Overview
Kuala Lumpur is the obvious entry and deserves more than a stopover. Penang carries the food heritage, Melaka the trading-port history, and the Borneo states of Sabah and Sarawak carry the rainforest, all of it reached on a cheap domestic flight.
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Fun fact
One number worth knowing
Malaysia elects its king. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong is chosen from among nine hereditary Malay rulers for a five-year term, a rotating monarchy no other country runs.
