Blogs from Malaysia, Asia - page 765

Well after a very eventful flight over I was finally in kl airport. The flight over was ok flew from Gatwick to Dubai then to Singapore and finally kl.i sat with 2 very interesting people on the plane. A young Indian guy called Ben on the first flight then a teenager called Edgar from euganda.he was going to Malaysia to study for 4 years and has never traveled before. He also had a culture shock with the type of food that was being offered as it really wasn’t what he was used to. He was a great guy and enjoyed passing away the flight time with him. I arrived in kl airport in the early hours of Sunday morning and was shattered was greeted by a very smart Malaysian man who got me a taxi (I ... read more

Selamat Detang everyone Welcome to Malaysia, its early days and we are right on the tourist trail, and so far everyone has been very friendly and helpful. After a very long trip traveling the relatively short distance from the city of Singapore to Melaka in Malaysia, the time being taken by having to queue to get through customs!! Arriving in the historic town of Melaka, we found a very clean and friendly place to stay called Trekkers Lodge, the staff very friendly and helpful, towels are provided but no top sheet, this has to be hired separately!! (we live and learn). Although we’d read up about Melaka before arriving, it didn’t prepared us for the history of the place and it's been fascinating as well as a gourmets delight, well perhaps not quite, but the food ... read more

Yesterday was a long travelling day: boat trip from Pulau Mabul to Semporna, then a mini-bus ride to Tawau airport followed by a flight to Kota Kinabalu and finally a flight to Kuching. We had a few hours in Kota Kinabalu and because Sean wasn't feeling well we killed time at the shopping malls. We had our heavy bags with us so I "borrowed" a supermarket trolley to cart our bags around the mall. Today we went to Bako National Park in the morning. Our guide meticulously pointed out all the plants that were especially good at providing aphrodisiacal qualities - for both men and women. She was quite obsessive about the whole thing. The local press here quotes a report that Malaysian men have sex, on average, 3.6 times a month. Perhaps that's why she ... read more

This is our third day on Pulau Mabul and tomorrow we leave this island and Sabah for Sarawak. A very experienced (scuba) diver here said that I was either brave or foolish to attempt diving at Pulau Sipadan (half an hour's boat trip from here) after not having dived for 8 years. In case you didn't know Pulau Sipadan is one of the greatest diving sites in the world. But such is the allure of Sipadan that I bravely, foolishly, attempted the dives. Yes I had several bouyancy problems and had to be pulled down by Sean back down into the water. It's strange that all the excessive eating during this holiday has not added sufficient weight to keep me underwater. The reward for diving at Sipadan: sharks, turtles, lots of corals and big fish, small ... read more