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Malacca: the city that best gives a sense of Malaysia’s pastFamous Jalan Alor
Keropok Lekor
Nasi Campur (Malay Mixed Rice)
Malaysia vs. Singapore
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Georgetown and Melaka just became Unesco world heritage sites
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Rainforest World Music Festival 2008
Jackfruit (Nangka)
I got it from my Mamak
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Red Palm Hostel, Kuala Lumpur
The award-winning Red Palm Hostel Kuala Lumpur - a special, cozy, personal and small place for backbackers of all ages - is also the birthplace of backpackingmalaysia.com and maybe your home during your visit in Kuala Lumpur.
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PRESS ARTICLES
Malaysia documented “Discover Malaysia - the backpacker’s trail (The Star)
Malaysia truly features a melting pot of cultures with multi-ethnic traditions and culinary diversity. In line with Visit Malaysia 2007, film director Michael Chick has produced a TV series that focuses on the country’s rich heritage, culture and nature. Chick was inspired to produce the independent series after hearing complaints from tourists about how fake some Malaysian tourism advertisements looked.
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Things to do & see
Kuala Lumpur, Chinwoo Swimming Pool
Singapore, Singapore River 
RANDOM GALLERY PHOTO
Perhentian Islandsmap
STORIES
Nasi Campur (Malay Mixed Rice)
 Besides the Indian and Chinese food, there is also the flavorful and diverse Malay cuisine. The best way to experience this is to have your lunch at a Nasi Campur counter. Nasi Campur means Mixed Rice in Malay and refers to a plate of white rice that you will get from the kakak, (short: Ka, means sister in Malay and waitresses often been addressed that way), before filling your plate whatever that suits your taste from the counter.
RANDOM LINKS
multimap.com
very good map service
DiscoverMalaysia.biz
Discover Malaysia - the backpacker's trail (documentary)
info-my.de
Malaysia Information and News
Malaysian Nature Society
study, appreciation, conservation and protection of Malaysia's natural heritage
Destinations Guide
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Kuching
Kuching is the capital of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo. Kuching is the most populous city in the state of Sarawak and the fourth largest city in Malaysia. Kuching means “cat” in Malay.
Singapore
Singapore is an island nation located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. At 704.0 sqkm (272 square miles), it is one of the few city-states in the world and the smallest country in Southeast Asia.
Brunei
Tiny state in Borneo, sandwiched between Sarawak and Sabah. After it was a big regional player a few hundred years back, Brunei became rich upon the discovery of Oil in the 1940s. For a period time the Sultan of Brunei was the richest person in the world.
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the largest city of Malaysia. Being a young city (founded only in 1857) it developed fast into a bustling metropolis of 1.5 million people (6 million including the satellite cities in the Klang Valley). Kuala Lumpur, or simply KL (as it is it called by Malaysians), literally means “muddy estuary” in Bahasa Malaysia. With good and cheap accommodation, great shopping and even better food in this multi-cultural melting pot, increasing numbers of travellers are discovering this little gem of a city.
Having been in the shadow of other big cities in the region like Bangkok and Singapore, KL was put back on the map for good with the opening the Petronas Twin Towers in 1997, until 2004 the highest and still one of the most impressive buildings in the world. Though, the sights are not what makes this city unique, it’s KL itself and it’s mixture of people and visitors.
