Malaysia - 2007


	Malaysia (2007)

Links to Malaysia texts: Direction Malaysia | On Pulau Besar | Wakeboard in Malaysia

Photos per year (number): 1998 (8) 2001 (47) 2002 (7) 2005 (45) 2007 (216) 2008 (121)


Penang city center	Batik making	Kek Lok Si Temple seen from the road	Arriving at Kek Lok Si Temple	Lampoons	Rows of lampoons	Inside a shrine	Offerings to Buddha	View from Kek Lok Si Temple	Ban Po Thar

Lampoon rows	Penang density	Kuan Yin, goddess of mercy	Kek Lok Si Temple under the rain	Snake temple	One of the vipers of the snake temple	Tourist photos with the snakes	Snakes on the altar	Strange sight!	Fisherman village on the water

The grand Eastern & Oriental Hotel	Victoria Memorial Clock Tower	Remains of Fort Cornwallis	City Hall	St George's Church	St George's Church and its pavilion	Seashore of Penang	Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion entrance	Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion	Khoo Kongsi clan temple

Details of the Dragon Mountain Hall	Weeping monk	Laughing monk	Khoo Kongsi temple entrance	An altar of the Dragon Mountain Hall	List of all famous Khoos	More plaques to celebrate Khoos	Detailed murals	Detailed murals	Details of an altar

Nine Old Men mural in Khoo Kongsi	Courtyard of the Khoo Kongsi	Khoo Kongsi buildings	The reception hall of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion	Main door of the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion	Scene from last century	Beautiful colours of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion	Strange stick insect	Leaf insect	Pitcher plant

Battling a giant beetle	Glorious bus company staff in Penang	View from our hotel in Miri	Fish market stalls	Tua Pek Kong temple	Images on the Tua Pek Kong temple	Altar of the Tua Pek Kong temple	Inside the Tua Pek Kong temple	A charming lantern	Altar candles

An imposing dragon	Back of the Tua Pek Kong temple	Playing in the late afternoon	2 of our dinner lobsters	Fresh lobster for dinner!	Our dry butter masterpiece lobster	Nesting swallows next to our hotel room	Beautiful river in Sarawak	Impressive approach to the caves	Clearing from which to admire the Deer Cave

Inside Lang Cave	Entrance of Lang Cave	The amazing formations	Cave formations	Deer Cave entrance	Lush nature at the mouth of Deer Cave	Inside Deer Cave	Bats leaving Deer Cave	Bats flying off at dusk	Some of the 2-3 million bats flying off tonight

Sunset on Mulu NP	The entrance of the Royal Mulu Resort	Colours of Sarawak at the Royal Mulu Resort	Drinking an independence cocktail	Pool of the Royal Mulu Resort	A lost moth	Pretending to eat a moth	Decorations of the Royal Mulu Resort	Lovely surroundings of the Royal Mulu Resort	The river awaits us

On board the long boat	Morning life along the river	Scenery on the river	Penan settlement village	A local chicken in the village	A young boy sees us approaching	Longhouse in a Penan settlement	Penan village	An old lady plays a tune	The long house

Children in the river	Tourist boats pass by the village	Inside the Wind Cave	King's Chamber in the Wind Cave	River near the Clearwater Cave	Boat stop near Clearwater Cave	A giant squirrel passes by	A well camouflaged lizard	A small lizard climbs away	A damselfly makes a halt

Jackfruit tree?	A large stick insect	One of the rare butterflies to land	Views from the canopy walk	Impressive lianas dropping down to the stream	Beautiful new leaves	A still dragonfly grants me a close-up	Our first pitcher plant	The bridge out of Mulu NP	Hitching a ride

Dining hall	Traditional dances	Showing dances from various tribes	More local dances	Pilot of our small propeller plane	Endless jungle below us	A small waterfall in Lambir NP	Strange round circles in the stream	Impressive view at the end of the walk	The nice waterfall

Training for boat races	Evening life on the Sarawak River	Modern and old in Kuching	The former courthouse	Central Kuching colonial architecture	Bako village houses on stilts	Beautiful views of Bako arise	Bako morning waters	A lone fisherman in Bako	Mangrove at the Bako landing point

A bearded pig and a macaque in the Bako camp	Bearded pig grazing in the camp	Close-up on this strange pig	Roots everywhere along the path	Making our way along a trail	Telok Paku beach	An interesting insect	A camouflaged gecko	Beauty of a pitcher plant	Large pitcher plants on the ground

Another sort of pitcher plant	Pitcher plant on the floor	Ground pitcher plants	A colony of ants moves along	Close-up on the impressive ant colony on the move	Views from the top of Bako	View from Bako heights	Macaque near the end of the Jln Lintang trail	A silver leaf monkey!	And now a baby silver leaf monkey

The baby silver leaf monkey explores	Looking into the eyes	I can't watch enough of mother and baby	Close-up on the baby monkey	Eating peacefully in the trees	Intriguing rock motifs	Bako National Park scenery	Mangroves in Bako	A plover in the mangrove	Fiddler crabs

One of so many impressive dipterocarps	More roots along the path	Habitat of the proboscis monkey	Mangrove trees entangled	A glimpse of a proboscis monkey	I manage to catch a better view	A younger monkey is visible	It's a young male	Leaving Bako NP at low tide	Our boatman jumps in

Fishing nets in Bako	A big mudskipper	A bright turquoise crab	Slow river life	Hornbill symbolising Sarawak	Top Spot Food Court	An orangutan approaches above us	It's a mother with a baby clinging on	The mother descends to the feeding platform	Picking up fruits

Young orangutan feeding	The mother has grabbed 3 fruits at once	A beautiful wildlife scene	Semenggoh Rehabilitation Centre charm	A young orangutan messes around	Teenager Saddam the orangutan	Mother and son near some fruit handouts	Explanations on the hornbill	The old courthouse by day	Padang in central Kuching

Sarawak museum	Ferry terminal in Mersing	Waiting for the ferry at 6.30am	On board the speed boat to Tioman	Fishing boats in Mersing	Inside the speedboat to Tioman	An early and fast ride to Tioman	Arriving in northwest Tioman	The beach of Tioman	The sky darkens

Rough seas off Tioman	Getting ready for the dives	Contrasts of light at sea	Tioman beach	Off we go, goodbye Tioman	The Mersing special burger