Malaysia… Country endless years, a mixture of modern skyscrapers and Buddhist temples.They say that only in Greece.But this is not necessarily so.In Malaysia, you can see and buy anything.The national food cooked immediately, in front of you, before sqm technology.On cool mountain resorts and hot beaches.And yet here surprisingly positive attitude to each other.And our brother tourists in Malaysia is also very fond of.The finest resorts all conditions for full… No!An unforgettable holiday!The very nature of tropical-jungle, cyan sea, coral reefs with underwater life, has provided a nostalgic memories of those fortunate enough to see at least once this Shangri corner of the planet.

The island of Penang, is considered to be one of the most beautiful pearls East.At the local palm nuts rising water in a sea of steaming milk and sand on the beach like a gold placers.The Penang excellent conditions for sports : golf clubs, tennis courts, horseback riding, water skiing, diving and underwater hunting clubs and promising fishing.Fish is tma-tmuschaya.There are many interesting.Ancient temple What Chaymangkalaram decorates the third largest in Asia behind Buddha figure.The temple Zmey snakes are directly altar, and the Ten Thousand Buddha temple altars protect giant pieces gods and heroes of China.
In Malaysia, home to myriad of different types of butterflies.The specially for the park from all pestro wings painted with the most incredible colors.Penang Botanical Gardens collected all anime tropical plants, which can be found on these shores.In addition, a live very friendly and nice houses.A water-linking Penang to the mainland, met a young guests Mozilla Otan, which at lunch tourists covered with a fruit table.
The natural beauty of the island of Lankawi not compare to anything in Southeast Asia.These visitors, expects a peaceful rest.The most romantic island Malaysia is fraught with many legends.Today Lankavi most prosperous region-Malaysia declared a zone of free trade.The beautiful beaches, and one of them Pantay Pasir Hitam - attracts tourists unusual black sand.Waterfall Telaga Tudzhuh, obrushivayuschy their water from a height of 90 metres.The National Park water clean and transparent so that the visible coral cover and floating sea damages.The aquarian set sail more than 5,000 marine and freshwater species.A mysterious caves enormous ways of stalactites and stalagmites and underground lakes with clean blue water kept ancient secrets.
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, and the holder of the highest skyscraper in the world.Capital drenched in green parks and gardens, in the evening filled with light and music blaring from all cafes, and the streets around the clock run "wrong", are racing luxury cars and quietly go cycle.In the capital many duty-free shopping, trading from morning until evening.At night markets offering goods for the ridiculous price.Kuala Lumpur will never leave tourists indifferent.Beautiful service hotels, wonderful parks butterflies unsurpassed beauty and beautiful orchids in the world, historic monuments, coconut palms and other tropical air miracles remain pleasant memories for many years.Others could not tolerate and will return here.

The eastern cuisine, including acute Malay, Chinese and exotic Indian vegetarian.The restaurant menu can always be found and European dishes.But since arrived in Malaysia, you must try the local food.For example, deli-sea crabs, lobsters, oysters, squid, shrimp.Or popu-tank for a couple of white rice, often with a seasoning.Rice to eat seafood, chicken or meat.Or noodles, which is prepared with pieces of meat, chicken or fish, but also with vegetables and eggs.Of drink soy sauces and Oyster.Do you like beans.The restaurants offer Malaysian barbecue-marinated meat on skewers and nanizannoe pozharennoe on coal, obmakivaemoe then in peanut sauce and sedaemoe with ecological.Very popular thick fish soup with noodles.Or pancakes favours Roti Jala.And rendang-meat boiled in coconut milk.Or Malaysian desserts of vegetables, fruit and nuts.Of prefer juice drinks, mineral water and, of course, coconut milk.

Territory

Malayziya- this endless white beaches surrounded by palm trees, pine scent hills, mountains, valleys and sparkling waterfalls, ancient temples and bright folk handicrafts, colourful celebrations and festivals.It is a hot heart of South-East Asia.South China Sea divides it into two parts.Nearly 600 km runs between the island of Kalimantan (which has historically been divided into Sabah and Sarawak) and the mainland-West Malaysia.The layout is in the narrow strait between the Indian Ocean and South China Sea, Malaysia has made a point of major trade routes.

Climate

The year-round in Malaysia is more or less uniformly hot weather.On average, in the mean annual temperature ranges from 25 to 28 degrees.The cool is the time from November to January.On the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak in the west and north-east Sabah often rains in the November-February period, and on the west coast of mainland Malaysia from April to May and from October to November.To change Malaysian high humidity.

People

20 millionpeople

Time

Ahead later in the winter at 5:00, 4:00 in the summer.

Language

Here people speak Malay (Malaysian).English also is simple.As well, Chinese and Tamil

Religion

Among the religions of Islam prevails.But Buddhists, taoisty, indu-isty and Christians also feel good.

