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Toy Museum
If your kids have seen Toy Story 2 , they might feel bad for the more than 100,000 toys locked up in the Toy Museum with nobody to really love them; no one has tried to break Woody free yet. Dont miss the Chamber of Horrors (not suitable for very young or sensitive kids), Chamber o
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Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
Easily among the most beautiful Hindu temples in Singapore, Sri Senpaga Vinayagars interior is adorned with wonderfully colourful devotional art, all labelled in various languages. Another feature is the temples kamala paatham , a specially sculpted granite footstone found in certa
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Lazarus Island
Almost entirely undeveloped, with little more than a bit of jungle and a sweeping beach , Lazarus Island is connected to St Johns via a concrete walkway. The beach is a gorgeous, sandy affair – dotted with the odd posh yacht and (unfortunately) rubbish swept up by the tides. That s
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Laman Padi
This somewhat abandoned-feeling ‘ecotourism’ complex comprises rice paddies populated by water buffalo and ducks. Call in advance to arrange a tour to learn about, and even have a hand in, planting rice. There’s also a basic museum dedicated to rice cultivation, a restaurant and Na
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Tan Yeok Nee House
Singapores sole surviving example of a traditional Chinese mansion, elegant Tan Yeok Nee House was built in 1885 as the townhouse of a prosperous merchant. Today its part of the Asian campus of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. While its not open to the public, yo
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Tanjung Rhu
On the north coast, Tanjung Rhu is one of Langkawi’s wider and better beaches, fronted by magnificent limestone stacks that bend the ocean into a pleasant bay. On clear days, the sunsets here give the word ‘stunning’ new meaning. The water is shallow, and at low tide you can walk a
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Tun Abdul Razak Heritage Park
This 101-hectare lush, landscaped park is better known, and more aptly described, by its colonial-era nomiker: the Lake Gardens. This is KLs largest green space, and you can spend hours exploring the rolling terrain. The top sight is the sprawling Bird Park, but there are other wor
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Cameron Bharat Tea Plantation
Located at the side of the road around 4km south of Tanah Rata, the views over this plantation are breathtaking. There are no guided tours here, but you can wander around parts of the plantation, and there’s a tea house, attractively set overlooking the estate. There’s another bran
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Rimbun Dahan
Rimbun Dahan is a private property open to the public only a handful of times each year (check online for dates). The property boasts a 19th-century traditional Malay house and garden, and a gallery for traditional and contemporary art. Buildings are designed by Hijjas Kasturi, the
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Tatt Khalsa Diwan Gurdwara
This is the largest Sikh temple in Southeast Asia, and spiritual home of KL’s 75,000 Sikhs. There’s been a temple and school here since 1924, though the present building dates from the 1990s. Visitors can enter and see the main shrine with a guide but must wear a headscarf (head wr
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Sultan Sulaiman Club
Dating back to 1901 (some sources say 1909), this is the oldest Malay club in KL and said to be where the meetings took place that led to the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO; the lead party in the ruling coalition). The original club building was demolished in the late 60
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Tanjung Aru
This pretty sweep of sand begins around the Shangri-Las Tanjung Aru Resort and stretches south to the airport. Tanjung Aru is a locals beach, full of picnic spots and swoony-eyed couples. Food stalls are plentiful, most closing up come dark. We would advise against swimming here; t
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Gaharu Tea Valley
This 300-acre gaharu (agarwood) plantation is a mini–Cameron Highlands right near Gopeng. Its touristy, with guides extolling the healing powers of gaharu and its role in Middle Eastern and Chinese cultures, plus contrived attractions like Lovers Tree. But with viewing platforms th
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Gua Kelam
Gua Kelam is a 370m-long cavern gouged out in the tin-mining days. Access is along a rickety gangway above a river that runs through the cave and emerges at a popular swimming spot in an attractive landscaped park, with a backdrop of craggy limestone hills. Gua Kelam is 1km from Ka
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Sree Veera Hanuman Temple
Honouring Hanuman, this temple has been under reconstruction for years, and should be a striking sight when its gopuram is revealed: the tower rises with the coiled tail of the monkey god. Various puja (special prayer) services happen here – check the website for details. Dont con
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Hong San Si Temple
Thought to date back to around 1840, this fine Hokkien Chinese temple with intricate rooftop dragons was fully restored in 2004. The new stone carvings, done by stonemasons brought in from mainland China, are superb.There is a big celebration here in April, when a long procession o
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Wat Nikrodharam
Although Alor Setar has weathered periods of Thai rule over the years, its main Buddhist community is Chinese in heritage. Thus the presence of this cross-cultural wat (Buddhist temple): typically Thai in structure yet scattered with Chinese Buddhist saints, of importance to the Ch
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Kranji War Memorial
The austere white structures and rolling hillside of the Kranji War Memorial contain the WWII graves of thousands of Allied troops. Headstones, many of which are inscribed simply with the words: a soldier of the 1939–1945 war, are lined in neat rows across manicured lawns. Walls ar
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Raaju’s Hill Strawberry Farm
Locals whisper that Raaju has the sweetest strawberries in town. Its believed that the way the evening mist hits this valley-tucked berry farm is the reason its fruit tastes so good. If berry picking (RM30 for two people for half a kilo of strawberries) sounds like too much hard wo
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Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park
Just west of Kota Kinabalu, the five islands of Manukan, Gaya, Sapi, Mamutik and Sulug and the reefs in between make up the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, covering a total area of just over 49 sq km. Only a short boat ride from the Kota Kinabalu city centre, they have some nice
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