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Blog posts from Malaysia

Lower Part of Kek Lok Si Temple

Visiting Kek Lok Si Temple on Penang Island

After yesterday’s jungle trekking, we wanted to spend our last full day here in Georgetown a bit calmer. In the morning we planned our next few days on our trip and booked the flight ticket for Singapore tomorrow. In the afternoon, we visited the Kek Lok Si Temple nearby during a thunderstorm. Kek Lok Si […]

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One of many creeks

Jungle Trekking in Penang National Park

After a rather eventless day yesterday in shopping malls where the only achievement was that Ilinca bought a replacement backpack and some other items, today we went trekking in Penang National Park. In up to 33°C and lots of humidity, this was a physical challenges, but the experience of the dense jungle and the beautiful […]

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Chinese House

Travelling by Train to George Town

After four nights in Kuala Lumpur, we took this morning the train towards Penang, a state in northern Malaysia and home to George Town, a multicultural colonial city on Penang Island. After a beautiful but cold train ride through green Malaysia as well as a ferry trip to Penang Island, we arrived five hours later […]

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Petronas Towers

Visiting the Petronas Towers

Today we planned a lot of sightseeing to catch up because we spent the first day shopping. But things came differently. The only sightseeing we did was visiting the Petronas Towers, one of Malaysia’s top attractions. Filing Baggage Claim Reports As we have no received any news from SWISS regarding Ilinca’s missing luggage, Ilinca made […]

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Temple Cave and Scenic Views

After a full day of shopping yesterday, today we decided to finally visit some of the sights of Kuala Lumpur. One of these sights are the Batu Temple Caves, and another one is the Menara KL, a TV Tower with a fantastic observation deck in the middle of the city. More details below. Batu Caves […]

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Shopping in Kuala Lumpur

As SWISS airlines is showing no efforts and hence no success in finding Ilinca’s missing luggage, we will have to rebuy things here in Kuala Lumpur. Luckily, there is a mall basically at every street corner, the closest one just across the street from our room, and a huge one just about 2 km away. […]

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A Long Journey to Kuala Lumpur

Our first destination is Kuala Lumpur, which is located less than an hour away from Singapore by plane. Unfortunately, there is no direct flight from Zurich to Kuala Lumpur, so we chose to fly via Bangkok. And then, in order to save some money, we booked the flight from Milano via Zurich to Bangkok instead […]

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Off to New Adventures

Two months after my bicycle tour through Central Asia, I started travelling again. This time with my backpack instead of my bicycle, and this time together with my wife Ilinca, who quit her job end of August to join me on a six month trip through Asia and Australia. It is for the first time […]

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