For those who wish to see the Orient, there is no better place than Malaysia. It is a gem of a place. This vibrant tropical country, which shares its borders with Thailand and Singapore, is absolutely beautiful. Malaysia is the size of Japan and surrounded by water- a coastline that is more than 4800 km long- that is a lot of beach to enjoy.
The country is made of up of 14 sates. The capital city of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur. This is where all the excitement is. The major cities include George Town, Ipoh, Johor Baru, kuching, alor star, Malacca, and kuantan.
The country is blessed with year round warm weather but also has extremely high humidity of 80%. Along the highlands. The weather is just perfect.
Almost 4/5th of Malaysia is covered with lush tropical rainforests and forms one of the richest ecosystems the world. There are over 15,000 species of flowering plants and close to 185,000 animal species.
The jungles of Malaysia are also rich with animal life including elephants, tapirs, rhinos, leopards, bears, and orangutans..
Malaysia also boats their own rainforest in the form of coral reefs that are found in the costal waters. The country is known for its varied diversity of coral sepias and this make Malaysia waters some of the best for scuba diving, it is no surprise that Palau Sipadan, Malaysia. Only oceanic island is always among the top 10 dive sites in the world.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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