Singapore & Malaysia 2020

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Darren and Janet Singapore & Malaysia 2020
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- 25 Şub 2020
- ⛅ 32 °C
- Yükseklik: 40 m
- Malezya Perak Ipoh 4.58638, 101.084724°35’11” N 101°5’5” E
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Cave temples and concubines
25 Şubat 2020, Malezya ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Our last day in the highlands and we started with more tea plantations. We revisited one from yesterday to do the factory tour, and pick up the 2 caches there!

We began the trip down the mountain after a quick stop at a roadside market to buy some sweet potatoes for Rosli's mum (and had some for morning tea that they cook ready for the shoppers).

We stopped enroute at a waterfall and hot spring, which isn't very popular with the locals as they charge an entrance fee (5RM = $1.66 each), so we were the only one's there... or it could be that hot springs aren't popular when it's 35 degrees and humid!

Ipoh is the 3rd largest city in Malaysia and was built on limestone and tin mining. It still has an industrial feel, but they are trying to increase tourism by promoting the limestone caves and food culture.

On the outskirts of town we visited one of a number of cave temples, before heading in to Concubine Lane for lunch. The town has a large Cantonese population who came for the mining boom, and many of the businessman housed their second wives in this street to visit when they were in town for business.

After a walk around the old town, we visited Mural Arts Lane, an otherwise drab alley that's been transformed by local artists, before walking back to our hotel.Okumaya devam et
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John Kalaitzis Great art work!
26.02.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis Wow!
26.02.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis I like it!
26.02.2020Yanıtla
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Darren and Janet Singapore & Malaysia 2020
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- 26 Şub 2020
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Yükseklik: 61 m
- Malezya Selangor Batu Caves 3.23453, 101.677843°14’4” N 101°40’40” E
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Castle and caves
26 Şubat 2020, Malezya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
We departed Ipoh at 9am and headed to Kellie's Castle on the outskirts. Kellie's Castle is a partially completed mansion built by a Scottish businessman in the 1910/20's, which has a six storey tower and was to have the first elevator in Malaysia, an indoor tennis court, rooftop entertainment area, and escape stairways and tunnels from most rooms.
Unfortunately he died before it was complete, and his wife wasn't interested in living there, so it was sold and was neglected for decades, until it was opened to tourism.

The road to Kuala Lumpur is mostly freeway, so apart from a lunch stop at a large outdoor food venue, we headed to Batu Caves, on the northern edge of KL. Batu Caves are a series of cave temples dedicated to the Lord Murugan, the Hindu God of War. It is one of the most popular Hindu shrines outside India, and is entered via a colourful 272 steps.

Our accommodation for the next 3 nights is on the 33rd floor of Berjaya Times Square, the 12th largest building in the world (by floor area) 😁Okumaya devam et
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Gezgin Looks similar to Singapore with absence of normal crowds?
27.02.2020Yanıtla
Darren and Janet Yes, very quiet everywhere we go...
27.02.2020Yanıtla
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Darren and Janet Singapore & Malaysia 2020
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- 27 Şub 2020
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Yükseklik: 77 m
- Malezya Kuala Lumpur Chinatown Sungai Gombak 3.14218, 101.697133°8’32” N 101°41’50” E
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The streets of KL
27 Şubat 2020, Malezya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
With nothing particular planned today, one of us had a sleep-in 😁... so we were a bit late getting going.

We caught the monorail towards town, then walked a circuitous route toward Chinatown via a number of caches, Malaysian Scout Headquarters, coffee shops and numerous drink stalls.

After navigating the metro and monorail, we arrived back at our hotel in time for a late afternoon swim, and a quiet night in.Okumaya devam et
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John Kalaitzis I do like this art
28.02.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis Built for the 1998 Commonwealth Games I believe?
28.02.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis I'm liking it even more!
28.02.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis A bit sad!
28.02.2020Yanıtla
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Darren and Janet Singapore & Malaysia 2020
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- 28 Şub 2020
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Yükseklik: 29 m
- Malezya Kuala Lumpur Chinatown Sungai Gombak 3.14807, 101.695453°8’53” N 101°41’44” E
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Muddy Confluence
28 Şubat 2020, Malezya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Another day exploring the streets of KL, but this time we were out the door by 7.30am in an attempt to beat the heat.

We caught the monorail and metro to the city centre and arrived just before 8am, with the peak hour crowds. The area around the train station transforms in the morning into a temporary food court, as stalls pop up to feed the arriving workers with sandwiches, rice, drinks and the national dish, Nasi Lemak (rice, sambal, cucumber, egg, peanuts and dried fish, wrapped in a banana leaf).

We spent most of the day exploring the area around Merdeka (Independence) Square, where the national flag was first raised in 1957.

Kuala Lumpur (literal translation, muddy confluence), was built where the rivers Klang and Gombak merge. Along these rivers the locals once bathed, washed laundry, and buffaloes wallowed. Crocodiles were also sunning on the banks, prompting the British Administration to offer rewards to capture them, dead or alive. The capture of a crocodile measuring 15 feet would return $15.00 Straits Dollars in 1912. Looking at the rivers today, it's difficult to imagine.

We returned for a late afternoon swim, before tea in the local food court (nasi lemak of course, $1.66 each)Okumaya devam et
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John Kalaitzis That's not the station with the roof that can withstand 3 feet of snow is it?
28.02.2020Yanıtla
Darren and Janet No, sadly we didn't get there... drove past is as close as we got
29.02.2020Yanıtla
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Darren and Janet Singapore & Malaysia 2020
- Geziyi göster
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- Paylaş
- 29 Şub 2020
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Yükseklik: 71 m
- Malezya Golden Triangle 3.15457, 101.711643°9’16” N 101°42’42” E
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Leap Day
29 Şubat 2020, Malezya ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Our final day in Malaysia, and it's a leap day... so we have arranged a geocaching event at the Petronas Towers, to meet local and visiting cachers. Having previously been warned that any event in Malaysia where you're not alone is a good event, we were very pleased to have 9 attendees.

One of the local cachers then escorted a group of us to complete a nearby NFC cache (Near Field Communication), and as we don't have any of this type of cache in Adelaide, it was interesting to see it in action.

After morning tea at the towers, we found a few more caches with the locals, and had lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe before catching the monorail back to our hotel to collect our bags, then the train to the airport.

We had plenty of time to spare, so bought a lounge package where we could have a shower and a meal before our flight home.Okumaya devam et
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John Kalaitzis Please explain an NFC to us muggles
1.03.2020Yanıtla
Darren and Janet NFC is the technology used for electronic communication over small distances (up to 4cm) - it's the same technology used for Tap & Go contactless payments, work access passes, bus passes, etc... for geocaching the cache owner has programmed NFC stickers and placed them on an item (in this case a sign in an underground car park), and a reader on compatible phones reads the sticker, which directed us to the next waypoint, then another sticker directed us to the physical cache. There's a handful of NFC caches in the world (the nearest is in Melbourne)
2.03.2020Yanıtla
John Kalaitzis Wow! Who knew? What will they think of next? Thank you for allowing a glimpse the wonderful world of caching.
3.03.2020Yanıtla
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Singapore & Malaysia 2020

Cave temples and concubines

Castle and caves

The streets of KL

Muddy Confluence

Leap Day