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Sekayu Falls
Located 56km southwest of Kuala Terengganu, Sekayu Falls are part of the Sekayu Recreational Forest, a large park popular with locals on Friday and public holidays. The falls extend down a mountainside; the main falls are a 15-minute walk from the entrance, but a further 20 minutes
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German Girl Shrine
Housed in a wooden hut beside an Assam tree, this shrine is one of the islands quirkier sights. Legend has it that the young daughter of a German coffee-plantation manager was running away from British troops who had come to arrest her parents during WWI and fell fatally into the q
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Bukit Belanda
Bukit Belanda – Dutch Hill – is a 420m hill located behind the village of Bilit. The land is owned by the citizens of Bilit, who, despite pressures from logging companies, have not opened the hill to the timber industry, preferring to maintain it as a haven for wildlife. Hike to th
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Changi Village
The low-slung buildings are modern, but Changi Village still has a village atmosphere; the lively hawker centre next to the bus terminus is the focal point. Changi Beach (where thousands of Singaporean civilians were executed during WWII), lapped by the polluted waters of the Strai
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Reflections at Bukit Chandu
Atop Bukit Chandu (Opium Hill) and housed in a renovated colonial-era villa, this modest yet fascinating WWII interpretive centre combines firsthand accounts, personal artefacts, maps and historical footage to recount the brutal fall of Singapore. The focus is on the 1st and 2nd Ba
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Singapore Art Museum
Formerly the St Josephs Institution – a Catholic boys school – SAM now sings the praises of contemporary Southeast Asian art. Themed exhibitions include works from the museums permanent collection as well as those from private collections, from painting and sculpture to video art a
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Telaga Tujuh
The series of freshwater rockpools at Telaga Tujuh, located at the top of a waterfall inland from Pantai Kok, make a refreshing alternative to splashing about in the ocean. To get here follow the road from Pantai Kok past Oriental Village (SkyCab is well signposted) until it dead-e
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National Visual Arts Gallery
Occupying a pyramid-shaped block, the NVAG showcases modern and contemporary Malaysian art. Its always worth turning up to see a variety of interesting temporary shows of local and regional artists, as well as pieces from the gallerys permanent collection of 4000 pieces, including
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Protestant Cemetery
Under a canopy of magnolia trees you’ll find the graves of Captain Francis Light and many others, including governors, merchants, sailors and Chinese Christians who fled the Boxer Rebellion in China (a movement opposing Western imperialism and evangelism), only to die of fever in P
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Canopy Walkway
As you probably know, most of the action in a tropical rainforest happens up in the forest canopy, which can be frustrating for earthbound humans. The lodges 107m canopy walkway provides a good chance to get up where the action is. Its located on the access road, a 10-minute walk f
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Jurong Bird Park
Home to some 600 species of feathered friends – including spectacular macaws – Jurong is a great place for young kids. Highlights include the wonderful Lory Loft forest enclosure, where you can feed colourful lories and lorikeets, and the interactive High Flyers (11am and 3pm) and
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Wind Cave
Situated 5km southwest of Bau, the Wind Cave is essentially a network of underground streams. Unlit boardwalks in the form of a figure eight run through the caves, allowing you to wander along the three main passages (total length: 560m) with chittering bats (both fruit- and insect
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St Johns Island
Spooky St Johns has a chequered past: it was a quarantine for immigrants in the 1930s before becoming a political prison and later a rehabilitation centre for opium addicts. A prison-like feel still lingers, barbed-wire fences and watch towers dotting the landscape. Theres a small
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Brunei Darussalam Maritime Museum
A gleaming building, ship-like in both style and proportion, houses this interesting museum opened in 2015 at Kota Batu, 4.5km east of the city centre (take the 39 bus). On display are some of the more than 13,000 artefacts excavated from a shipwreck discovered by divers in 1997. T
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Bukit Gemok Forest Reserve
About 10km from Tawaus centre, this reserve is great for a day visit, the jungle filled with chattering monkeys and popular with trekkers and tour groups. About an hours hiking will bring you to the Titian Selara canopy walkway , which at 231m-long, offers terrific views of Tawau a
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Templer Park
About 22km north of KL beside Hwy 1, Templer was once part of a rubber estate, but the Forestry Department took over in the 1980s, preserving 1200 hectares of primary jungle from the developers. Today its a popular weekend retreat for nature-oriented locals, with walking and joggin
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Istana
The grand, whitewashed, neoclassical home of Singapores president, set in 40 acres of grounds, was built by the British between 1867 and 1869 as Government House, and is open to visitors five times a year: on Labour Day (1 May), the Sunday before National Day (7 August), Chinese Ne
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Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Built in the 1880s, this national monument was the headquarters of Dr Sun Yat Sens Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in Southeast Asia, which led to the overthrow of the Qing dynasty and the creation of the first Chinese republic. Dr Sun Yat Sen briefly stayed in the house while touri
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Taman Tamadu Islam
Touted as the world’s first ‘Islamic civilisation park,’ Taman Tamadu Islam, 2.5km west of Kuala Terengganu, is essentially a series of miniature models of famous Islamic landmarks from across the world, including Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock and Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram. The highli
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Masjid Selat Melaka
This gold-domed mosque gazes dreamily at the Strait of Melaka from its shoreside perch. Completed in 2006, the mosques grand archways are panelled with intricate stained glass. When water levels are high, it appears to float. Masjid Selat Melaka is especially beautiful during morni
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