{"id":5089,"date":"2024-03-11T09:21:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T09:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T12:44:29","slug":"malaysia-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/malaysia-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia &#8211; March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5089\" class=\"elementor elementor-5089\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-919b37e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"919b37e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8521f86\" data-id=\"8521f86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6119876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6119876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In March 2020, we travelled to the Philippines for a wedding invitation. On our return, we visited Malaysia, which included locations such as Singapore, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, and Penang. When we departed from England, COVID-19 was just being mentioned on the news, but no one seemed concerned and travel was running as usual. However, throughout the two weeks during our stay in Malaysia, the lockdown enforcement became more severe each day, to the point where the streets were empty. In the end, we only just managed to get back home because all flights out of Kuala Lumpur airport were cancelled!<\/p><p>We returned to England in the third week of March to find the streets busy and packed. The Cheltenham races were in full swing, as though nothing unusual was happening at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36ebd6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36ebd6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5099\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9658-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7dcd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7dcd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We stayed for one night in the famous Marina Bay Sands (MBS)\u00a0 hotel in Singapore.\u00a0 It was opened in 2011 and fronts the Marina Bay and is a landmark of the city.<\/p><p>In 2022 an expansion plan was announced for a 4th tower to be completed by 2028 containing 1000 hotel rooms and an adjoining concert venue with seating for 15,000 guests.<\/p><p>We stayed for only one night just for the experience because it is very expensive.\u00a0 After that it was back to the YMCA.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb20a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"deb20a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5107\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1650-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Infinity Pool on MBS skydeck<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d44fed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d44fed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During our stay at MBS we spent all our time at the infinity pool on the famous Skydeck.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ade492 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ade492\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5110\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9540-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dd1df7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dd1df7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pool is 150m long and is especially impressive at night time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1125a74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1125a74\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e8ca96\" data-id=\"3e8ca96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d91c81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d91c81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-109f737\" data-id=\"109f737\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2ac5be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2ac5be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5252\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1620-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e55b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e55b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>View of Manila Bay from the Skydeck. Note all the shipping and also the artificial trees in the garden that are connected by aerial walkways. The half dome structures on the left are the botanical gardens.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-863682f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"863682f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5117\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9139.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-543b9e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"543b9e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Marina Bay has much more than just the hotel, there is a multi-storey botanical garden &#8220;Gardens by the Bay&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c28023 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6c28023\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5121\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9323-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39193e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d39193e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Every evening, there is a sound and light show with these artificial musical trees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ee4f8d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ee4f8d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5126\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9338.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f735017 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f735017\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No visit to Singapore would be complete without a Singapore Sling at the famous Raffles Long Bar. Back in the day, the seafront was closer, and the bar was located on what was called &#8220;Cads Alley&#8221;. It had tables placed outside and was a popular place for wealthy colonial plantation owners to sit and watch the world go by.<\/p><p>The Singapore Sling is based on gin and also contains pineapple juice, lime juice, cura\u00e7ao, and B\u00e9n\u00e9dictine, while grenadine and cherry liqueur give it its rosy pink hue. It was originally designed for female clientele as disguised fruit juice to bypass the rule of no alcohol served to female customers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff913da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ff913da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5146\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9355-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Raffles Long Bar<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a95e1f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a95e1f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-336419a\" data-id=\"336419a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbcefdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbcefdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5154\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9035.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc3ab2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbc3ab2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the Sultan Mosque in Kampong Glam, or &#8216;Little India&#8217; district of Singapore.\u00a0 It is the former home of the local sultan and was originally built in 1825 with the aid of a grant from Raffles and the East India Company under the terms of a treaty allowing the Malay leader to retain sovereignty over the area.\u00a0 This is not the original building, which was replaced by the present building in 1928.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e602b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51e602b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5527\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1614-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0eafca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0eafca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Singapore is a very ordered society<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-deb0674 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"deb0674\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5159\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9051-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kampong Glam<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216903d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"216903d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-1024x569.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-1024x569.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-300x167.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-768x427.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-1536x854.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9066-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kampong Glam<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05175c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05175c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9381.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1bb54f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1bb54f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The &#8216;Thian Hock Keng Mural&#8217; is 44m long and was painted on the rear wall of the Thian Hock Keng Temple by Singaporean artist Yip Yew Chong. It tells the story of Singapore&#8217;s early Hokkien immigrants, from leaving China to arriving in Singapore, and the sacrifices, joys, and hardships they experienced along the way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d2dd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06d2dd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9405.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5019e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5019e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5176\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9395.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9cb0be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d9cb0be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5180\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9396-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d0c7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d0c7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-1024x667.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5181\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-1024x667.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-300x195.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-768x500.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-1536x1001.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9399-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf03e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cf03e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-1024x677.