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Snapshot: Pulau Perhentian Besar at Sunset

by Jessica Marsden on July 30, 2010

As I sit on the beach during my summer vacation, I’ve been reminded of my most recent other stint on the beach: a few days at the Perhentian Islands on the Malaysian coast, way back in October. My mom and I stayed on Perhentian Besar, the larger of the two islands, and spent our days [...]

Tagged as: Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia East Coast, Perhentians, Pulau Perhentian, snapshot

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My Favorite Places of 2009

by Jessica Marsden on December 31, 2009

2009 was a busy year for travel in the To China… and Beyond! household-of-one. As I embark on myfirst big trip of 2010, I’ve been thinking about the best trips I took in 2009. 5. Xi’an: My December trip to Xi’an was actually my second visit to the city. I went there on my first [...]

Tagged as: Dehang, India, Langmusi, Malaysia, Varanasi, Xiahe, Xian

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Slideshow: Malacca

by Jessica Marsden on December 18, 2009

I’m pretty sure everyone who knows me in real life is tired of hearing me talk about how wonderful Malaysia is. I first visited in October, for a whirlwind tour of KL, Kota Bharu, the Perhentians and Penang. I had a marvelous time eating street food, snorkeling and learning how to batik. Such a good [...]

Tagged as: Malacca, Malaysia, Melaka, slideshow

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Slideshow: 24 Hours in Kuala Lumpur

by Jessica Marsden on October 23, 2009

On my October trip to Malaysia, we had scheduled a mere 24 hours in Kuala Lumpur — hardly enough time to get one’s bearings, much less see all that the city has to offer. So we had to pick and choose. We skipped a few of the biggest attractions, including the Petronas Towers. (Vertigo makes [...]

Tagged as: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, slideshow

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Malaysia’s Kopitiam

by Jessica Marsden on October 19, 2009

Each morning, Malaysia’s kopitiams — coffee shops — are abuzz with clinking cups, rustling newspapers and the hum of voices speaking Malaysian and Chinese. Just one or two ringgit buys a small mug of rich, strong kopi, which comes with a healthy dose of condensed milk. (If you don’t want the milk, ask for a [...]

Tagged as: coffee, food, Kota Bharu, Malaysia

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Slideshow: The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion

by Jessica Marsden on October 16, 2009

In the late 1860s, a poor teenager from Guangdong Province named Cheong Fatt Tze fled the Opium Wars and escaped to Dutch-controlled Jakarta, then called Batavia. From his beginnings in a sundries shop, he grew into the head of a major trading company with stores across southeast Asia. One of those stores was in Penang, [...]

Tagged as: blogsherpa, Malaysia, Penang, Peninsular Malaysia West Coast, Pulau Penang, slideshow

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Air Asia: How can buying plane tickets be so hard?

by Jessica Marsden on September 30, 2009

This evening, I will be en route to Malaysia for China’s eight-day National Day holiday. But the trip didn’t come together without  difficulty, thanks to Air Asia’s obscure ticketing rules. The following is a cautionary tale for the southeast-Asia bound: I began shopping for flights in August, and my first stop was the Air Asia [...]

Tagged as: Air Asia, flying, Malaysia

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