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Sunday, October 23, 2011

The Magnificent Malaysia – Visit Here For a Lifetime Experience

Malaysia is one of the most beautiful and lively countries in the South East of Asia. It is flanked by countries such as Thailand, China, Indonesia and Singapore. Malaysia is divided into two parts namely, East Malaysia and Peninsular Malaysia, the latter being the most famous amongst tourists. Malaysia has greatly developed as a travel destination mainly because of its rich culture, breath taking nature and ancient historic connections. The climate in Malaysia is often sultry throughout the year. However it is pleasant enough to attract hordes of tourists.
Getting to Malaysia is not at all difficult. Visa procedures are very easy and direct flights from a majority of countries such as India, China, Australia, and neighboring countries such as Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia are available. However tourists from USA or Europe are deprived of the facility of direct flights. Another interesting mode of transport is the train from Singapore to Malaysia. This journey is really a memorable and worth taking because of the scenery and breath taking green hills and slopes. Buses to Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia ply regularly to neighboring countries such as Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Malaysia can also be reached by sea from the neighboring countries. There are a number of ports such as Penang, Kuching and Klang.
Malaysia offers a wide range of hotels which cater to different needs of a variety of people. Five star, luxury hotels, deluxe hotels, heritage hotels and budget hotels form the family of hotels in Malaysia. Hence it is not at all difficult for a tourist to find a place to stay which is of his taste and budget.
The rich culture of Malaysia is one of the most important factors in making it a travel destination. A wide range of events and festivals are celebrated in Malaysia as a unique blend of multiple religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Sikhism can be seen among the people. These include, Ramadhan, Aidilfitri, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Wesak, Harvest Festival and Thaipusam. These festivals are celebrated with great pomp and hence tourists make it a point to visit the country during these events. The temples and mosques also add to the splendid culture of this country.
Malaysia travel destination includes a number of tropical islands, national parks and getaways. Langkawi, Penang, Labuan, Pangkor are the islands where tourists can indulge in scuba diving to watch coral reefs. Various beautiful nature parks such as Bako national park, Batang Ai national park, Kubah national park and many more attract tourists to variety of wildlife. Other things that can be done include scuba diving, nature treks, angling, jungle safaris, white water rafting, trail riding and mountain climbing.
There are many places of interest around Malaysia. These include Genting highlands which is famous for its cool weather, amusement and theme parks, and casinos, Cameron highlands, Langkawi which has as many as 104 exotic, tropical islands, Penang which is a well known island and has many fascinating places of interest and many more. Beautiful cities in Malaysia such as Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, George Town, Johor Bahru, Miri, Malacca etc which are enough to attract lots of tourists. These places can be reached via airplanes, tourist buses, taxis, and hired cars.
Apart from the places of interest, food is also a factor which is tried and experimented by a number of tourists. Local delicacies which are extremely mouth watering and tasty are served in small towns as well as cities. Chinese and Indian cuisines are also equally famous. Western food chains such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut can also be seen in big cities.
Apart from all the attractions, food and places of interest, the shopping in Malaysia is a wonderful and heavenly experience. Clothes, electronic items, computer goodies, optical goods, watches, electrical appliances and a vast range of products are available in malls and shops. Malaysian batik is a form of clothing which is very famous amongst tourists.
Malaysia has developed as a famous tourist destination over the years and still continues to attract same number of tourists. In fact, more and more people opt for Malaysia for vacations and getaways. Malaysia travel is thus a memorable and a magnificent experience.

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Holiday in Indonesia

Indonesia is a large countries with thousands of islands, 13,000 of it. Majority are not even inhibited. These island offers opportunities for visitors to experient the natural beauties of untouched environment.

One of the most visited island is Bali. It offers the blend of exciting beaches and sea and the cultural uniqueness of the people.  Nature and culture are the highlights of Indonesian tourism. Tourism the country’s focus is on tropical destinations, why the accommodation and resorts are increasingly developed. The region is also a residence 7 entire Web, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.


The countries ecosystem is weel preserved  despite the heavy population. In fact, only certain part of the country is heavily populated. The island of Java had about two third of the population, when you consider Java has about one tenth of the total land area, that leave the other islands sparsely populated.

