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Kuching Mosque
Built in 1968, Kuching Mosque was the state mosque until a larger one was built in 1990 at Petra Jaya. The mosques gold domes are particularly beautiful at sunset.
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Orchidville
Similar to the Mandai Orchid Gardens, but has the bonus of a fantastic on-site restaurant, Forrest . To get to these two sights, see the transport details to the zoo.
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Museum of Custom and Tradition
Right in Alor Gajah Square is the Museum of Custom and Tradition, which exhibits a modest collection of Malay wedding customs, bridal gifts and ceremonial rites.
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ARNDT
Representing high-profile artists including Gilbert & George, Berlin-based ARNDT showcases a mix of European and Asian artists at its Gillman Barracks outpost.
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Pahang Club
The road next to the Clifford School leads up a hill to the black-and-white wooden Pahang Club, off Jln Lipis, a stately and dignified bungalow with wide, open verandahs.
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Jeriau Waterfall
About 4km northwest of the town centre, along Jln Air Terjun, is Jeriau Waterfall, where you can swim. It’s a 20-minute climb up from the road to reach the falls.
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Turtle Sanctuary
The turtle sanctuary next to Club Med has a few basins with baby and rehabilitating green turtles, and can offer information about the laying and hatching periods.
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Mukut
This traditional kampung may be one of the prettiest towns on the island, and the beach is lovely. If it’s traditional Malaysian life your after, Mukut is your spot.
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Juara
Juara has the best surfing beach in Tioman and enough restaurants and accommodations to make it well worth the trip. The beachfront bungalows here are out of this world.
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Ban Po Thar
Ban Po Thar is the seven-tier, 30m-high tower that is the ‘face’ of Kek Lok Si. The design is said to be Burmese at the top, Chinese at the bottom and Thai in between.
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Sands SkyPark Observation Deck
Marina Bay Sands cantilevered observation deck offers a sweeping, birds-eye view of the citys landmarks, including Gardens by the Bay and the ever-expanding skyline.
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Sri Tehndayuthapany Swamy
Located just south of Brinchang is this colourful Hindu place of worship. On our visit the temples Tamil Nadu–style sculptures had enjoyed some recent renovation.
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Mulu Discovery Centre
Offers a fine introduction to the park as a ‘biodiversity hotspot’ and to its extraordinary geology. Situated in the HQ building, between the park office and Café Mulu.
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Great Cat of Kuching
A 2½m-high white pussycat with blue eyes and wire whiskers, is perched at the eastern end of Jln Padungan, on a traffic island just outside the Chinese ceremonial gate.
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Deer Park
Close to the children’s playground, and home to a collection of tame deer including the tiny Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse deer), the world’s smallest hoofed mammal.
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Butterfly and Reptile Sanctuary
Just across from the Melaka Zoo is the Butterfly and Reptile Sanctuary , which has a collection of exotic creepy-crawlies, snakes and some crocodiles at the reptile park.
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Kampung Paya
With two moderately priced resorts offering all inclusive packages, Paya is more popular with Singaporean students and the organised tour set looking to snorkel off Paya beach.
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State Art Gallery
The elegant structure of this gallery, built in 1893 as a courthouse, is enough of a reason to visit, less so the rather uninspiring gallery of contemporary Malaysian art it holds.
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Ling Nam Temple
This colourful, gaudy temple is the oldest Chinese temple in Perak. There’s sadly not much left apart from a boat figure dedicated to the emperor who built China’s first canal.
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Sri Poyatha Venayagar Moorthi Temple
One of the first Hindu temples built in Malaysia, this temple was constructed in 1781 on the plot given by the religiously tolerant Dutch and dedicated to the Hindu deity Venayagar.
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