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5183\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-1024x677.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-300x198.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-768x508.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-1536x1016.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9402-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f5c19f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0f5c19f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5193\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9418.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4201624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4201624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5194\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9417.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Thian Hock Keng Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338de2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"338de2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9470-768x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5198\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9470-768x1024.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9470-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9470-1152x1536.webp 1152w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9470.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Singapore Chinatown<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bafbb82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bafbb82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5204\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9477.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9564998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9564998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe had our portrait done by this paper cutout artist in Chinatown. Using nothing but a pair of scissors and a single sheet of paper, he made this cutout in just 3 minutes \u2013 even with my glasses on!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41328e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41328e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd21dc4\" data-id=\"dd21dc4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e892599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e892599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8966.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8961.jpeg\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28f374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e28f374\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is Siloso Beach, the most popular beach on Sentosa Island which is essentially one giant pleasure island connected to the mainland by a causeway and packed with rides, activities, and shows. The beach is free, and at night, there is an interactive light show on the sand using projected light which simulates ripples in the water that change as you walk on the beach.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6cb61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a6cb61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5217\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8930.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11a549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d11a549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a picture of\u00a0 Siloso beach taken from the &#8216;Skywalk&#8217; &#8211; which is a 43m high 181m long bridge connecting Siloso beach to Fort Siloso.\u00a0 As you can see, the normally packed beach is deserted &#8211; this is because all the attractions and rides were closed due to COVID.\u00a0 Also note all the cargo ships waiting to unload.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4848f4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4848f4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5222\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8944.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">On the Skywalk bridge<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f90e959 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f90e959\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-1024x635.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5226\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-1024x635.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-768x476.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-1536x952.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_8954-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-befed57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"befed57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fort Siloso is at the very tip of Sentosa Island and was built by the British in the 1880s to defend this vital colonial asset against sea invasion. It was famously useless during the Japanese invasion of 1942 because the Japanese did not attack from the sea but through the jungle behind Singapore. You can visit the recreated historical scene of the British surrender which happened here in one of the underground chambers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a883c96 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a883c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d9f57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5d9f57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Melaka<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6b07e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6b07e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-1024x648.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-1024x648.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-300x190.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-768x486.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-1536x972.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9768-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4d7bc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4d7bc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We traveled by bus from Singapore to Melaka. The bus was full of other Singaporeans going for a weekend away and to do some cheap shopping at the famous weekend market.<br \/><br \/>In the 15th century, Melaka was one of Southeast Asia&#8217;s greatest trading ports, due to its location halfway between China and India and with easy access to the spice islands of Indonesia. In 1824, Melaka was permanently ceded to the British and together with Penang and Singapore, formed the three British territories named the Straits Settlements. Melaka city center gained World Heritage listing in 2008 to protect its ancient architecture from development. Since then, it has developed into a tourist hotspot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d749aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d749aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5242\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9787-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The straits of Melaka run between the Malaysia penisula and Indonesia.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf7e71d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cf7e71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5248\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1679-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6cb636 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6cb636\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5256\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1671-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64f3f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64f3f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5258\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9899-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-713b543 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"713b543\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5265\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9956-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5421d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5421d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5269\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9874.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">These kitschly decorated trishaws are a part of the tourist experience<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b500a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b500a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5274\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9859.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The bridges are illuminated at night time<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44f266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e44f266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5276\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9770.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715ab6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"715ab6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5285\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9757-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Melaka street scene<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a94de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79a94de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9988.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">These monitor lizards can be seen from the riverside walkway<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48967e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48967e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-1024x615.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5301\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-1024x615.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-768x461.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-1536x923.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_9789-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27d2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d27d2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Completed in 2006, the gold-domed Masjid Selat Melaka overlooks the staits of Melaka, and when water levels are high it appears to float &#8211; hence its name the &#8216;Floating Mosque&#8217;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d04d856 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d04d856\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0171-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-459b983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"459b983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a replica of the Flora del Mar held in the maritime museum, a Portuguese carrack of 400 tons.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Nobleman Afonso de Albuquerque was returning from the conquest of Malacca in 1511, bringing with him a vast treasure trove for the Portuguese king, when the ship was caught in a storm and wrecked on some shoals off the coast of Sumatra.<\/span><\/p><p>The cargo was irretrievably lost, as well as 400 men on board.