Pros: The wildlife, the scenary, the wildlife, the culture, the wildlife!!! Cons: Takes so long to get around.
Difficult to get away from the tour package.
Sabah, North East Borneo, Malaysia. Sukau, Kinabatangan River. December 2001. My trusty Lonely Planet guide book described the Kinabatangan River as being perhaps the best spot in all of South East Asia to visit in order to see wil ...
Pros: Easy going and friendly Cons: Always very hot and humid
Kuching is a great place to take a break , either for the jaded traveler as a stopover on route to elsewhere ,or as a unique, interesting and peaceful destination in itself. Where is it ? On the coast of Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, situated on the...
Pros: It is interesting to see wildlife in the wild. Cons: Visitors have to be very patient.
An oil-palm tree produces fresh fruit bunches that yield crude palm oil. It is an edible oil similar to other kinds of oils. In 1999, Malaysia is planted with 3,313,393 hectares of oil-palm trees. It is the largest producer of crude palm oil.
Pros: People everywhere are very kind and receptive to travellers. Few tourists. Sabah is beautiful. Cons: Dirty, relatively expensive, sights are not worhwhile
In July-August 2003, my wife and I took a 3 week trip to Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore. We are independent travellers and stayed at budget hotels (and ate at budget restaurants!) throughout our trip, which started in Bangkok. There are lots of ...
Pros: Where else can you walk in to the Prime Minister's house and have a meal on him? Cons: You may need to go on a diet afterwards
Imagine…
You are woken by the sound of the call to prayer at 5.30 in the morning. The sun will not rise for another hour, so you have breakfast with your family after the dawn prayer. This is the last food or water that you will have until the...
Pros: Underwater to mountain within short distance, great scenery and wildlifes, friendly people, cheap. Cons: It's getting more populous with tourists!
Mount Kinabalu (4095.2 M)
It's a relatively easy mountain to climb compare to that on Himalaya range. However, it still took me 6 hours to cover 6 km trek to Laban Rata resthouse, and another 4 hours to trek the last 2.5 km to the summit!...
Pros: Wildlife, Trees, Flowers, Spectacular scenery and great for all the family. Cons: Long flights
This is all about S & M's tour of Borneo accompanied by our ever faithful husbands who pay for it all. I hope it gives everyone an insight into how wonderful touring this country is. We booked with Trips Worldwide on one of their recommended tours of ...
Pros: inexpensive, rarely crowded, clean and unpolluted, interesting and unique Cons: entertainment isn't provided, no air conditioning, facilities not very modern
Review Topic: Sights & Attractions
One of Malaysia's biggest tourist draws is its beaches, which are a tourist draw simply because not many tourists know about all of them. The major beaches, such as Langkawi, are popular...
Pros: It's got everything - oldest rainforest, great variety of wildlife, wonderful beaches Cons: How much longer?
< I returned to Borneo less than 2 months after the dive trip that I wrote about in part 1 – this time to experience the Orangutan sanctuary, the Turtle islands as well as to climb Mt. Kinabalu.>
Since Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore are so close, and so different, there is a great deal of traffic between the two cities. I'd like to give an overview of the three...
Pros: Many sides to the city; not as overwhelming as Bangkok Cons: Avoid sterile / generic tourist areas.
Kuala Lumpur ("KL" to those in the know) is a city with three faces -- the Malay, the Chinese, and the Indian. It's worth taking the time to experience each of these three cultures when you visit.
Pros: One of the Top 10 dive spots in the world Cons: Long journey to get there, expensive, overcommercialised.
<This is taken from a diary I kept from the best dive trip of my life. It is very long, but I hope it will give you the impression of “being there”. I am told that it is not the same anymore, due to the huge increase in the number of resorts...
Pros: You'll be on top of the world Cons: It's not that easy, you know!
Prologue
It was very cold at Uncle Tan’s camp. It had been raining heavily the whole afternoon, and we had to splash through foot deep puddles to get to our hut. Everything was wet. If it was not soaked, it was damp. Water leaked...
Pros: cheap, vibrant, traditional, Asian Cons: not easy to travel domestically overland
Review Topic: Overview
Malaysia's latest ad campaign--Malaysia, truly Asia--is one of their best yet. Lots of people in the region, and especially in Singapore, scoff at it, but I went to Malaysia to have a look around,...
Last October I visited Malaysia again, the first time in seven years. It was a great and memorable time. Malaysia is a diverse country, a peninsular, to the south of Thailand it is surrounded by beautiful warm waters and palm covered beaches. Although I...
Malaysia Mouse Pads These popular commercial grade mouse pads are printed with the flag and it's bright colors. The tracking on the surface of our mouse pads are excell...
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