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Pantai Tengah
Head south and Langkawi gets a little more polished; as the road loops around a rocky headland, you’re in upscale Pantai Tengah. It’s a slightly smaller, narrower beach, with less noisy water-sports activity than on Pantai Cenang. There are a few big, all-inclusive resorts here, go
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Padang Merdeka
Padang Merdeka (Independence Sq) is a strip of grass that was established as a memorial following WWI. It is best known as the place where the British exhibited the body of Tok Janggut (Father Beard), a respected elder who was killed at Pasir Puteh in 1915 after leading a 2000-stro
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Malay College
To the north of town lies the first Malay school to provide English education for the Malay elite destined for the civil service. Nicknamed the Eton of the East, it was established in 1905 and during the 1950s Anthony Burgess, who later authored A Clockwork Orange , wrote his first
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Kompleks Sejarah Pasir Salak
Kampung Pasir Salak is both a sleepy riverside village and the birthplace of Malay nationalism, a site steeped in symbology and patriotic myth-making. This was where James WW Birch, the first British Resident of Perak, was speared to death in 1875 while taking a bath. The event is
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Galeri Sultan Azlan Shah
Built in 1903, Istana Kota hosts the Galeri Sultan Azlan Shah . The Galeri features an exhibition honouring the life of the current sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah: see his sunglasses, passport, shoes and a separate building that holds his four Rolls Royces, Louis Vuitton luggag
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Sam Poh Footprint Temple
This renovated seaside temple has a shrine dedicated to the legendary Admiral Zheng He, who was also known as Sam Poh. The temple sanctifies a huge ‘footprint’ on the rock that’s reputed to belong to the famous navigator (local Hindus, on the other hand, believe the footprint to be
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Saberkas Weekend Market
One of the most colourful and friendly markets in Sarawak. Vendors are more than happy to answer questions about their produce, which includes tropical fruits and vegetables, BBQ chicken, satay and handicrafts. Situated about 3km northeast of the centre outside the Saberkas Commerc
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Taman Botani
This 93-hectare site just north of town features attractive tropical gardens, a visitors centre, lakeside restaurant and a beautifully tiled Moroccan Pavilion (admission adult/child RM3/1). A tourist tram (RM4) trundles between the flower beds and trestles, and you can hire bicycle
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Kompleks Dayabumi
The former headquarters of Petronas, Kompleks Dayabumi was designed by Nik Mohammed and built in 1981. In profile, the 35-storey marble-clad tower, cloaked in delicate fretwork screens, forms a four-pointed star intersected by a square, a recurring symbol in Islamic art. To get her
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Wat Kok Seraya
At Chabang Empat, if you turn to the right (north) at the light in front of the police station, you will come to Wat Kok Seraya after about 1km, which houses a modest standing female Buddha. While the temple’s architecture is Thai, the female Buddha is more Chinese, which is probab
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Escape
Fun for all the family here, but be warned: adults report being more challenged than their kids by the adventurous games and attractions at this new eco-themed play park near the butterfly farm, some of which involve climbing and jumping. Escape is located about 1km south of Teluk
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Muzium Arkeologi
Along the banks of Sungai Bujang, the Muzium Arkeologi chronicles the excavations, and displays stone carvings, pottery and other artefacts. However, most of the carvings have been lost, and only a handful of items are on display, such as a fragment of a wall frieze and a statue of
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Memorial Stone
Theres a small monument to Private Thomas Leslie Starcevich, an Australian WWII veteran. In 1945, Starcevich single-handedly overwhelmed a Japanese machine-gun position, for which he received the Victoria Cross, the British militarys highest decoration. The stone is at the bottom o
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Durian Perangin
The swimming pools here are a 10 minutes’ walk up paved steps through the forest, with pagoda-like shaded seating areas along the way. The water is always refreshingly cool, but the falls are best seen at the end of monsoon season, from late September and early October. The waterfa
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Petrosains
Fill an educational few hours at this interactive science discovery centre with all sorts of buttons to press and levers to pull. Many of the activities and displays focus on the wonderful things that fuel has brought to Malaysia – no prizes for guessing who sponsors the museum. As
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Museum and Art Gallery
Six kilometres south of Georgetown, on the sprawling campus of Universiti Sains Malaysia, is the Museum and Art Gallery . There’s a collection of traditional Malaysian and Indonesian musical instruments (including several full gamelan orchestras), aboriginal and Baba-Nonya pieces,
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Sabah Tea Garden
A pretty tea plantation huddles in the mountains near Ranau. Contact the tea garden to arrange tours of both the plantation and surrounding rainforests and river valleys. Overnight packages are available in a cosy bungalow, a traditional longhouse or campsite. Also offers tours of
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Sam Poh Temple
As unexpected sites in the hills go, a temple dedicated to a Chinese eunuch and naval officer just about tops the list. This temple, just below Brinchang about 1km off the main road, is a brilliant pastiche of imperial Chinese regalia, statuary dedicated to medieval admiral and eun
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Orchid De Villa
If youre crazy about flora, head to this farm, located about 20km from central KK, along the road to Penampang. The farm specialises in rare Bornean orchids, hybrid orchids, cacti and herbal plants, and provides all of the five-star hotels in the region with flower arrangements. At
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Sekeping Tenggiri
If youre not a guest at the adjoining guesthouse youll need to make an appointment to view landscape architect Ng Seksans superb collection of Malaysian contemporary art, so large that hes turned over a whole house to store and display it. View pieces by top talents including Phuan
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