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Contents

Malaysia: The Original Melting Pot

Kuala Lumpur and the Hill Stations

Penang and Langkawi: The Western Islands

Malacca: Historic Trading Centre

Kelantan and Terengganu: The Malay Heartlands:

Sabah: Home to Eco Treasures

Sarawak: Beyond Paradise

A runner on the jogging track outside the state-of-the-art Petronas Twin Towers in the Golden Triangle business district of Kuala Lumpur. Below right: The white sands and palm trees of Sipidan Water Village Resort in the eastern state of Sabah are deliciously inviting. Top right: All hotels and dive operators were evicted from the world-renowned Sipidan dive site in 2005 in order to preserve its unique environment, and divers are now accommodated in romantic stilt villages like the Sipidan-Kapalai Resort. Right: Until Malaysia’s highway network got off the ground in the 1970s, Kuala Lumpur’s old railway station, designed in Moorish style by a British colonial architect, was the centre of activity.