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Gua Charas
Twenty-six kilometres north of Kuantan at Panching, the limestone karst containing Gua Charas towers high above the surrounding palm plantations. The caves owe their fame to a Thai Buddhist monk who came to meditate here about 50 years ago.It’s a steep climb up a stairway to the ca
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MacRitchie Reservoir
MacRitchie Reservoir makes for a calming, evocative jungle escape. Walking trails skirt the waters edge and snake through the mature secondary rainforest spotted with long-tailed macaques and huge monitor lizards. You can rent kayaks at the Paddle Lodge , but the highlight is the e
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Kundasang War Memorial
The junction for the Mesilau Nature Resort on the KK–Ranau Hwy is the site of the Kundasang War Memorial, which commemorates the Australian and British prisoners who died on the infamous Sandakan Death Marches. While other memorials in Sabah often seem neglected and forgotten, the
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Istana Lama
The magnificent Istana Lama, a black hardwood palace, was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a temporary replacement for an even older palace that was razed by British soldiers during the Bukit Putus War. Inside you can see the king and queen’s bedchambers, the children’
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Kek Lok Si Temple
The ‘Temple of Supreme Bliss’ is also the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia and one of the most recognisable buildings in the country. Built by an immigrant Chinese Buddhist in 1890, Kek Lok Si is a cornerstone of the Malay-Chinese community, who provided the funding for its two-
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Bario Asal Longhouse
This all-wood, 22-door longhouse has the traditional Kelabit layout. On the dapur (enclosed front verandah) each family has a hearth, while on the other side of the family units is the tawa’ , a wide back verandah – essentially an enclosed hall over 100m long – used for weddings, f
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Fort Sylvia
Built by Charle Brooke in 1880 to take control of the Upper Rejang, this wooden fort – built of belian – was renamed in 1925 to honour Ranee Sylvia, wife of Charles Vyner Brooke.The exhibits inside offer a pretty good introduction to the traditional lifestyles of the indigenous gro
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Lorong Buangkok
This wonderfully ramshackle kampong (village) seems willed into existence from an old black-and-white photograph. Chickens roam past colourful wooden houses, crickets hum in the background, and the 27 families here seem to have carefree sensibilities uncommon in the general populac
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Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve
Near the top of the Crocker Range, next to the main highway 20km from Tambunan, is this park devoted to the worlds largest flower. The Rafflesia Rangers can guide you into the jungle reserve for the day for RM100. Keningau-bound buses will stop here if you ask the driver to let you
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Muzium Negeri
This mildly diverting museum is worth a visit to learn a little about the megalith culture of Negeri Sembilan and to see the two gorgeous wood structures in the outside complex. The Ampang Tinggi Palace (1870) and the Rumah Negeri Sembilan , both transported and reconstructed here
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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Sungei Bulohs 202 hectares of mangroves, mudflats, ponds and secondary rainforest are a birdspotters paradise, with migratory birds including egrets, sandpipers and plovers joining locals like herons, bitterns, coucals and kingfishers. The reserve is also a good spot to see monitor
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Chew Jetty
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, George Towns Pengkalan Weld was the centre of one of the world’s most thriving ports and provided plentiful work for the never-ending influx of immigrants. Soon a community of Chinese grew up around the quay, with floating and stilt ho
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Bats & Swiftlets
At one time, some 470,000 bats and four million swiftlets called Niah home. There are no current figures, but the walls of the caves are no longer thick with bats and there are fewer bird’s nests to harvest.Several species of swiftlet nest on the cave walls. The most common by far
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Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris
Commanding Fort Canning Park is this offshoot of French private art museum Pinacothèque de Paris. Precious historic Southeast Asian sculpture, jewellery and other artefacts grace the small, free Heritage Gallery, with blockbuster temporary exhibitions (covering a range of themes) h
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Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Completed in 1958, Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien – named after the 28th Sultan of Brunei (the late father of the current sultan) – is surrounded by an artificial lagoon that serves as a reflecting pool. This being Brunei, the interior is pretty lavish. The floor and walls are made fro
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Batu Tulug
This hill is studded with caves housing the ancestors of local Chinese and Orang Sungai (People of the River). Because the Kinabatangan has a habit of frequently flooding, the final resting place of the dead has traditionally been located in cave complexes. Heavy wooden coffins are
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Resort World Genting
Though referred to as a hill station, Genting is a modern and very heavily developed resort 2000m above sea level. About 50km north of KL, it’s in stark contrast to the Old English style of other Malaysian upland resorts. There are no walks here, no quaint stone village, and in gen
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Rock Carvings
Although theyre a little difficult to find, the Santubong rock carvings on Sungai Jaong are worth seeking out if you have an interest in archaeology. Theres said to be nearly 40 of these artefacts, mostly carvings on boulders (including a distinct human figure), though its unlikely
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Taman Negeri Perlis
The small state park in the northwest of Perlis runs for 36km along the Thai border. It comprises the Nakawan Range of limestone hills and the Mata Ayer and Wang Mu Forest Reserves, but the main draw for visitors is the vast system of caves . To visit them you must hire a guide (RM
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East Coast Park
This 15km stretch of seafront park is where Singaporeans come to swim, windsurf, wakeboard, kayak, picnic, bicycle, inline skate, skateboard, and, of course, eat. Youll find swaying coconut palms, patches of bushland, a lagoon, sea-sports clubs, and some excellent eateries.Renting
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