Lavish palaces and mosques have sprouted across the Kuala Kangsar district of Perak since the 18th century. Thanks to successive…
Seduku is not happy. Relentlessly, she hammers at the coconut shell, smashing it onto the wooden deck. Despite her best…
Kuching sheds its skin awfully quickly. The capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak has all the noise, clamour and…
Tales of the ‘caviar of the East’ reach my ears within an hour of landing in Kota Kinabalu — the…
Malaysia and I had got off to a strange start. I knew of Melaka City and its colonial past; of…
I’ve always been a night owl. But, to be honest, this tends to involve late-night dinners, rooftop bars or binge-watching…
The biggest, the longest, the tallest, the widest — Malaysia is a country that likes a superlative, from the mighty…
Sweet-scented incense wafts thick and heady between the temple columns, blending with the meditative chants and hypnotic notes of a…
Tell me more The Jungle Railway was once known as the Golden Blowpipe thanks to its proximity to Taman Negara.…
It’s almost impossible to have a bad meal in Malaysia — something brought home to me as I waited under…