National Features

Malays tend to follow their country clean, for breach of the rules is a fine of 500 ringgit.Public life built on the philosophy of harmony and tolerance, so there should be no radical-and it should never be allowed in religious debate.Categorically not recommended to address the concerns of ethnic and religious relations.When entering the house, as well as in mosques and churches, always want to remove shoes.It should not be run by people and objects index finger of his right hand, instead of the commonly used thumb, other fingers bent.

Money

Currency-Malaysian Ringgit.He is 100 adviser.There are notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 ringgit.Coins-1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 1 ringgit incurred.Money changed in banks and at the airport, hotels, shopping centres or directly to the banks.You can exchange currency and private menyalnyh office.There lower rate and money for the transaction with a client are not.

Mail and phone

The communication system in the country is very modern and well-organized.Phones are everywhere (mostly about shops, institutions and public transportation stops) and work on the cards, which are sold in stores Telecom, petrol stations and kiosks.Some survived the old phones, which use coin - they can carry only a local call.Local codes begin with zero, with international calling it does not need to recruit.To call in Malaysia to use the 8-10-60 (code Malaysia) - code-number.Code-3 Kuala Lumpur, Penang-4.

Police, ambulance and fire service : 999
Tourist police : (60 3) 2496593

Shopping, gifts, souvenirs

Kuala Lumpur will not disappoint fans like shopping.Its major shopping malls located in an area of limited street Jalan Bukit Bintang, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Ampang and Jalan Tun Razak.Most shops opened Kuala Lumpur from 10 am to 10 pm.Here All major credit cards, as well as travellers' cheques.Moreover, in all the major stores, there are numerous cafes, which can be fast and tasty refreshments, entertainment center with games and cinema halls.Particularly attractive duty free shops located in all cities with airports, and ports.In addition, two islands, Langkawi and Labuan, declared free-trade zone.Several practical tips lovers Shopping : Gold sold in Malaysia 20th or 24th sample.The quality of performance is very high, and the products are beautiful design.Here widely available and exclusive products : clothing, footwear, leather goods and accessories known designers are sold in major shopping centres in Kuala Lumpur and major hotels.The products you see names Shanel, Gucci, Karl Lagerfeld, Louis Vitton, Christian Dior, Gianni Versace, Hugo Boss and others.If you want to take a real Malay souvenirs recommend to draw attention to : Wooden and pottery that in every state treated differently; Products of copper and tin-all for napkin rings, decorative trays, the astonishing beauty of mugs, cups, vases, tableware.Clothing Battle of the national fabric, tablecloths, bags, hats and shoes are just some of the great gifts that you can buy here.

Kitchen

Kitchen in Malaysia is very diverse : from the rich spices to a Malaysian Chinese cuisine, exotic dishes North and South India.There is also the Portuguese and other European cuisine.The island is famous for its Southeast Asian culinary traditions, formed from the East "continental" culinary schools and local traditions.Each province has its own culinary traditions and characteristics of different methods of cooking and ingredients of dishes.The diet of rice ( "Peoples").Most of his produce is fresh, just as accompaniment, and emphasizing ottenyayuschy taste dishes.Sometimes rice dyed in the preparation of dishes, cook it in broth, or a couple, obzharivayut with spices and vegetables, burned with water or coconut milk, for dessert razvarivayut in coconut milk and mixed with bananas and other fruit, and make rice chips, rice noodles, baking variety of rice flour and rice puddings, a town with various ingredients and served with vegetables, heavy seasoned sauce.Popular "Lemack popu-tank in the coconut milk sauce with the addition of rice, greens, nuts, eggs and ecological, rice in coconut milk with fish curry" popu Dagang, rice croquettes "ketupat" pancakes "el roti, fried rice" popu goreng, flat rice noodles with shrimp, vegetables, shellfish, eggs, soy sauce and chili paste "Quy bank accounts, otvarenny in coconut milk sticky rice" lemang ", Chinese rice with pieces of chicken and pasta with a variety of sauces and additives.The outstanding applications are vegetables, bamboo shoots, soy, coconut milk, and even fruits.The use of fruit in cooking meals Malaysia certainly surpasses even such well-known "professionals" of the case, as the Indians.Many of the local fruit unknown in Europe, and some are so specific taste or appearance that the application of Europeans think it is questionable, but nonetheless, dishes using fruit of one of the most popular among local residents as well as from tourists.National dish is vegetable salad "beast beast with peanut sauce, coconut milk and hot pepper and soybean sprouts and bamboo shoots, pickled vegetables," Acar and Rodjak-salad with pineapple, ecological, from shrimp fritters and boiled eggs, which is served with peanut sauce.As in other regions of Southeast Asia, the meat of cattle and pigs used slightly.Of interest stewed meat in coconut milk with spices "rendang", rice with chicken "haynaniz (po-haynanski"), noodles in curry sauce with the chicken otvarennoy "curry Lax" Chicken location with sour peanut sauce Sati thorium "chicken soup" Sotho thorium, pancakes with meat "murtabak" etc. There are fish and seafood - anchovy "ICAN Bilis" fish curry "popu Candar, cuttlefish salad, grilled scallops, shark fin soup and every class fried, smoked and dried fish and other sea obitatateley.In a country with the rule of Muslim traditions alcohol is not welcome and almost not made.Wine mostly imported, the most popular (and cheap), excellent Australian wine and imported from Southeast Asia more strong drinks.However, in Malaysia, producing good beers as rice, and the traditional technology.

