My trip to Malaysia! (Photos-56K Warn!)

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I figured that more people would see if I put this thread here instead of in the Photography section. :)

So I went to Malaysia last week, took the bus up. This is a pretty nice bus actually, the seats are quite large and they recline and there are electric legrests and stuff and so on...

Anyway, I thought some of you people might like to see.

I had to decrease the quality cause' I didnt want to ruin Rod's bandwith...

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So these locations incluse Penang, Ipoh and Cameron Highlands.

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This is from Penang. We went to the market-ish area which was in the very much tourist area of Batu Ferringhi, and had a look around. There were HEAPS of pirated movies as you can see here!

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Heaps of cheap watches too. I call these the 'clappers'.
I have had experiences of the face falling out of the watch during clapping, and hence the nickname.

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Just some of the other stuff that there was for sale.

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Somehow every time we've gone to Penang, and every time we've wanted dinner, we have ended up at this place.

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This is the beach in front of the hotel we stayed at, the Parkroyal something..

An amazing photo taken by my mother with a 30 year old camera.

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This is the bridge between the mainland of Malaysia and Penang island. It is HUGE! Takes like 10 minutes or more to get across.

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Another stunning photo taken by my mother.

I think this was the sunset.

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We went up to Cameron Highlands for part of a day. The altitude might have been around or above 5,000 feet.

On our way back down there was a little cloud to drive through.

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More fog...............

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Some flowers. Went to this place that grew all kinds of plants.
Still Cameron Highlands.

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Up in Cameron Highlands, it was much cooler than down below. I loved it! It was a little like NZ.

For some reason there is this huge strawberry craze up there! There are numerous strawberry farms, some of which you can pick your pwn in, and there was also strayberry jams and strawbery tea.

We bought some and they were good. :food

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This was a photo I took at the market in Ipoh.

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It's Penang again. Pretty huh?

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Sunset at Penang.

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Still the sunset at Penang except the sun had gone down a little further.

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Pretty flowers.

It's not blurry, it's a soft focus!!

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Pretty picture. No idea where this is.

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Here we are at the market in Ipoh.

My Uncle owns a shop there, this is across the road from where his house is. THese photos don't capture enough, you really have to be there to experience it. It's just so much different from western societies.

Who ever heard of Coke, Coffee or Tea in a plastic bag? Not ever in the US!

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This is the bloke that made Roti Canai. (Rottee Chan-eye)

I LOOOOVE that stuff!!! Still full of it from the trip.

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This is the letterbox in front of the house where my Dad grew up.

My grandmother is still there, she is 80.

My Uncle also lives there too, his shop is just across the road.

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Eating area. Many places to eat here.

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This is behind one of the eating places.

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This is kind of in front of that market area, on the street.

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A few of the photos here were taken with a digital camera, but most of it was taken with film. ($115 - 8 rolls!)

So I hope you had a good look at the photos and learned a thing or two about what Malaysia looks like. This is only a very small part though, there is heaps of scenery in the place.

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I figured that more people would see if I put this thread here instead of in the Photography section. :)


Okay then maybe not. :camera

[MailmaN]

Nice pictures. :thumb
I would like to travel to an asian country myself.

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Nice pictures!
My gf is filipina and I want to visit her homeland one day.
I'm guessing Malaysia and the Philippines are quite similar...