way.

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COCONUT'S CLIMBER Since...

by AliJoe

COCONUT'S CLIMBERSince the economy turmoil had been recovered 1998. The Coconut Estate owner facing manpower shortage. All boy and girl going down to town / city looking & chasing for high pay and stylish life.Nobody wanna work in the Estate. Estate owner cry day and night looking for workers. All sort of incentiveintroduce to win the workers.....alas !! ...no active response from job seekers.Finallly, go to traditional way....employed * Beruk* ( monkey). The problem is to train the Beruk. Can not simply hired the Beruk like that. The Beruk at PENANG HILL can not be employed.....this Beruk is Cosmopolitan. City type Beruk.....know how to asked but never know how to produce.Since Old Beruk is already pensioned or death, soo, the trainer having a hard time to train this new cader. No example and no sample to show to this New Comer. Really hard time to train with Human Language.

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Inside the ferry ...on our way to Pulau Jerejak

by kenyneo

Just a bunch of accountants ..nope auditors to be exact , some armed with calculators while others equipped with abacus ...preparing to storm Pulau Jerejak ...( all smiling , but apparently all busy calculating the return of investment of this trip )The fare cost RM15 , which I think is quite pricey, and journey errr...should be about 1 hour...From town take the Bayan Lepas causeway , all the way until you see Villas Mas ( a few orangey apartments on your left ) there is a turning right after this apartment , turn in.you will find the jetty inside somewhere there lah ! They have a few trips to and from the island !

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Hear their laughters ...feel their sorrow ..

by kenyneo

I guess there is always a blessing in disguise...it was qouted that ....The children of the island’s hospital staff or the island’s prison workers remember a lively beautiful island. “The sea was clean and the people were very friendly,” recalled a retired civil servant who used to live there with her parents. maybe you can hear their laughters and feel their emotions when you are there ..who knows ...but couldnt agree more with the above statement when I look at those pictures I have taken...

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Pulau Jerejak ..island of a sad past !

by kenyneo

What is it like , to be confined in an islandPulau Jerejak, a small island just off the coast of Bayan Lepas, in Penang has a long and interesting history – much of which has been characterised by neglect and confinement. In the distance Jerejak looks a mass of virgin jungle. On the shores palms and coconut trees abound.Behind those natural beauty, it was actually a former leper colony where “a thousand Asiatic lepers, largely Chinese, have learnt to smile in the face of the most awful visitation of Divine anger.Subsequent to being a leper colony – now moved to Sungai Buloh, Selangor – the island was a centre for contagious diseases and later became a penal colony. In fact Jerejak first appeared in colonial records when Colonel Arthur Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon in Waterloo) proposed it as a possible alternative to Fort Cornwallis as a naval base in...

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Reincarnation of Pulau Jerejak

by kenyneo

reincarnationOne of my fren informed me that the island is being developed as a tourist resort so a bunch of us decided to pay this island a visit.My childhood memory of this place is that , we are not allowed to visit this place at all, only stories about the lepers being kept there and subsequently a prison for certain type of convicts. This trip is like walking into history , perhaps childhood dream to see what its like to stay in this island and to live in confinement, to feel what the lepers feel - totally cut of from outside world .aren't we all very fortunate ? so I think we should all think of people in such situation when we are about to complain about this and that ...Of course what we see now is hundreds of time better than what it used to be.a beautiful and serene hideawayA nice resort have been erected, with cluster of chalets/ bugnalows perched on the hill, a beautiful and...

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A scenery to make you cry

by l_joo

I want to tell you this is a scenery that will make you cry when you look at a beautiful scene of this quality. I can't believe my eyes when I look at it but to rub again and blink twice to be able to accept the terrible truth of such unbelievable good-looking scenery. I don't want to tell you where this place is to avoid tourists pouri in like mad to pollute the place, I reserved this special location for only myself.

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Visit the fishing village

by l_joo

Make sure you visit our beautiful fishing villae when you come to Malaysia to see the beginning of civilization. The history of this country started mostly from the sea and many seafarers come and go to this region since long time ago. To visit fishing village is a must, don't wait. But make sure you also take a look the this very important person in the photo.

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Mandarin Oriental Kuala Lumpur  Kuala Lumpur

 23 Reviews and 1115 Opinions  Had a comfortable night sleep in the hotel. Nice Bathroom and bedsheets. Wide spread of Breakfast.... 

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Eastern And Oriental Hotel  Penang

 16 Reviews and 473 Opinions  Like other reviewers, we didn't actually stay here, we had a drink the bar which overlooks the... 

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Aldy Hotel  Negeri Melaka

 1 Review and 55 Opinions  Aldy Hotel is situated in centre of Melaka Town next to the Police Station and opposite the... 

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