Geographically Malaysia is two places – the Malay Peninsula and the Northwestern area of Borneo. In human terms however, it is a whole collection of fasciating places – deep impenetrable jungle; the rubber plantations and a life still haunted by the ghosts of Somerset Maugham novels; the marvellous sandy and secluded beaches and rugged mountains topped with cool hill stations that seem to have been shipped from England complete with pubs, bungalows, pine and misty golf courses. There are the great dredges stripping the land of tin; fine bustling cities of mosques, temples and modern buildings; hot streaming ports where you can relive the world of Conrad, of rusty steamers plying for rubber, tin, timber and pepper; the villages of the Sea Dayaks with houses on long stilts. There are Malays and Chinese, Tamil, Kadazans, Muruts, Dayaks, Sea Dayaks and Europeans, all with independent traditions yet bustling together to make this one of the richest and most colorful countries in Southeast Asia.
Althogh near to the equator, Malaysia does not suffer extremes of heat. Days are sunny and humid, the nights reasonably cool. Monsoon weather affects most of the country during the winter: Sarawak and Sabah can be very wet between November and January. The best time to visit is March to October.
Sultan Abdul Samad Building, Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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