With about 13,000 islands, indonesia has a vast amount of beautiful beaches and clean seas. Some of these beaches are unknown to tourists. There are many diving and surfing Internet sites around the nation. Some of the diving Bunaken websites are at the forefront of Sulawesi, Tulamben Bay in Bali, Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan. As for surfing sites, there are many surf breaks along the Sumatra, Aceh, Bali, Banten, Sumbawa and Mentawai Islands. G land in the Bay of Grajagan and the two popular surf breaks in Indonesia are Lagundri Bay on the island of Nias.


With the exception of scuba diving, surfing, beach hopping and there are a lot of our natural resources in Indonesia, of which six of them when complete world heritage sites. The largest of our natural resources in Sumatra are the Gunung Leuser 9500 square kilometers, Kerinci Seblat Park that nationwide is 13,750 square kilometres, together with Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park square kilometres the nature area of critically endangered species such as the Sumatra Elefanten.Javan rhinoceros and orangutans.


Java can offer the tourists to view the historical monuments. The complex of Borobudur is one of the sites of heritage built centuries ago. The other monuments are early humans Prambanan of temple compound and singing Irian. These are areas that you should not miss if you are in Indonesia. Although the capital is Jakarta, but the cultural center is at Yogakarta. Here you can withness the original Indonesian way of life, unlike the city life style of Jakarta.

Tha Batak Chair at Ambarita

Lake Toba is situated about 4 our drive from Medan, the gateway to north sumatra.

In the days when the transportation was limited, the interaction between the tribes were limited. Thus the Batak people from the surrounding Lake Toba had developed their own way of like.

One of the Batak group is the Ambarita tribe, living in the Samosir Island in the middle of the lake.  The stones chairs of Ambarita where tribal elders Council place.

Ambarita is an old Batak tribal village on Samosir island in Lake Toba. It is located an hour’s walk Northwest of tuk tuk or 20 minutes by boat. What makes Ambarita interesting, from an anthropological point of view is that in ancient times the Toba Batak people in Ambarita practiced a form of Carnibalism. What is still the stones chairs, where the village elders Council place. Whenever an enemy was captured, the fate of the victim would rest on the decision of the conference of the rulers.

The victim were kept behind bars in one of the houses near the councils meeting place. If it is established that the victim deserves death, he is brought to a dining table, where he is beaten to death. The stone chair was used to behead the victims. Then he is hacked, its meat is cooked with Buffalo meat and Council, served the tribal with the food and complete the menu with the drink of victim’s blood!

You will reach Ambarita by boat. As walk away from the jetty, you will come across the graveyard of Laga Siallagan, first Raja of Ambarita. The road will take you to the compound of the old Batak village where rows of traditional Toba Batak architecture were built. However the sign of modern of interference has shown. Many of the houses are using the zinc roof, when the tradition houses are still using the thached. Many visitors are hoping that the villagers retain the traditional roofs rather than the modern metal roofs.

The visit include the house where the victims are kept. We hope the old custom has ended. Nobody want to end up in the bowl of soup.

Brunei attraction

Brunei never stop to be the attraction to visitors.
A land rich in history, for it use to be a grand empire covering the whole of Borneo and the Southern part of Philippine. It is left the land among the smallest country in the world with about 400,000 population.
The heart of the country is the capital city, used to known as Brunei, like the country itself. Upon independent, the town was changed to Bansar Seri Benggawan, as rather long name and difficult to remember except for the local or a Malay.
The Sultan is among the richest in the world. With about US20bil , the interest received from the investment is enough to run the country. It rather unfortunate that the wealth is not being used to develop and strengthen the small state and the people.
What exactly is the attraction of Brunei. It is probably the only surviving sultanate, where the king has the power to rule the state. The traditional Malay culture was reflected in the saying that… a state can only exist if there is a king. There was no separation between state and king,
One of the most visited building is the Omar Ali Mosque, built upon an artificial lagoon to give the impression of a mosque floating on water. The building was completed in 1958, during the rule of the British. It pride itself with 52m minarets visible throughout the city. The expensive marbles were imported from Italy and the domes were crafted from pure gold.
A museum was build to display the Brunei Malay tradition dated back to the years before the colonial British set his foot.