Mulu National Park

Mulu National Park located near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Borneo; is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses incredible caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its caves and the expeditions that have been mounted to explore them and their surrounding rainforest.

Within Mulu National Park is the world's biggest natural enclosed space - Sarawak chamber, found in Gua Nasib Bagus. It is 2,300 ft long, 1,300 ft wide and at least 230 ft high. Other notable caves are Benarat Cavern, Deer Cave, Wind Cave and Clearwater Cave, which exposes parts of a long undergraound river going through the park.

Mulu is a very inaccessible area; the only practical way of getting there is by air, mainly from Miri airport. It is possible to travel by riverboat, but it requires a chartered long boat - take around 12 hours to reach from Miri, while flight only takes 30 minutes.

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, lies midway along the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur represents the heartbeat of Malaysia, serving as its cultural, commercial and transportation centre. With a population of over 1.3 million, Kuala Lumpur is the largest city in Malaysia. It is better known as KL to the locals, the city is a heady mix history and culture interwined with mushrooming skyscrapers adn office towers. KL is the best examples of a city that has managed to preserve the best of its cultural heritage and combine it with modern conveniences to offer a wholly unique experience to visitors
While the city's past is still present in the evocative British colonial buildings of the Dataran Merdeka and the midnight lamps of the Petaling street nightmarket, the past is every where met with insistent reminders of KL's present and future. The city's bustling streets, its shining, modern office towers, and shopping malls such as Petronas Tower (KLCC - tallest buildings; height of 1,453 ft), KL Tower (heights of 1,381 ft) and Pavilion Mall (with over 450 retail shops spread across 7 levels)

Malaysia Brief

Malaysia is a country that consists of 13 states and 3 federal territories in Southeast Asia with a total landmass of 329,847 km2. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 25 million. The country is separated into 2 regions - Peninsular Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak) - by the South China Sea. Malaysia borders Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei. The country is located near the equator and experiences a tropical climate. Malaysia's head of country is the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (conventionally referred to as 'the King') and the government is headed by a Prime Minister.
Malaysia as a unified country did not exist until 1963. Previously, a set of colonies were established by the United Kingdom from the late-18th century, and the western half of modern Malaysia was composed of several separate kingdoms. This group of colonies was know as British Malaya until its dissolution in 1946, when it was reorganized as the Malayan Union. Due to widespread opposition, it was reorganized again as the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and later gained independence on 31 August 1957. Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and the Federation of Malaya joined to form Malaysia on 16 September 1963. Singapore separated and became an independent republic on 9 September 1965.
The Malays from the majority of the population. Some Malays are of Arab descent and there are sizable Chinese and Indian communities. Islam is the largest as well as the official religion of the federation. The Malay language is the official language, Mandarin and Tamil also using widely by the communities. Same as other countries which under British colonial, English language is well established in Malaysia.