I’ll be honest when I first heard “Genting Highlands,” I thought it was another casino town sitting on top of a hill. I was completely wrong. This place is a mountain resort city that floats at almost 1,800 meters above sea level and it has a lot more to offer than just slot machines and…
This Malaysia 7 days budget travel plan covers Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Langkawi in one affordable week. Malaysia has this reputation problem where people assume it’s the “expensive cousin” of Southeast Asia, somewhere between Thailand’s backpacker chaos and Singapore’s ATM-draining prices. I used to think that too. Then I actually did the math after a…
Putrajaya isn’t exactly on the majority of Malaysian bucket lists, and in my humble opinion, that’s a crying shame. While the masses flock to squeeze through the throngs at the Petronas Towers or chart their courses to Genting Highlands, this purpose-built city about 25 km south of Kuala Lumpur is patiently lying in wait, as…
There’s a kind of quiet you find only far from the mainland. It is not the quiet of a room, but the kind that has life. Like waves touching sand, or the gentle sound of a boat engine from the distance. And those palm leaves moving softly in a breeze that smells a bit like…
When I first heard about Penang Hill, I thought: Okay, Penang Hill is a hill with a cable car. I figured it was one of those places that tourists go to, where you pay a lot of money, stand at a viewpoint for a while, buy a coconut that costs too much. Then you leave…
There are cities that share their stories with people who visit them through museums and big monuments. George Town is different. The old part of Penang tells its story on the walls of buildings in alleys, on old doors, and on the fronts of old shops that are falling apart. George Town tells its story…
The Langkawi Sky Bridge is one of the most marvelous and breathtaking tourist spots of Malaysia, located at the top of Gunung Mat Cincang. This curved pedestrian bridge, which is 125m in length, is suspended by a single pylon at a height of 700m above the sea level, providing a 360-degree breathtaking view of the…
Let me tell you something funny: When I first heard about Batu Caves, I thought of a muddy cave. In other words: just one of these many overrated “touristy” sights which the locals tend to overestimate ridiculously. Then I visited. When I turned the corner, looked up and saw the massive 42-meter-tall gold-colored statue of…
To be honest with you, before I visited Kuala Lumpur I thought the Petronas Twin Towers were another place that people go to. You know the kind. People say they are great. They are really just too expensive and full of people taking pictures. I figured I had seen buildings before. How different could the…
