Welcome to Malaysia
- Aug 2, 2015
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Sylvie and I have the chance to vacation in many exotic places around the world and Malaysia is one of our favorite destination.
We visited Kuala Lumpur which the locals simply called "KL", the federal capital and the largest city in Malaysia. Translating from Malay, it literally means "muddy river confluence". KL has grown from a small sleepy Chinese tin-mining village to a bustling metropolis of around 6.5 million (city-proper population of 1.8 million) in just 150 years.
One of the most iconic structure in KL is the towering Petronas Twin Tower made famous with its climatic hair-raising scene of the 1999 film,"Entrapment" was filmed at the skybridge starring Sean Connery and actress, Catherine Zeta-Jones.
We love visiting the Old City Centre/Old Town - the core of KL with colonial centre, the Merdeka Square, Sultan Abdul Samad Building and Selangor Club. The Chinese commercial centre where the locals called Chinatown. A bubbling, bustling melting pot of Malays, Indians, Chinese and many other ethnic groups living together in peace and harmony.
Multiculturalism has not only made Malaysia a gastronomical paradise and exotic food where Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern would love to hang out with the locals. The "satay" and curries were so aromatic and delicious.
We enjoyed many local abundance of tropical fruits and we especially love a thorny fruit as big as our head which they
called "durians". The rich succulent fruit is sweet, creamy and also to a certain extend "bitter" after taste. We enjoyed so
many diverse and colorful festivals during our stay. It's no wonder that we love celebrating and socializing with the
locals. Malaysia general has no seasonal changes where heavy downpour usually at late afternoons resulting from convection evaporation, but we love to hang out for a cool weekend getaway resort in Cameron Highlands, about 3 to 4 hours hilly winding drive from KL.
Geographically, Malaysiais as diverse as its culture. Malaysia is divided into 13 states and 3 federal territories, separated by the South China Sea with 11 states and 2 federal territories (Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya) in Peninsular Malaysia and two states, Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia. The 13,400-foot Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, is the highest mountain in the S.E. Asia region.
One of Malaysia's key attractions is its extreme contrasts. From towering skyscrapers to wooden houses built on stilts, and "attap" palm tree roof. From a five-star hotel situated several feet away from ancient reefs and a cool hideaways in the highlands that roll down to warm, sandy beaches and rich, humid mangroves.
For the perfect holiday, full of surprises and fascinations, the time is now, the place is Malaysia. We would definitely love to visit Malaysia again
We enjoyed our trip to Malaysia and we are sure you too will enjoy the rich cultural diversities and gastronomical vacation paradise ~ Malaysia. For more information about Malaysia do check out the InsiderTV video by Carey Ng.
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