Malaysia is in the center of South-East Asia

there is the peninsular which is west Malaysia with Thailand to the north and Singapore an Indonesia to the south plus two more states on the island of Borneo this is Sabah and Sarawak the island is separated from the peninsula by 640 kilometers (400 miles) by the South China Sea with 13 states. Malay people and indigenous tribes count for over half of the population, the rest are Chinese, Indians and others, including some of the western type.

Size is 342,000 square kilometers (132,000 sq miles) which is roughly the size of Japan, but only with around 13% of the population Japan. The peninsular covers around 40 percent of the land area, and around 90 percent of the population. The country's economy is based mainly on agricultural commodities, and it is one of the world's major suppliers of tin, palm oil and rubber. Since achieving independence from colonial rule in 1957, Malaysia has faced a series of internal and external economic and political pitfalls. There is s strong trend to industrialization and to make the country  known in the world, one of this was the start of Formula One car racing at Sepang near the KL international airport. Despite this developments the country is still dominated by villages, jungles, beaches, rice fields and friendly Malaysian people, most of them are Muslims plus Buddhist and Taoists plus Hindi and more.

The slogan of the tourist marketing is, ..Malaysia truly Asia.. and that's correct by any means, including picturesque fishing villages, beaches, hill resorts, islands, tropical forests and a large area of urban life mainly around KL and on Penang plus other cities its somehow a great travel destination. At KL and Georgetown Penang is a quite some hot nightlife, its not as hot as in Thailand but there is really something going on, try the nightlife link left. Attraction are traditional arts and crafts (check the Central Market in KL Chinatown), colorful religious festivals and a wide spectrum of food, from laksa, to chicken curry, satay, pizza, pasta, burger, teppanyaki and mouth-watering Chinese food.       Malaysian People