To the east coast of Malaysia (January 2026)

We took a long distance bus to the east coast of Malaysia. This time it was a really luxurious bus. A lot of space, adjustable air condition. We were flying of the roads 🧈🚀
We arrived at the coast and this one was very different. There were waves which reminded us of the Atlantic.
Our accommodation was still ok for us but more things than usual were broken and the balcony they praised on booking.com was not really existing. But we got used to it pretty fast.
Now that we were at the east coast of Malaysia, Racki and I wanted to see a nice sunrise and so we went up early, took our breakfast to the beach and … there was no sun. The clouds were blocking it.
So we started picking up trash from the beach. It was in fact one of the trashiest beaches we had seen so far and so we filled two dustbins in no time.
The locals were observing us and two men started to collect trash as well and dealt with it in the Malaysian way: burning everything right at the spot.
In the end, we had a nice, clean, big area without any trash laying and flying around. But again it interesting how these changes how we perceive a place. I mean, the trash is still there and all of us are producing more and more. But it just feels just better when we don’t see it.
A elderly lady came by and was very motivated to take a lot of photos with us. She was very cute and it was interesting that she was so happy to take photos with tourists in bikinis. Most Malaysian women were full body suites when they go for a swim.
We took a nice walk in the town and saw all kinds of interesting things.
Scooter benzene in glass bottles at the mini market.
And we were always on the hunt for mango with sticky rice and coconut sauce.
Once, when we had lunch, the locals from the hardware store on the other side of the road did a bit too well in burning there trash and had to move there cars and get a lot of water to get the fire under control.
Nothing to special in Malaysia but interesting for us.
More graffiti streets with beautiful …
… sweet …
… political …
… and creative graffitis.
And of course there was a lot of very delicious food and …
… cute kittens!
We visited a Buddhist temple …
… with a beautiful statue.
A colorful interior.
Interesting paintings.
And then we wanted to visit the big local mosque. It turned out that it was not a very touristic one.
But the locals there were super friendly and after we had waited for there ceremony to finish, they gave us a tour.
They were very eager to take photos with us and we loved that they were so open and happy to show us their holy place and tell us how they are deciding who becomes the next Imam and all kinds of things.

Into the biggest national park of Malaysia, Taman Negara (January 2026)

We went with the minivan from Kuala Lumpur to the long tail boat and then further up the river into the biggest national park of Malaysia: Taman Negara.
The ride with the boat took quite a while and it was nice to observe the shore, the jungle and how the driver had to put quite some effort to find the deepest paths through the river to not touch the ground.
The restaurants at the heart of the tourist area were mostly on floating platforms.
On the search for the best french fries.
Our accommodation was very nice but the geckos did not enjoy their stay so much. At least not the ones getting trapped in the fuse box.
Jungle explorers.
In the junge.
We found a lot of interesting stuff, sounds, and animals.
Some suckers were not our friends.
One evening, we went to an observation post and waited and observed for a hour in the hopes of seeing some jungle elephants …
… but didn’t see any.
On a guided night tour we saw a lot of interesting animals. These are sleeping birds.
Techno party scorpion.
Our guide showed us a photo of the biggest flooding that took place in Taman Negara in 2014 and was about 75 meters high.
To go into the national park, we had to take a boat to cross the river.
Dumbfuckery all the time!
Meeting other travelers.
The jungle rollercoasters …
… and highways.
My favorites: the big trees.
Some up to 80 meters high.
Some leaning over.

The Kleinis visiting us in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (January 2026)

Back to Kuala Lumpur and the monkeys had followed us into the city. It was interesting: the locals fed them with bubble tea and chips and of course the monkeys quite liked it 🙃
Then we picked up Kleini Two (aka Ben) from the airport. He is a good friend of Racki and brought all kinds of gifts from Germany.
Together we went to the Batu Caves, the same attraction we went with Rackis brother before. But again it was nice. And this time the big golden statue was revealed again and was very impressive and beautiful.
We had all the different food Kuala Lumpur had to offer. Once we went to an Indian restaurant and Rackis meal was by far the spiciest we ever tried. Even with two extra rice it was barely eatable 🔥
Little India.
A scooter peeing while doing a handstand.
The famous PETRONAS Twin Towers as a nice reflection.
Back in our favorite bar this time the band played our favorite song Hooked On A Feeling 🥳
Racki made a beautiful and spacy necklace 💫
The accommodations we had with Ben, were nice. This one had a pretty big pool.
On the satellite photos this palm shaped resort looked interesting.
In reality I did not like it. Very artificial. Packed and weird.
And then we picked up Kleini One (aka Moni, Ben’s girlfriend) 🤗
Moni is vegan and we were quite positive that it would be possible to get something to eat for her in the restaurants. And it turned out that it was super easy and right the first restaurant had plenty of vegan meals 🥳
Next stop Taman Megara, the biggest national park of Malaysia 🚀