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Pulau Penang Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:01:01 +0000

Back when the distinction between governments, armies and companies was less precise, the British-based East India Company sailed into Penang harbour and took over the 28-sq-km island as its first settlement on the Malay peninsula, a move intended to brea

What evolved on the formerly unpopulated ‘Betel Nut Island’ was a bustling port. Entrepreneurs of every imaginable ethnicity, most notably Chinese, flocked to this new land, creating wealth and cultural hybrids. Like many company settlements, Penang wilte

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Pulau Pangkor Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:01:02 +0000

The island of Pangkor is just a 40-minute ferry ride from Lumut, which is easily accessible via Ipoh. It’s a low-key resort island noted for its fine beaches. These can be visited via the road running around the island. The jungle-clad hills of the interi

At 8 sq km, Pangkor is a small island, but that hasn’t stopped the state government from trying to promote it as one of Malaysia’s main tourist destinations. Fishing and dried fish products are still a major industry for the island, particularly on the ea

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Pulau Langkawi Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:01:03 +0000

Malaysia’s best-known holiday destination, Langkawi is one of those places whose name alone summons up images of tropical romance and carefree days under swaying coconut palms. In the Andaman Sea 30km off the coast from Kuala Perlis, it is made up of a gr

Only the main island, the 478.5 sq km Pulau Langkawi, has any real settlement. Fringed with long, sandy beaches and with an interior of jungle-clad hills and picturesque paddy-fields, it’s easy to see why this is Malaysia’s most heavily promoted tourist h

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Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:01:06 +0000

Malaysia’s multiculturalism is best viewed along the west coast. Nestled against the Straits of Melaka, protected, for the most part, against swells and tsunamis, this part of the peninsula has entertained foreign visitors since the days of early traders

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Melaka Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:01:13 +0000

One of Malaysia’s most eagerly sought-after destinations, the small city-state of Melaka (Malacca) lures droves of visitors to its namesake historic port city, where they are quickly steeped in an intoxicating multicultural world of heritage architecture

Under the Melaka sultanates, the city was a wealthy centre for trade with China, India, Siam (Thailand) and Indonesia, owing to its strategic position on the Selat Melaka (Strait of Melaka). The Melaka sultanates were the basis for Malaysia as it appears

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Ipoh Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:01:35 +0000

Ipoh, which takes its name from the poisonous ipoh tree (Antiaris Toxicaria) which once grew in profusion here, was established in the 1870s and quickly made its fortune from the rich tin mine of the Kinta valley; the city’s elegant mansions testify to t

For the visitor, Ipoh is mainly a transit town, a place where you change buses if you’re heading for Pulau Pangkor or the Cameron Highlands. However, the grand colonial architecture of the ‘Old Town’ west of the Sungai Kinta (Kinta River) is well worth ex

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Georgetown Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:01:37 +0000

Georgetown is a bustling, colourful and largely Chinese city, full of tumbledown shophouses, impressive colonial architecture and countless trishaws ferrying tourists and locals alike around the maze of broad streets and narrow lanes. Ancient trades such

Chinese and Indian temples, neoclassical reminders of the Raj and a plethora of old-fashioned little shops sprinkled across the city make Georgetown a fascinating place to wander. Most visitors to the island stay in the city, which has countless hotels, r

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Cameron Highlands Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:01:39 +0000

Malaysia’s most extensive hill station, about 60km off the main KL–Ipoh–Butterworth road at Tapah, is at an altitude of 1300m to 1829m. The Cameron Highlands is a vast area of rolling green hills, tea plantations and forests stretching along the road from

The Cameron Highlands takes its name from William Cameron, the surveyor who mapped the area in 1885. He was soon followed by tea planters, Chinese vegetable farmers and wealthy colonialists seeking a cool escape from the heat of the lowlands.

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Butterworth Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:01:40 +0000

This mainland town is the jumping-off point for Pulau Penang. The Butterworth–Penang ferry jetty (RM1.20, every 20 minutes from 5.30am to 12.30pm) is conveniently located next to the train and bus stations. Fares for the ferry are charged only for the jou

Buses depart from Butterworth to the following destinations: Johor Bahru (RM49, 12 hours, six daily), KL (RM26, five hours, hourly), Kota Bharu (RM27.90, seven hours, two daily), Kuala Terengganu (RM40, 10 hours, two daily), Kuantan (RM43, 12 hours, six d

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Batu Ferringhi Peninsular Malaysia West Coast

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:01:44 +0000

The road from Teluk Bahang along the coast to Batu Ferringhi is a picturesque stretch of small coves and more beaches. Batu Ferringhi (Foreigner’s Rock) is a resort strip stretching along Jln Batu Ferringhi, the main drag, which is lined with big hotels,

The beach is fine for sunbathing, but doesn’t compare to Malaysia’s best, the water being not as clear as you might expect. The beach itself can be a little scruffy in parts, especially on weekends when hordes of day-trippers visit. Though it can get crow

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