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Istana Budaya
Designed by Mohammed Ka’amur Yaakub, the building’s giant roof is based on a traditional Malay floral decoration of betel leaves, while its footprint resembles a wau bulan (moon kite). Every Saturday from 6pm to 11pm there’s the Laman Santai – free live music and dance performances
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Kwong Tong Cemetery
This fascinating cemetery lies directly south of the Royal Museum and is notable not just for its immense size (333 hectares of rolling grassy hills and fragrant frangipani trees) but the many notables buried within. These include Kapitan Yap Ah Loy, founder of KL. There are also m
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Permai Rainforest Resort
The day rate at this bungalow complex is a real bargain. In addition to a safe, fine-sand beach with changing facilities, a variety of leisure and adventure activities are on offer, including a high-ropes course (per person RM60), a perfectly vertical climbing wall (RM48), sea kaya
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Natural History Museum
This building, built in 1908 and adorned with a Wallace butterfly in reference to the naturalist it is named after, is currently being used to store zoological and archaeological specimens (including finds excavated in Niah) and as offices. It is not open to the general public, but
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Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
For a peek at work being turned out by artists in Singapore and elsewhere in the region, stop by the galleries inside this leading Singaporean art school. The rotating exhibitions focus on both established artists and emerging talent, in genres including painting, sculpture, photog
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Muzium Musik
This new museum has one floor of exhibits on the history and variety of traditional music from the region. Among the things youll learn from the displays is that Orang Asli believe music can ward off evil spirits. The building itself, one of the most striking around Merdeka Square,
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Zoo Taiping & Night Safari
As far as zoos go, this is a well-maintained space with notable native residents including elephants, tigers and Malayan sun bears. The night safari, billed as Malaysia’s first, gets mixed reviews but offers a chance to see nocturnal animals beginning to stir. Zoo Taiping is locate
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Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque
One of the most striking sights in Putrajaya is the steel arch fronting the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque, Putrajayas second in importance after Putra Mosque, though double the size. The mosque is the site of a large and colorful Ramadan bazaar every year where you can sample s
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MAP
The cultural anchor of the forward-thinking mall Publika, MAP hosts excellent art and photography exhibitions in its White Box space, while the Black Box space has everything from shows by Malaysian death-metal bands to major public events and product launches. Publika mall is loca
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Gunung Raya
The tallest mountain on the island (881m) can be reached by a snaking, paved road through the jungle. It’s a spectacular drive to the top with views across the island and over to Thailand from a lookout point and a small teahouse (assuming there’s no fog). In the evening there’s a
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Art & Garden by Fuan Wong
Rising up a hillside on a part of the family’s durian orchard is this amazing conceptual garden where Fuan Wong marries his superb collection of weird and wonderful plants with his glass sculptures and installations. Creative works by other artists are dotted throughout the garden
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San Ching Tian Temple
This, one of the largest Taoist temples in Southeast Asia, was built in 2000. Set in a peaceful courtyard with soothing wind chimes, the temples design features intricate dragon reliefs brought from China and majestic figures of the Three Pure Ones. Situated in the suburban neighbo
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Menara Taming Sari
Melakas revolving viewing deck looks worryingly like a theme park ride without the seat belts. Luckily, this is a leisurely thrill ride, and one with air-con. The UFO-shaped chamber atop this 80m-high tower slowly rotates as it ascends and descends, allowing panoramic views of Mela
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Lambir Hills National Park
The 69-sq-km Lambir Hills National Park shelters dozens of jungle waterfalls, plenty of cool pools where you can take a dip, and a bunch of great walking trails through mixed dipterocarp and kerangas forests. A perennial favourite among locals and an important centre of scientific
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National Planetarium
Part of the National Space Agency the planetarium offers shows in the Space Theatre throughout the day, has an observation deck (for looking at KL), a space observatory, and in the grounds are small-scale models of famous historic observatories such as Stonehenge. Parts of the rock
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Medan Pasar
Pedestrianised Medan Pasar (which translates as Market Square) was once the heart of Chinatown. Kapitan Yap Ah Loy lived here, and in addition to holding the citys wet market, it was a place of brothels and illegal gambling dens (now long gone). In the centre stands an art deco clo
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Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple
Dedicated to Kaliamman, the Destroyer of Evil, this south Indian temple began life in 1870 as a modest shrine but underwent a significant facelift in 1969 to transform it into the beauty standing today. The carvings here – particularly on the vimana (domed structure within the temp
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ArtScience Museum
Designed by prolific Israeli-born Moshe Safdie and looking like a giant white lotus, the lily pond–framed ArtScience Museum hosts major international travelling exhibitions in fields as varied as art, design, media, science and technology. Expect anything from explorations of deep-
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Limbang Raid Memorial
Commemorates four members of the Sarawak Constabulary and five members of the UK’s 42 Commando Royal Marines killed during the Limbang Raid of 12 December 1962, which retook the town from rebels of the pro-Indonesian North Kalimantan National Army. The memorial is 400m south of the
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Chinese Cemetery
Sandakans Chinese Cemetery is huge. As you wander further along the cemetery, youll notice the graves become older and more decrepit – many have been claimed by the jungle. You will also see some charnel houses that accommodate the important members of Sandakans major Chinese clans
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