Return to Taman Negara, Malaysia – our favorite jungle hotspot

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Slow Travel in Distant Places

English: Entrance of the Taman Negara National... English: Entrance of the Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

View of Sungei Tembeling from Taman Negara Nat... View of Sungei Tembeling from Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Canopy Walkway in the Taman Negara Na... English: Canopy Walkway in the Taman Negara National Park, Malaysia (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Taman Negara (Park Narodowy Malezji) Taman Negara (Park Narodowy Malezji) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

After a five hour, road journey from Kuala  Lumpur, we arrived at the river crossing and boarded our boat across to our resort hotel in the Taman Negara National Park. It’s the largest national park in Peninsular Malaysia and famous for its rainforest, birds, and insects.

The park was originally called King George National Park in the 1930s, but was renamed Taman Negara (“TN”) meaning “national park” after Malaya received independence from the British in 1957. TN is Malaysia’s oldest and largest national park. Open this link for hundreds of amazing photos of TN.

We were here last year and enjoyed it so…

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Spot the differences? – Kuala Lumpur and Melaka Malaysia

Looking back, this is worth a read. It’s one of our most popular travel blogs.

Slow Travel in Distant Places

Malacca Malacca (Photo credit: Christopher Chan)

English: The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur a... English: The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur at night. Français : Les Tours Petronas en Malaisie prises de nuit. Suomi: Petronasin kaksoispilvenpiirtäjät Malesian pääkaupungissa Kuala Lumpurissa. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

English: Inside the Observation Deck of KL Tower (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

We flew Air Asia from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur (KL)  and spent four nights in KL and three in Melaka. Kuala Lumpur or KL for short, is the capital city of Malaysia. It is staggeringly modern with the landmark,  eighty-eight storey, Petronas Twin-Towers,   and a height of 450 meters into the sky, with architecture to challenge the World’s greatest. On the other hand, Melaka has seven hundred years of history, so for us they were amazingly different.

In KL, we stayed in a serviced apartment and upon arrival were upgraded so we were delighted with our very comfortable stay. We flew one-way…

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