Mabul Island is no doubt the richest single destination for exotic small marine life in Malaysia. You might have read in various dive magazines that say Mabul offers the best muck diving in the world and for nearly ten years of diving at Mabul, I find no reason not to agree on that as well. [...]
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Sipadan; Malaysia’s Underwater Paradise
Sipadan is located in the Celebes Sea, east of the major town of Tawau in Sabah and off the coast of East Malaysia. Located at the heart of the Indo-Pacific basin, Sipadan is the centre of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds [...]
The Great Feast in Penang
And again we find ourselves ready to eat…you guys must think I’m a glutton of sorts.
Anywhoozits, we visited a delightful under-a-canopy food area a little walks away from the night markets at Batu Ferringhi. Hunger was setting in and I was ready for another round of Malaysian food delights – Penang stylez.
Batu Ferringhi Beach Blast
The hotel we were staying at in Penang was one of the many which sit on the beachfront strip of Batu Ferringhi (Foreigner’s Rock), Penang’s most famous resort district and nightspot. The popularity with visitors to Malaysia which gave the region its name hasn’t diminished over the years: we spotted plenty of Americans, Brits [...]
The Beautiful Beaches Of Langkawi
We couldn’t hope to experience anything resembling a representative sample of the full scope of Langkawi’s beach life in a single afternoon, so we made the decision to check out two very different beaches: the popular Pantai Cenang strip, and the serene Pantai Kok.
Eagle Square in Langkawi
We caught a quick morning flight from KL to Langkawi, an archipelago of sandy tropical islands off the north-west coast of the Malaysian peninsula. We were instantly greeted with a blast of gorgeous sunshine as soon as we disembarked the plane. We’d made do without sunscreen thus far, but we were definitely going to need it today.