\u00a0 Flora del Mar still lies undiscovered on the seabed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f7851 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58f7851\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5399\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0155-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The ruin of St Pauls Church, built originally by a Portuguese captain in 1521.  St. Francis Xavier was a regular visitor here and his statue stands outside.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be3a49 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6be3a49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a55613 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a55613\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kuala Lumpur<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52fd6b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52fd6b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We traveled all the way from Melaka to KL by taxi, which, although a distance of over 100 miles, was surprisingly cheap due to low petrol prices in Malaysia, as it is an oil-producing country.<\/p><p>The scenery during the journey was not very inspiring; it was mostly oil palms as far as one could see. It is a sad reflection that all of this used to be primary forest.<\/p><p>KL is the capital of Malaysia and this affluent 21st century metropolis has grown from nothing in less than two hundred years and all due to the discovery of tin in 1857 by Chinese prospectors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a88bb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a88bb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5321\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0892-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d235e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d235e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our hotel was very close to the Petronas Towers.\u00a0 Tickets to visit are usually sold well in advance, but because of the pandemic most people were not going out and we just walked straight in with no waiting at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b6d7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b6d7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-1024x684.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-1024x684.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-1536x1027.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/16316034222236-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0db79c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0db79c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The towers are 88 storeys high standing at 452 meters and were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 when they were surpassed by the completion of Tapei 101.<\/p><p>This picture is taken from 86th floor observation deck at 370m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3641802 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3641802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1724-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7611c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7611c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The view from the Skybridge on the 41st floor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a412ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a412ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-1024x630.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5336\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-1024x630.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-768x473.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-1536x945.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0408-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL communications tower with the Petronas towers in the background.  The KL tower (Menara Kuala Lumpur) at 421m was the tallest structure in Malaysia at its topping out ceremony in 1996 until surpassed three years later by the Petronas towers<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83a3d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83a3d8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0768-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Kuala Lumpur has a modern subway train<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bfd350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bfd350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-1024x513.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5343\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-1024x513.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-768x385.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-1536x769.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0472-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850d14f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"850d14f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Sultan Abdul Samad building is on Merdaka Square and originally housed the offices of the British colonial administration, when it was known simply as the Government Offices.\u00a0 Malaysian independence was declared on Merdeka square in 1957 &#8211; at that time it was used by the British as a cricket pitch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-645d830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"645d830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-1024x516.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5351\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-1024x516.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-300x151.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-768x387.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-1536x774.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0435-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a2f08f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a2f08f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad mosque was designed by British architect AB Hubbak and completed in 1907.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe75850 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fe75850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5355\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0448-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f51d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1f51d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5411\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0527-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c54fb2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c54fb2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-1024x474.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5421\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-1024x474.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-300x139.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-768x355.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-1536x711.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0359-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-142fbdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"142fbdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5521\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1748-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897f35e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"897f35e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0350-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5426\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0350-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0350-300x149.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">KL street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83086f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83086f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-1024x640.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5362\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-1024x640.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-1536x960.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0530-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de11958 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de11958\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Sri Mahamariamman Temple is a Hindu temple founded in 1872 and decorated in the South Indian style.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac34271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac34271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5371\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0781-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Street art by Julia Volchkova in KL Chinatown<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-850046d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"850046d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0775-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Street art in KL Chinatown by Julia Volchkova<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537b948 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"537b948\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0774-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5367\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0774-scaled.webp 1920w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0774-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Street art in KL Chinatown by Julia Volchkova<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a0b9b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a0b9b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5375\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0371-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sampan Boy Mural<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce9b205 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ce9b205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0377-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5379\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0377-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0377-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0377-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0377.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LAT Cartoon sculptures<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c49ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38c49ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5380\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0386.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LAT Cartoon sculptures<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b67ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b67ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0382-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5417\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0382-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0382-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0382.