Category: Malaysia

We reluctantly left the crisp cool air of the Cameron Highlands and headed north to the island of Penang.  We had met a nice Taiwanese man at our hotel who was hoping to spend more time with us up north, but he had a terrible smoker’s cough that woke us up from down the hall…

Our visit to the Cameron Highlands has been lovely.  We scheduled this time as a time to relax in the relatively cool temps.  It has been so nice to feel a little bit chilly and actually want to use our blanket at night.  After our first evening of relaxing at our hotel, meeting some fellow…

We didn’t think we were going to make it over to Borneo on this trip, but after our time in Indonesia was cut short due to the volcanic eruption, we realized we were a bit ahead of schedule and decided to work it in.  We only spent a couple of days there and didn’t head…

We took one day to travel up to Batu Caves north of Kuala Lumpur.  On the train ride up, we ran into two girls that we shared a dorm with in Singapore, then bumped into getting dinner in Ubud, and later would also see on our plane over to Borneo. We’re starting to think they’re…

Our stay in Malaysia has been great so far.  We’ve spent a few days in Kuala Lumpur and then a couple off on the island of Borneo in Kuching.  If you go to Kuala Lumpur, you can’t help but see the Petronas Towers – twin towers that were the tallest buildings in the world from…

The People If there is one thing that stands out the most about Kuala Lumpur, it is the helpfulness of their locals.  We noticed it right away and have experienced it every day that we are here.  Today we even heard a PSA on the radio suggesting that everyone learn some basic pleasantries and how…