Source J.R. Batorson
A rainbow appeared to be shortened SingaporeI only felt it, standing, only in our open tail car Train While traveling north through the Johor Strait, he left the city of Lions. This is a brief view. A thumb of dark clouds was created and it quickly reached us Go to MalaysiaReleases the other Rain and Lightning Stream They cut the uncomfortable heat and raised a stench of straight dirt.
About 94 years ago, French writer and Rubber Baron described Henry Faconier as a place as a place, although “heaven reveals and poured plenty of tears, dark and dull days are unknown.” This day it is true because, despite the time, he noticed Travelers landing on East & Oriental Express (E & O Express)They are all smiling and curious for our journey to the depth of the Malaysian Peninsula.
The train still works in Malaysia
First we went through Jungle Central Highlands Taman Nagara National ParkThen for the colonial conditions of Butterworth and Georgetown on the island of Penang on the west coast. Finally, on four days and three nights, we will return to Singapore’s swamp.
In the past, before the disappearance of 2020, the E&O Express toured the entire journey between Singapore and Bangkok. Belmond rescued it for several days via Malaysia in 2024, and now he was the only one Night train It continues to work In Malaysia .
Also, like everything about Belmanda, Price Approximately, 6 4,650 (4.110 Euros.
With wagons Wood panels are hot And welcome, and boxes BathroomSpacious and comfortable. My state room had a chair Tech chair It turned into a unique bed, and the bathroom, a marble sink and a The great rain With his own servant, sweet and beautiful.
As we moved away, many characters were found on the surveillance platform (Australian financial lawyers and investors, American artists, Malaysian construction principals) Bar Nearby (one of the two on the train). Everybody wore emptyBecause E & or Express has encouraged some label among its passengers. “The atmosphere of loose refinement”The brochure assured me, “This requires informal clothes.
Malaysia It is a country with Malay, China and India cultures, and Food, wide and deliciousMix those different local kitchens with a provancall touch. Our first lunch is a kimchi neois with a crisp Udon gallet, and a coconut white with the sweet neonya cooling.
Every day there were entertainment activities . However, the vast majority wanted to meet the surveillance site, allowing the heat, aroma and the smoke of the forest to take the air.
Elephants, tigers and bears at Taman Nagara National Park
We are coming in the morning So roastThere are the largest pods of the gray rock standing out of the forest; Part Popular for their caves. When some passengers made the cave, the others went to the photo, and the others went to a Riverside sphere, and I joined a small group of people entered the Taman Negara National Park Shake animals.
At the back of a truck, I sat next to the local guide Nizam Kirun, a Bird enthusiast. “Bird audiences are coming from all over the world to see this,” he told me, his phone approached me.
We were driving under a green canopy, and the Friends of the United States gathered like eyelids on the road, The arms border of the palm trees as green sources. We soon passed the flock of photographers who expect to see a big arcus.
Advertisement“Hold,” Nizam said, he jumped out of the truck and trapped in the field. A minute later, he appeared to be, close to an argus, A bird like a tickensian peacockWith its long brown tail. “I call that brother,” Nizam said when photographers shot and killed. “I know him since he left the shell”.
The taman’s weeds are thick It’s hard to see her. Between the problem of trees and ferns, There are elephants And kittles, tapirs and Solar bearsAnd some Malaysian tigers It is. We are not fortunate to see any of them, but there is no shortage of distant shouts of the kippons, and the elephant traces printed on the red soil tried to reach the basket of bees inside a solar bear.
Georgetown, Capital Cultural
That afternoon we left Merabo and returned to the south and went wide Palm oil and rubber trees. At one point at night, we went through Kuala Lumpur (less bad and its large central railway station is no longer used), and when we had breakfast, we saw how the outskirts of Butterworth turned into the city.
AdvertisementA listed boat waited to take us to Penang Island where we explored in the morning Pario colonial Georgetown. We rented the ‘Trishavs’ (three -wheeled taxi with the pedals) with a driver, and we all gained freedom to do what we want.
Georgetown away from a colonial administration center Malaysia Cultural and Art Center. I dedicated my time to tour every martyrdom and steel rod sculpture, which describes some scenes from the past of the island: wages, permits, Imperial police and the Sultans were taken to the writers.
In the twilight, we slide as a drop of ice on its west coast that goes to Singapore. Returning seemed very quickly; The journey across the country has passed with comfort and good humor, but very quickly. But again, everything The best trains are coming very soon.
AdvertisementThe author was Belmond Eastern and the guest of the Oriental Express.
