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Kusu Island
By far the smallest of the three islands, Kusu is also the most pleasant. Step off the boat and into an area of picnic-friendly landscaped gardens, home to a small turtle sanctuary and the colourful Taoist Tua Pek Kong Temple . Further on is the beach , its shallow water ideal for
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Bukit Patoi Recreational Park
Within the protected Peradayan Forest Reserve , it is possible to do a 2km (one way) hike to the top of Bukit Patoi (310m). The well-marked trail, through pristine jungle, begins at the picnic tables and toilet block at the park entrance, about 15km southeast of Bangar (towards Law
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Sansheng Gong
If you have time, consider taking Route 51 all the way to Kuala Pilah, a pretty town with rows of colorful Chinese shophouses and one of Malaysia’s most interesting Chinese temples, the Sansheng Gong. The temple was the first in the country dedicated to Guan Gong, sometimes referre
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Sin Sze Si Ya Temple
Kuala Lumpurs oldest Chinese temple was built on the instructions of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy and is dedicated to Sin Sze Ya and Si Sze Ya, two Chinese immigrants instrumental in Yaps ascension to Kapitan status. Several beautiful objects decorate the temple, including two hanging carved
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Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery
Also known as the Siong Lim Temple, this breathtaking monastery was established in 1898 and inspired by the Xi Chang Shi temple in Fuzhou, China. Two majestic gates frame the entrance, while further to the right is a seven-storey pagoda adorned with carvings. Inside the complex, sh
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Bukit China
More than 12,500 graves, including about 20 Muslim tombs, cover the 25 grassy hectares of serene Chinese Hill. Since the times of British rule, there have been several attempts to acquire Bukit China for road widening, land reclamation or development purposes. Fortunately, Cheng Ho
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Panorama Langkawi
Panorama Langkawi encompasses a befuddling number of attractions with individual entrance prices (packages are available). But the star of the show, and one of the island’s most worthwhile attractions, is the SkyCab cable car that takes visitors on a vertiginous 20-minute trip to t
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Boh Sungei Palas Tea Estate
The Cameron Highlands most famous tea plantation has a modern visitors centre, where you can watch a video on the estate’s history. There’s also a giftshop selling every version of Boh tea you can imagine and a pleasant cafe where you can sip tea while looking out over the lush pla
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Great Cave
A raised boardwalk leads 3.1km (3½ to four hours return) through swampy, old-growth rainforest to the mouth of the Great Cave, a vast cavern approximately 2km long, up to 250m across and up to 60m high. Inside, the trail splits to go around a massive central pillar, but both branch
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Cat Statues
It’s just a coincidence that in Bahasa Malaysia, Kuching means ‘cat’ (spelled kucing), but the city fathers have milked the homonym for everything it’s worth, branding Sarawak’s capital as the ‘Cat City’ and erecting a number of marvellously kitschy cat statues to beautify the urba
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River Safari
This wildlife park recreates the habitats of numerous world-famous rivers, including the Yangtze, Nile and Congo. While most are underwhelming, the Mekong River and Amazon Flooded Forest exhibits are impressive, their epic aquariums rippling with giant catfish and stingrays, electr
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Robertson Quay
The most remote and least visited of the quays is home to some of the best eateries and bars along the river, including Mexican It kid Super Loco and well-priced wine bar Wine Connection. The precinct is also home to the Singapore Tyler Print Institute , which hosts international a
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Kellie’s Castle
Also known as Kellie’s Folly, this mansion is one of those leftovers of British eccentricity you occasionally find scattered in some random corner of the old empire. The best-preserved rooms are the guest bedrooms, adorned with fine figurative plasterwork, and there are splendid vi
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Fort Canning Park
When Raffles rolled into Singapore, locals steered clear of Fort Canning Hill, then called Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) out of respect for the sacred shrine of Sultan Iskandar Shah, ancient Singapuras last ruler. These days, the hill is better known as Fort Canning Park, a lush
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Brunei Museum
Bruneis national museum, with its Islamic-art gallery, exhibits depicting Bruneis role in Southeast Asian history from the arrival of the Spanish and Portuguese in the 1500s and natural-history gallery, is a decent place to blow an hour of your time. It is situated 4.5km east of ce
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Mari Mari Cultural Village
With three-hour tours at 10am, 2pm or 6pm, Mari Mari showcases various traditional homes of Sabahan ethnic communities – the Bajau, Lundayeh, Murut, Rungus and Dusun – all of which are built by descendants of the tribes they represent. Along the way youll get the chance to see blow
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Wind Cave & Clearwater Cave
Zipping along a jungle river in a longboat on your way to the caves is not a bad way to start the day. The Wind Cave, named for the cool breezes blowing through it, has several chambers, including the cathedral-like King’s Chamber, filled with dreamlike forests of stalagmites and c
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Rainforest Discovery Centre
The RDC, about 1.5km from SORC, offers an engaging graduate-level education in tropical flora and fauna. Outside the exhibit hall filled with child-friendly displays, a botanical garden presents samples of tropical plants. Theres a gentle 1km lakeside walking trail, and a series of
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Snake Temple
The most misleadingly named destination in Penang is about 3km before the airport. Yes, there are snakes at the temple but, cmon, with a name like that you expect beating drums and mad monks wielding 20-foot vipers. In reality its just a temple with some snakes sleeping on sticks.
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Kubah National Park
Mixed dipterocarp forest, among the lushest and most threatened habitats in Borneo, is front and centre at this 22-sq-km national park, which more than lives up to its clunky motto, ‘the home of palms and frogs’. Scientists have found here an amazing 98 species of palm, out of 213
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