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Beautiful Malaysia II (11-23)-5-2007
In September 2006 my brother Pim came to Malaysia for his holidays and I showed him the beauty of my second home.
What a good idea, thought my sister Lous, and she arrived here in May 2007. It was her first visit to Malaysia, so the program was slightly different.
There was a complication: I was diagnosed with dengue fever! But the "platelet count" was not too low, so I was able to show here the delights of Malaysia.

First we visited Melaka. Then, after a day in KL, we started our trip. First to the East Coast, where we did not snorkel this time, but enjoyed the beach.
We stayed one night in Cherating and one in Marang, where we shared the beach resort with a large group of school kids. Amazing how disciplined they behave!

We visited my friend Riey in rural Terengganu, and Lous, a retired teacher like me, was delighted to visit his school and talk with his students.

And of course we visited lots of waterfalls. The Pandan Fall in Pahang, near Kuantan, is quite spectacular.

Then we took the East-West Highway and turned back to the West Coast. We stayed overnight in Taiping with George and Jenny, visited Kuala Kangsar, and finally went up to the Cameron Highlands. Here we enjoyed the cool climate, Steamboat, the Brinchang Mossy Forest and the Tea Plantations.

Back home, we had a sumptuous buffer dinner in the KL tower, we enjoyed the night view and that was the end of another pleasant visit.

Chinese temple in PD
 

Temple guardian
 

Interior of the temple
 

Temple Offerings *
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Melaka town center
 

The famous trishaws of Melaka
 

Porta de Santiago
 

Traditional Chinese shoplot
 

Kampung Kling Mosque
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Sri Poyatha temple
 

Cheng Hoon Teng temple
 

St Francis Xavier Church
 

Famous Hainanese Chicken Rice *
 

The Petronas Towers
 

KLCC park
 

St Mary's Cathedral
 

My favourite: the Dayabumi building
 

Dinner at home
 

Malaysia, a food heaven
 

Thean Hou temple
 

Temple detail
 

Interior of the temple
 

Nice view of downtown KL
 

Temple turtle pond
 

Pandan Fall, Pahang
 

Powerful fall
 

Cherating
 

Tropical atmosphere
 

The South China Sea
 

The "Floating Mosque"
 

Marang beach
 

Marang harbour
 

Goats having dinner
 

School teachers
 

Boy students
 

Girl Students
 

Morning exercise
 

Malay family having fun *
 

Western breakfast in Marang
 

Lous in Riey's class
 

Lous as a photographer
 

Malaysian nature
 

Another waterfall
 

Mosque
 

Guest in the Gerik Rest House
 

Tebing Tinggi Fall, Perak
 

Lata Puteh *
 

With Jenny, in Taiping
 

Air Panas, Terong *
 

Lake Gardens, sunset
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Ubudiah Mosque, Kuala Kangsar
 

Muslim Cemetery
 

Muzium di Raya, Kuala Kangsar
 

Perak Tong Cave Temple, Ipoh
 

Temple interior
 

View from the top
 

Brinchang, sunset
 

Breakfast Brinchang, roti telor
 

Tea Plantations
 

Picking tea
 

Brinchang Mossy forest
 

Robinson Falls, Cameron Highlands
 

Cameron Bharat tea plantation
 

Tea with scones!
 

Lata Iskandar, CH
 

The KL tower
 

Dinner in the KL tower
 

Starting with oysters!
 

Sinful deserts
 

View from the restaurant
 

End of a nice trip
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wrote on Aug 25, 2007:
Magnifique! Haven't seen some of the places you have been to....talking about truly Malaysian...no way near man! Enjoyed your short jaunt as a e-bystander. Good on you...always make a malaysian feel proud of his country, which He doesn't often appreciate. Thanks for the sharing!

wrote on Aug 25, 2007:
Nice trip!!! And beautiful pictures! :-)

wrote on Aug 25, 2007:
A picture worthy of a travel book!

wrote on Aug 25, 2007:
Look at that broad smile -- that's certainly one happy visitor!

wrote on Aug 26, 2007:
thanks for sharing, nice pictures of Malaysia

wrote on Aug 26, 2007:
How about "Heavenly Offerings"? Just a thought.

geetee wrote on Aug 26, 2007:
Great pics Jan. Worthy of a coffee table book about Malaysia. Syabas!

wrote on Aug 26, 2007:
'gold' papers ? candles and incense Sticks :)

Kwai Loh wrote on Aug 26, 2007:
Yes..:-) Is there a name for such a bundle? I used temple offering, there might be a better description

wrote on Aug 27, 2007:
great shots. really beautiful!

lightlingmk2 wrote on Aug 27, 2007:
never seen this before. looks like mushroom etc wrapped in pak choy or something...
sort of vegetarian offering.

wrote on Aug 28, 2007:
Wow, it took us many years to cover the places you have been. It will be a very lucky Malaysian to visit Holland with you.

wrote on Aug 28, 2007:
Just below the roof of the mosque - on the roof panel - there is a Chinese word "Hei" amongst other carvings. This word is found on Chinese wedding invitation cards and backdrops at wedding dinners.

Did you try the Loh Mei Kai (glutinous chicken rice) and Hor Yip Faan (Lotus leave glutinous rice) in the Chinese coffee shop directly opposite (across the road) the entrance to the mosque ?? The coffee shop is our first port of call in Malacca. We always start our tour with the two dishes there. Opens for breakfast till late morning

Kwai Loh wrote on Aug 28, 2007:
Thanks for the tip! Will check it out during my next visit to Melaka.

wrote on Aug 29, 2007:
A kwai loh (another foreigner) asked me where she can find 'fried bread' at KLIA, later I realised she was asking about ROTI CANAI...haha.

wrote on Aug 30, 2007:
On the other hand, I think Jan's glossary of Malaysian fare is quite comprehensive.

wrote on Sep 1, 2007:
Thse are chinese ghost's food dah.................................

wrote on Sep 9, 2007:
oh wow.. this sunset pic is just gorgeous ..

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