Malaysia By Alberto Tinoco

Malaysia is at the Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam. And a population over 27 million persons. The country is separated into two regions — Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo.Malaysias capital is Kuala Lumpur.

It main languages is the Malay,spoken by almost the 95% of the population.
Bahasa Malaysia is the national language of Malaysia.Bahasa is basically an Austronesian language. This language usually belongs from Southeast Asia and Pacific Ocean. Malay Language is closely related with Javanese, Hawaiian, Maori, Samoan, Tahitian, Acehnese, Chamorro and Palau (Belau), Gilbertese, Nauruan, Tongan etc. Although, these languages are not completely identical, still there are several similarities.

Local currency of Malaysia is Ringgit Malaysia. Malaysia Currency is currently pegged at the rate of RM3.80 to US$ 1.00.

Itis also known as Malaysian Dollar. Malaysian Ringgit is divided into 100 sen, or cents.

The Malaysian economy is based mainly on the tourisim, but also wood,oil,bronce and Natural Gas(NG) are some important forms of economy for this country...They also have tons of paper and matches.

Musical instruments like rebana ubi,and the electric guitar, or giant drums were used as tools of communication. Music in Malaysia bears the influences of Indonesian, Thai, Portuguese, Filipino and Chinese music. Malaysian traditional music is revolves round the gamelan, which is a stringed instrument from Indonesia with an ethereal, muffled sound. Gamelan is generally accompanied by the lilting, mesmerizing beats of Malaysian drums.


Malaysian Cuisine is eclectic is variegated and eclectic; here you will find everything from spicy Malay food, and Chinese food to Indian, Nyonya and Portuguese food. Traditional Malay food is highly inspired by the cuisine of adjoining countries; it is usually highly spiced and flavored. While touring Malaysia, make it a point to have a taste of the some of the popular Malaysian delicacies like satay, nasi lemak, rendang, roti canai, murtabak, laksa, chicken rice, and fried noodles.Also is dangerous to eat malaysian food.

Some of the major tourist attractions in Malaysia are Petronas Twin Towers,and the Sears tower... Telaga Tujuh Waterfalls and Taman Negara National Park.

Petronas Twin Towers is located in Kuala Lumpur. It is one of the tallest buildings of the world and has become synonymous with the existence of the city. The height of the building is 452 meters and is one of the most spectacular architectural marvels of Asia.
Taman Negara National Park is one of the major wildlife reserves of the country. It is located 175 km northeast of Kuala Lumpur and features a green rain forest and broad variety of wildlife. The park offers you the opportunity to participate in numerous adventure sports and activities like Jungle trekking, riverboat excursions, canopy walk, Orang Asli village trip and freshwater fishing. Some of the wild animals that you can see in the park are gibbon, macaque, peacock-pheasant, wild pigs and elephants. The place boats of a impressive range of flora and fauna. You can see here rare plants like some unique lime plants and Sintuk, a climbing type of foliage. You can also see animals like macaque monkeys, hornbills or a giant squirrel in the area.