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">LAT cartoon sculptures<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e2af21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e2af21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5443\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0399-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">These LAT cartoon characters are looking up at the KL tower<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-953cf9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"953cf9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5403\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0571-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2406426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2406426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Batu caves are 13 km north of Kuala Lumpur and house Hindu temples adorned with dioramas from Hindu mythology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2ed92d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a2ed92d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0600-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Batu Caves<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a33f0f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0a33f0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50709e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50709e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lankawi<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bedfbd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bedfbd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5433\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0909-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c084a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34c084a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Langkawi Island. However, upon arrival, we discovered that the entire island was under COVID lockdown, and we had to fight to secure our hotel reservation. The beautiful beach outside our hotel room window was empty, the hotel pool was closed, and breakfast was served on a tray left outside our door.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-639ab6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"639ab6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5435\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0972-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d828ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d828ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One thing we were allowed to do was hire a motor scooter so we could visit the island. This is the highest point on the island at 881m altitude and is reached by a spectacular road through the jungle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-616b01a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"616b01a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_0974-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6b49bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6b49bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Langkawi comes from an old Malay word for eagle, and classical Malay literature claims that the island is one of the resting places of Garuda &#8211; the mythological bird that was Vishnu&#8217;s vehicle. Eagle watching is one of the activities on the island and this eagle statue greets visitors arriving by boat from the mainland.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecfba85 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ecfba85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8835655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8835655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Penang<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de55567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de55567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We left Langkawi on the very last ferry boat service to Penang island (a 2-hour trip) before all transport links into and out of Langkawi were cut. When we arrived at our booked hotel in Georgetown, there was just a note on the door to say they were closed due to the pandemic restrictions and directing us to another hotel a mile away.<\/p><p>The tourist attractions, such as Penang Hill, were all closed, so we were restricted to exploring Georgetown on foot for a couple of days. Even that became awkward as we were starting to notice a hostile attitude towards foreigners on the street.<\/p><p>In 1826 Penang became the capital of the Straits Settlements including Melaka and Singapore, until it was surperceded by Singapore in 1832.\u00a0 The three and a half year Japanese occupation during WWII marked the end of British imperial rule, and the Straits Settlements were dissolved in 1946.\u00a0 Penang gained independance from Britain in 1957 and became one of Malaysia&#8217;s 13 states in 1963.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cdea4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f7cdea4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5447\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1203-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23497ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23497ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The historic center of Georgetown was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008. This is probably the most photographed building inside the protected zone and is referred to as the Blue Mansion. It was built by the Chinese merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of the 19th century and rescued from ruin in the 1990s. It has appeared in many films, the most recent of which is the Hollywood movie &#8216;Crazy Rich Asians&#8217;.<\/p><p>Unfortunately, due to the lockdown, we were unable to take the guided tour to visit the fabulous interior.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25035d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25035d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5454\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1206-1-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Georgetown Town Hall<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d970825 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d970825\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5462\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1207-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Penang City Hall<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d14f960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d14f960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">George Town street art<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53b9ea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53b9ea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Georgetown is famous for its street art, which was one of the few things which we could visit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27d026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b27d026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5468\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1148-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f92c2ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f92c2ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One can see many examples across town of these cartoon steel art pieces by the studio &#8216;Sculptures At Work&#8217; commissioned by the state government in 2010.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faf54f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"faf54f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-1024x728.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5475\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-1024x728.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-768x546.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-1536x1092.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1087-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">GeorgeTown street art<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9f1569 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e9f1569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1226-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a85921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a85921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1116-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5480\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531eace elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"531eace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is a well known piece of street art called &#8216;Kids on a Bicycle&#8217; by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d42a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69d42a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-1024x768.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5517\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1751-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39a1fb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39a1fb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1121-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0277545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0277545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5491\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1172-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df3f8ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df3f8ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1104-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89f1b19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89f1b19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-1024x702.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5508\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-1024x702.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-300x206.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-768x526.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-1536x1053.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1101-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">George Town<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf5e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cf5e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5532\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/klemperer.co.uk\/travel_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1271-scaled.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5272ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5272ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We arrived back in KL to find that our flight home had been cancelled due to the lockdown!\u00a0 All flights were being consolidated due to the very few aircraft that were leaving and we had to wait outside the airline office all day until we could get on a flight home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In March 2020, we travelled to the Philippines for a wedding invitation. On our return, we visited Malaysia, which included locations such as Singapore, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, and Penang. When we departed from England, COVID-19 was just being mentioned on the news, but no one seemed concerned and travel was running as usual. 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