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Longhouse Veranda
Once youve paid your entrance fee you’re free to explore Annah Rais’ three longhouses (Kupo Saba, Kupo Terekan and, across the river, Kupo Sijo).The most important feature of a Bidayuh longhouse is the awah , a long, covered common verandah with a springy bamboo floor that’s used f
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Labrador Nature Reserve
Combining forest trails rich in birdlife and a beachfront park, Labrador Park is scattered with evocative British war relics, only rediscovered in the 1980s. Look out for old gun emplacements mounted on moss-covered concrete casements as well as for the remains of the entrance to t
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Maliau Basin Conservation Area
Looking down on Sabah with Google Earth, the eye is immediately drawn to what looks like the crater of an giant extinct volcano in the middle of the state, about 45km north of the border with Kalimantan. Zooming in, the heart starts to beat with excitement, for you cannot help but
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Sri Kandaswamy Temple
This temple, fronted by an elaborate modern gopuram (gateway) was founded by the Sri Lankan community in 1909 as a place to practise Shaiva Siddhanta, a major Hindu sect popular with the diaspora community. One of the temples major events (it has many festivals) is the 10-day Mahot
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Sabah Agricultural Park
Heaven on earth for horticulturalists, the vast Sabah Agricultural Park, about 15km northeast of Tenom, is run by the Department of Agriculture and covers about 6 sq km. Originally set up as an orchid centre, the park has expanded to become a major research facility, tourist attrac
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Marina Barrage
Singaporean ingenuity in action, Marina Barrage is both a flood-control dam of the Marina Channel and a gorgeous public park with commanding skyline views. The on-site Sustainable Singapore Gallery includes fascinating photos and archival footage of the Singapore River before its e
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Royal Abu Bakar Museum
The marvellous Istana Besar, once the Johor royal family’s principal palace, was built in Victorian style by Anglophile sultan Abu Bakar in 1866. It was opened as a museum to the public in 1990 and displays the incredible wealth of the sultans. Its now the finest museum of its kind
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Labuan Marine Park
Pulau Kuraman, Pulau Rusukan Kecil and Pulau Rusukan Besar are uninhabited islands lying southwest of Labuan that are now protected by the federal government. The beaches are pristine, but dynamite fishing has destroyed much of the coral. You can hire boats from the jetty at the La
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KL City Gallery
Pick up brochures and travel information at the information centre set in the former Government Printing Office (built 1898), before exploring the small exhibition on Kuala Lumpurs history. On the 2nd floor theres a large scale model of KL and you can watch a seven-minute film on t
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Niah Archaeology Museum
Across the river from park HQ, this museum has informative displays on Niah’s geology, ecology and prehistoric archaeology, including an original burial canoe that’s at least 1200 years old, a reproduction of the Painted Cave, a case featuring swiftlets’ nests, and a replica of the
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Aquaria KLCC
The highlight of this impressive aquarium in the basement of the KL Convention Centre is its 90m underwater tunnel: view sand tiger sharks, giant gropers and more up close. Daily feeding sessions for a variety of fish and otters are complemented by ones for arapaima, electric eel a
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Sam Kow Tong Temple
Established in 1916 by the Heng Hua clan, the three teachings temple has a beautiful Hokkien-style temple roof, with graceful curving ridgelines that taper at the ends like swallowtails. The colourful rooftop dragons, and other figures, are actually three-dimensional mosaics, anoth
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Sri Muneeswaran Hindu Temple
This is believed to be Southeast Asias largest shrine for Sri Muneeswaran, completed in 1998 after the original hut-and-shrine – built by Indian railway workers in 1932 – became a victim of Queensways widening. Interestingly, the building has no central pillars in the inner sanctum
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Hundred Quarters
These wonderfully photogenic housing rows, known as the Hundred Quarters, were built in 1920 to house railway employees and other civil servants. The multi-ethnic road names, Jln Rozario and Jln Chan Ah Tong, refer to two former chief clerks of the colonial civil service. Sadly, th
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Forestry Museum
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Royal Belum State Park
This state park within Belum-Temenggor Rainforest was gazetted in 2007 to protect its rich menagerie of tigers, tapirs, panthers and the Sumatran rhino – though the latter is now feared extinct in Malaysia. A permit and guide are needed to explore; hotels can help with both. Book a
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Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple
Little Indias most colourful, visually stunning temple is dedicated to the ferocious goddess Kali, depicted wearing a garland of skulls, ripping out the insides of her victims, and sharing more tranquil family moments with her sons Ganesh and Murugan. The bloodthirsty consort of Sh
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Agnes Keith House
This atmospheric two-storey wooden villa, and former British colonial quarters, is now renovated as a museum. Living in Sandakan in the 1930s, Amercian Agnes Keith wrote several books about her experiences here, including the famous Land Below the Wind . The villa documents Sandaka
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Serikin Weekend Market
Vendors from Kalimantan cross the mountains on motorbikes to sell fruit, electronics, handicrafts, rattan furniture and clothes at this sprawling weekend market, which occupies most of the otherwise quiet little border town of Serikin. The lack of a border or customs post here mean
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Geylang Serai New Market
Suitably inspired by kampong architecture, this bustling market lies at the heart of Singapores Malay community. The ground floor is crammed with stalls selling everything from tropical fruits and spices to halal meats and Malay CDs. Upstairs, cheap, colourful Islamic fashion hobno
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