Tag: malaysia
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355 | We Were Once Strangers :: Sipadan, Malaysia, 2014
My last solo dive trip was to Sipadan, Malaysia, at the recommendation of the same friend who persuaded me to learn diving in the first place. The trip started out a disaster. Through no one’s fault but my own, I missed my connection and had to sleep at the airport, and ended up almost missing…
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218 | Monkeys :: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012
The silver leaf monkeys in Kuala Lumpur were vicious when it comes to their bananas. I got into a fight with this one because I wanted to try and get a picture before he snatched the banana away. He won. I sustained some minor injuries from this and had to debate whether or not to…
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143 | Water :: Sipadan, Malaysia, 2014
Accidentally swam into the middle of a school of jackfish swimming in circles! Only later did the people on my boat I totally did it wrong. Instead of swimming straight into it which disperses the fish, I should have swam down to find the opening at the bottom of the cone, and come back up…
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094 | Faith :: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012
The official religion of Malaysia is Islam, but given the multicultural mix of the population, the country is relatively tolerant towards other religions. It was not my intention, but I got a glimpse of the religious diversity of Kuala Lumpur, when I started the day meditating at the National Mosque, dropped by the Buddhist Kuan…
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Into the Blue
My dad often proudly told the story of my first swimming lesson at the age of 4, when I jumped into the pool before the instructor had even finished talking. He always took credit for my lack of fear, as he apparently threw me into the river when I was just 2 years old (back…
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Agree to Disagree
The National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur is only open to tourists at certain hours, and I waited patiently in the blazing sun for quite a while before donning a purple robe that covered me from head to toe and walking up the cold stone stairs that led to the mosque. It was not at all…