We arrive in Kuala Lumpur in the late afternoon – or in the Bukit Bintang district, where our inn is – and are pleased to see that we have hit it completely in the black. Not only is the famous night food market just a 5-minute walk away, but the large shopping malls (for example ...

sorry, only google translate In order to break up the route between Kuala Lumpur and the planned island hopping for the Christmas season, we decided to pay a visit to the Cameron Highlands. Our feelings in advance were mixed due to various travel reports (keyword: mass tourism), but we still did not want to miss out ...

The island of Penang just off the coast is actually only the starting point for the “real” islands. So as not to spend 8 hours in buses and ferries, we decided to stay one night in Penang to spend a leisurely afternoon in the small town of Georgetown and not take the ferry to our ...

With a three-hour but very quiet ride on the speedboat, our first – with backpackers typically very popular – real island hopping begins. So far, we have always postponed it, simply because it usually involves a lot of time but also money, just to lie on the beach and snorkel a bit. And after a short ...