Tag: self guide
Sabah’s siren call
Words & images by Casey Ng
If northern Sabah is a woman, I want to marry her.
She has natural beauty, cultured and hell can she dresses up. And although she may not be singing all the high notes of 21st century, she has enough to take one’s senses off with an oomph.
The sun sets in Marudu [...]
Posted: June 8th, 2009 under Malaysia - Maps & travel tutorials.
Tags: accommodation, Borneo, culture, heritage, Sabah, self drive, self guide, self tour, travel guide, vacation
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Tutorial - How to use Kuala Lumpur city train links and stations
Revision Jan 2009. We will constantly keep track of rail link changes and update the diagram accordingly.
Whenever you visit Kuala Lumpur, you’ll return a seasoned traveler. Going crazy with train links and stations is as much part of the holiday as shopping and sightseeing. We are not proud of this but one of the [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2008 under Malaysia - Maps & travel tutorials.
Tags: holiday, KL, KL Sentral, KLIA, Kuala Lumpur, LCCT, map, Pasar Seni, Petaling Street, rail, self guide, self tour
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Travel between KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Air Asia LCCT, KTM Komuter and KL City …. phew
Last updated – 22nd July 2009
Trying to make some sense out of the web that strings Malaysia’s public transportation hubs together is an adventure itself - even for a local, mind you.
Like many countries in South East Asia, cities, towns and hamlets in Malaysia were built and expanded gradually in tandem with population growth and [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2008 under Malaysia - Maps & travel tutorials.
Tags: bus, KL, KL Sentral, KLIA, LCCT, Malaysia, Petaling Street, public transport, Puduraya, rail, self guide, travel
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Thaipusam Festival - Celebrating Pain For Penance
Thaipusam hurts. Like hell.
As the cacophony of chants and chaos intensifies, the priest stabs a 20cm rod across a man’s cheeks, sending him wild into deep trance. He trembles, grunts and suddenly stares coldly at us. Gosh, did we do something wrong? We could hear our heart throb.
The next moment, the possessed man turns away [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2008 under Heritage - Multiculturalism.
Tags: conservation, culture, heritage, Ipoh, Malaysian, self guide, tourist
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Climb Mt Kinabalu with the heart, not feet
Latest update – 29th Jan 2009
Spine-tingling gorges seem to scream “I’m dangerous. Go home!”. Cool highland breeze offers little respite for the splitting headaches that comes with inhaling oxygen-thin air. Amid breath-seizing moments and groaning muscles, giving up does sounds like a sensible thing to do. Yet, the almighty Low’s Peak that looms above seems [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2008 under Malaysia - Maps & travel tutorials.
Tags: Borneo, hike, national park, Sabah, self guide, tour operator, trek, weather
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Map and Tips - Self drive Malaysia
You would like to know that unlike most SE Asian countries, expatriates working in Malaysia drive themselves around without breaking a sweat and we believe a holidaymaker should have no problem too.
Fuel is considered the cheapest in the region. As of January 09, petrol/gasoline is sold at RM1.90 per liter and one do not need [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2008 under Malaysia - Maps & travel tutorials.
Tags: holiday, Malaysia, map, road map, self drive, self guide, street map, travel, vacation
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