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More of the Same?
In August 2007 Inez, a good friend of mine, visited Malaysia and of course I was eager to show her the beauties of my Second Home.
As I had done already a few times earlier, during visits of my sister and my brother. With both I had made the big loop, covering East and West Coast.
As the visit of Inez was a short one only, we decided to skip the East Coast.

We started with Kuala Lumpur, visiting KLCC, the colonial district and Chinatown.
Next came Melaka with its Dutch colonial past. And its lovely food. The Hainanese chicken rice, the Cendol in Jonker street and the Seafood in the Medan Portugis. It did not take Inez long to get addicted to Malaysia..:-)

As she was interested in waterfalls, we visited the Kanching Falls, near KL. The upper falls require jungle trekking, where she got her first leech. On the way back home, we paid our respects to Lord Murugan, in the Batu Caves.

The next day we started our trip. First destination was Taiping, my favourite town in Malaysia. The Lake Gardens were beautiful as usual, we visited the Perak museum ( the oldest in Malaysia) and had dinner with a good friend. From Taiping we made a loop across the Bintang range, really rural Malay countryside.

After exploring a new waterfall, Lata Perahu, we spent the night in the Kuala Kangsar Rest House. The next day we had a look at the Ubudiah Mosque, the Old Royal Palace and the famous Malay College. Here we were lucky that we got permission, being teachers ourselves, to enter the grounds and talk with teachers and students.

Our last destination was the Cameron Highlands. On our way, we visited the Perak Cave temple, and another waterfall that I had never visited before.
We had as steamboat dinner in Brinchang and met a nice Malay family , that offered Inez her first durian.
After visiting the Brinchang Mossy Forest and the tea plantations, it was time to go back home.

The next day, after a last lunch with friends, I sent her to the airport.
Inez was delighted with the trip. The nature, the food, the climate but especially the friendly people.

"I understand now why you like your life in Malaysia so much", she said before leaving.

Inez on our balcony
 

The Twin Towers
 

Colonial District
 

Dataran Merdeka
 

Sultan Abdul Samad building
 

Petaling Street
 

Seafood dinner
 

Baba House, our hotel in Melaka
 

Poh San Teng temple
 

Temple offerings
 

Hang Jebat Mausoleum
 

Kampung Kling Mosque
 

Christ Church & Stadthuys
 

Riverwalk
 

Dinner at Medan Portugis
 

The famous Hainanese Chicken Rice
 

Mosque near Melaka
 

Beach, Straits of Melaka
 

Beach view
 

Rubber plantation
 

Kanching Falls
 

Waterfall fun
 

Lizard
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Sunbathing
 

Waterfall explorer
 

Batu Caves
 

In the caves
 

Monkey business
 

Dinner at home
 

Taiping, Lake Gardens
 

Inez in the Lake Gardens
 

Muzium Perak
 

Dinner with Jenny
 

Countryside near Anak Kurau
 

Local fruits everywhere
 

Cenderoh Lake
 

A new fall: Lata Perahu
 

The waterfall explorer again
 

Mating butterflies!
 

Kuala Kangsar Rest House
 

View from the Rest House
 

The Ubudiah Mosque
 

The Muslim cemetery near the mosque
 

Muzium di Raja
 

The famous Malay College
 

Me & the College
 

Inez and students
 

The square pavillion tower
 

Perak Tong Cave Temple
 

Detail
 

Versatile God
 

View for the top of Perak Tong
 

Sinju Fall
 

Inez as waterfall explorer
 

What shall we drink tonight?
 

THE steamboat place in Brinchang
 

Enjoying our steamboat
 

Inez as a teacher
 

Her first durian
 

Gunung Brinchang, fog as usual
 

The Brinchang Mossy Forest
 

Flower
 

Tea plantations
 

Flower
 

The Cameron Bharat Tea Shop
 

Cameron Bharat bungalow
 

Beautiful
 

Lata Iskandar
 

Back home
 

The perfect guest!
 

Meeting George and friends
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wrote on Sep 5, 2007:
Doing all those rounds make you a bigger experts that no one could compare with you, in terms of knowledge and familairity. Congrats Kwei Loh!!!

wrote on Sep 5, 2007:
You've definitely seen more of Malaysia than most Malaysians have, and that includes me.

lightlingmk2 wrote on Sep 5, 2007:
You are a better tour guide than the professional. How much do you charge ? I got people coming from oversea.

geetee wrote on Sep 6, 2007:
Inez was not merely being polite when she said she had a wonderful time and you were the perfect host and guide. She meant every word of it. You bet she will come again ! Cheers, GT

Liz wrote on Sep 11, 2007:
Skink !

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