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Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur and more

Here we are, my second time in Kuala Lumpur. Definitely when you leave a place you never know when and how you will be back there. I have been in KL in 2007 and the reason of this second visit was mainly to get the Visa from Myanmar embassy. I had three possible choice. One was quite expensive in Italy to get my Visa from Myanmar embassy in Rome. The second one is to get a Myanmar Visa in Bangkok and the third one is to get the Myanmar Visa in Kuala Lumpur. My first place was again the Kuala… Continue reading →

Kuala Lumpur

As far as I could see in my travels, unfortunately, only 4 days, Kuala Lumpur is a modern city, efficient, with numerous skyscrapers, trains, metro, and a huge number of taxis and buses. Everything is new, shiny, this for sure, and only the heath of the tropics and Muslims around remind you of being in Asia. To get from Kuala Lumpur airport to the hotel I spent over an hour but not for traffic jam but for the enormous distance, the taxi driver sped at over a hundred kilometers an hour. Compare hotel rates through websites such as Expedia will… Continue reading →

Penang

From Kuala Lumpur, after resolving the issue of visa for Burma, I moved to Penang. The island’s history is fascinating so I probably expected too much. The city of Georgetown is chaotic and smelly with cars stuck in traffic anywhere. The pollution is unsustainable and can barely breathe. The British were the first to reach Penang, the navigator Sir James Lancaster, on 10 April 1591, under the command of Edward Bonadventure, sailed from Plymouth for the West Indies, reached Penang in June 1592. In 1786, Francis Light took formal possession of the island on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty, King… Continue reading →

Malacca

I just could not miss Malacca and all the history over there so I planned a full day trip from Kuala Lumpur. Regretfully I got nearly a full day of rain! Anyway my Canon did the hard job. The historic center of Malacca was inscribed on the World Heritage List on 2008 together with George Town, the capital of Penang. Before the arrival of the first Sultan, Malacca was a fishing village inhabited by local Malays. Malacca was founded by Parameswara, also called Iskandar Shah or Sri Majara. He understood the importance of Malacca around 1400, the place was accessible… Continue reading →

Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur

Batu Caves is a limestone hill 13 kilometers north of Kuala Lumpur. I was there on a daily trip renting a taxi from Kuala Lumpur and have to bargain a lot to get a good price. There are also some public transport to get to Batu Caves. The light was quite good outside but of course my Canon was forced to do miracles inside the cave where the light was really low coming down just from the opening of the ceiling. Chinese settlers knew Batu Caves and in 1860 began excavating guano to fertilize their crops; Batu Caves anyway became… Continue reading →

Langkawi

Looking for beautiful beaches and quite disappointed by Penang’s seaside I moved with the ferry to Langkawi. We are talking about an archipelago of 104 islands in the Andaman Sea off the northwest coast of Malaysia, the largest of the islands is Pulau Langkawi. The only other inhabited island is Pulau Tuba. Pulau Langkawi extends about 25 km north to south and slightly more from east to west. The coastal areas consist of alluvial plains dotted with limestone ridges and mountains covered with forest. In 2007 Langkawi was given by UNESCO the status of Geo-park. The oldest geological… Continue reading →

Cameron Highland

Cameron Highland got its name from William Cameron, a British surveyor who was commissioned, in 1885, by the colonial government to map out the area: 712 square kilometers, one of Malaysia’s most fresh hills. Cameron Highland is located approximately 85 kilometers from Ipoh or about 200 kilometers from Kuala Lumpur. It is the highest point in Malaysia which is accessible by car. During the day the temperature rises little above 25°C but at night can sometimes drop to as low as 12°C. The plateau has an altitude about 1,200 meters above sea level, was first developed by the British in… Continue reading →

Little India and more in Kuala Lumpur

Waiting in Kuala Lumpur to obtain a visa from the embassy of Myanmar, I visited the Petronas Towers, something which I consider a truly beautiful architecture. It was not possible to go up, but I really enjoyed exploring around them taking pictures of people who work there. The architecture of Kuala Lumpur is a blend of old colonial influences, Asian traditions, Islamic inspirations, modern and postmodern design. It is a relatively young city compared to other Southeast Asian capitals like Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila, most of Kuala Lumpur’s colonial buildings were built in the last two centuries. Independence… Continue reading →

Taman Negara National Park

I was really curious to visit Taman Negara one of the oldest and most amazing national parks in Malaysia. It is huge, with 4,343 km sq uncontaminated well. Gunung Tahan is the highest point of the Malay Peninsula. In 1938 the National Park was entitled to King George V, but was later renamed in Taman Negara National Park after independence, a name that literally means “national park” in Malay. The site is geologically really stable and almost nothing is changed from 110 million years. For this reason, Taman Negara has the reputation of being the oldest tropical rain forest in… Continue reading →

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