| D Varshnei |
16 June 2004 |
Stayed at Sheraton Perdana Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We took a tour to see the Crocodile firm, Craft complex and many other hot places. Our Favourite one is Mangrove River Cruise.
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| S Robertson |
02 June 2004 |
Stayed at Sabah Hotel - Sandakan, Malaysia.
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The best thing about staying in Sandakan was definitely a visit to the Agnes Keith house, which was very interesting, and lunch or afternoon tea at the English Team rooms. This was a gem and really lets you feel how life was lived in the 30s. We had two lunches and a dinner there. The food was delicious and served by very friendly staff. You can even play a game of croquet while you wait for your traditional afternoon tea to be served! Don't take one of the overpriced Colonial Sandakan Tours - the place is only a short walk from the Sabah hotel or you could take a taxi for 5 ringits.
We took the local bus from the town centre to the Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary for the grand sum of 3.60 ringits (for two). The ride is hot, but it does provide some local colour - much better than the airconditioned bus!
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| H Rana |
29 May 2004 |
Stayed at Maya, Hotel - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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If you are travelling with small children as I did there are some great places to take them. The Times Square building has an indoor amusement park over 3 floors and is suitable for small kids. Sunway lagoon is also an excellent water park for small children. It's great fun even when its raining as the water and the rain is warm. Melaka zoo was good fun but we found the town itself unexciting. Batu caves is a must but be warned there are nearly 200 steps going up. We found the firefly trip good although the journey to it is long.
Shopping is excellent especially at Sungi Wang. You can get discount off a lot of items if you ask - 10 ringgit instead of the price marked 25 ringgit. Travelling around is fairly straight forward on the trains and mono rail. The staff and public were very helpful. The taxis are also fairly cheap. If you are going on trips use the taxis off thhe street and haggle over the price its alot cheaper than useing the hotel ones.
Just two words of warning though. Firstly if you are using a taxi from the airport to the hotel, use the prepaid service inside the airport and don't get caught out by those very friendly faces looking to help you out. Secondly is very important for the ladies. Avoid carrying a hand bag is you can or carry a very small one which you can tuck away. If you are walking on the pavements walk on the inside and not by the curb. There have been a lot of hand bag snatches and one very serious injury in May 2004. Malaysia is a great place to visit but sadly never enough time to do all the things you want, so I'll be going back.
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| Y Lim |
17 May 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Damai Lagoon - Kuching, Malaysia.
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Getting to the airport from Damai Lagoon was expensive, 60 RM per trip. I went to Bako on 17/7/2004 on a tour by CPH travel. The jungle trail was fantastic and taxing, see many species of plants and animals, blue color crabs, orange color crabs, green color snakes, proboscis monkey, wild boar. Rehman was a good guide.
Saw the Sea-Stack (Rock) by boat in the afternoon, sea was rough. Saw small fishes jumping out of the water. The mangrove-swamp trees were covered by the sea up to the tree-trunks, a great sight!!I will come back again.
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| W Wan mahmud |
07 May 2004 |
Stayed at Telang Usan Hotel - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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I use the city tram tour which is provided by Sarawak Tourism Board to get around Kuching town. It is free provided you get a sticker from the hotel or Tourism offices. For those who really into shopping - India Street and Main Bazaar are the two places that should not be missed. I also went to Damai to visit Sarawak Cultural Village. Excellent alternative for those who do not have time to go to longhouses. I must say, the performance by the dancers at the Sarawak Cultural Village is superb. For those who are into ethnic rhythm - check out their CD - Tumu' Kame', you will not regret it.
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| L Rowe |
06 May 2004 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Kuching - Sarawak, Malaysia.
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It's great to take a "sanpan" across the river and visit the Orchid gardens, Fort Margharita, and the Police Museum. The markets are great and having a drink along the waterfront towards the end of the evening can top a night off nicely.
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| S Lim |
04 May 2004 |
Stayed at Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort - Langkawi, Malaysia.
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We chartered a boat to the Pulau Payar Marine Park and it was a sight to behold, just beautiful. Restaurant Kitta serves good food at a reasonable price. Museum Perdana was worth every sen, in fact, at RM3 per entrance, it is very cheap. The view at the top of the cable car station at Oriental Village was spectacular. But the queue jumping by the public was atrocious. The cable car management should consider a more reliable queueing system. An ugly sight was noted, stark discrimination was noticed on how the staff of the cable car handles the public. The staff needs to be reminded that to attract foreigners we need to go international, that is no discrimination, full stop.
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| A Babu |
27 April 2004 |
Stayed at Equatorial Cameron Highlands - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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Very nice straw berry farm in front of the equatorial hotel up on the hill. First time enjoyed real delicious strawberry and strawberry milk shake. Nice owner of farm who is very nice.
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| G Hansen |
14 April 2004 |
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Mutiara Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Kuala Lumpur. Took a tour to Melaka, great place and the tour is recommended if you are interested in the cultural side of Melaka, not recommended if your interest is shopping or just walking around by yourself. In the same building as Mutiara hotel there is a Japanese restaurant which serves very good japanese food. We mostly used the monorail to get around KL, it is much easier and more comfy than most of the cabs. And it's cheap! (about 50 cents for most destinations).
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| A Mullany |
11 April 2004 |
Stayed at Lakehouse Cameron Highlands, The - Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
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You can walk from the lakehouse to Tanah Rata via trail 9, which is quite demanding, but very pretty. It takes about 2 hours. Boh's tea plantation is also worth a visit.
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Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Malaysia