Transportation

Ãîðîäñêèå àâòîáóñû ïî áîëüøåé ÷àñòè óñòàðåâøèõ ìîäåëåé è áåç êîíäèöèîíåðîâ, åçäèòü â íèõ óòîìèòåëüíî.Money for travel given to the driver or conductor.Travel on city buses quite difficult for a foreigner, the driver can open the door to progress or outside stops, drive through a red light or not to declare halt (indeed, all declarations were made today, so is the use of them and so few).Calendar, and rules of the road barely met, and routes rather confusing.In the capital, bus service and better organized.The buses are still in use urban train (LRT) and the Monorail route (PRT), as well as a network of minibus routes.Taxis are cheap enough, or cause a "trap" taxi is not a problem.Most cars in Japan and the modern.Upon landing necessarily the placement and counter his testimony, although most drivers prefer to simply not include.For travel best pay in local currency.Motorikshi cycle and widespread, but beneficial for long trips, travel short distances they are more expensive than a taxi.The long-distance walk specialized long-distance taxis, tolls, in which double that of buses, but the level of comfort and service high.With international driver's licence (to be confirmed with the Ministry of Road Transport), you can take the car hire provided that the age of the tenant no less than 23 and no more than 60 years.Normally renting for more pay insurance liability, insurance, the theft of the leased car, and several local taxes and fees.

Tipping

Malaysia is not taken to the tip.The hotels and restaurants do not, as already included 10% for services.At tea can be, if you are content with the speed and quality of service.

Visa

To enter the country must have a passport and visa.Visa to the country is not required if the stay does not exceed one month.Äëÿ âúåçäà äîñòàòî÷íî çàïîëíèòü â ïóíêòå ïðèëåòà èììèãðàöèîííóþ êàðòó (íåîáõîäèìî ñîõðàíÿòü äî âûåçäà èç ñòðàíû), â êîòîðîì óêàçûâàþòñÿ: Ô.È.Î., äàòà è ìåñòî ðîæäåíèÿ, ãðàæäàíñòâî, ïðîôåññèÿ, àäðåñ ïîñòîÿííîãî ìåñòà æèòåëüñòâà, íîìåð ïàñïîðòà è êåì âûäàí, íîìåð âèçû, êåì âûäàíà è äàòà å¸ âûäà÷è â ñëó÷àå íàëè÷èÿ òàêîâîé, ïóíêò âûëåòà, and to pay a registration fee (about $ 10).If confirmed ticket on the plane allowed visa-free transit stay in the country for not more than 72 hours.

Customs regulations

The importation of domestic and foreign currency is limited.Removal of the currency to 5-thousandringgit, foreign-to 5 thousandRinggit equivalent.Can be imported duty-free up to 1 litre.spirits, wine or liquor to 1 million. , cigarettes, and 200 pc. or cigars to 50 pc. or tobacco-to 225 grams. , perfumes and cosmetics, worth more than 200 ringgit equivalent, gifts-in the amount of not more than 200 ringgit.Allowed electronic, audio and video no more than one name per person.Passengers, temporarily bringing in Malaysia goods dutiable, may be asked to pay for their mortgage and get him to leave the country.Prohibited the importation of drugs, weapons (knives import permission), pornography, goods, coins or banknotes Israel, clothing with printed text on it from the Koran, sets (68-87 and 108-174 MHz.) And gold in excess of 100 grams.Barred export of wild birds and animals, plants, seeds rubber, antiques, uniforms.The import and export of drug offenders unconditionally sentenced to death.

The embassy of Russia

Russia embassy in Malaysia : (60 3) 42560009

Tips

Recommended to vaccinate against malaria in the summer months (July-August) tourists traveling to the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak and west Sabah northeast.Need to do inoculated against cholera and smallpox, before coming to the country is not.Throughout the year, light clothing is recommended from natural materials.When visiting mosques and churches, women are encouraged to wear a blouse with long sleeves and a long skirt or trousers free.Use repellents and mosquito nets, especially outside resort areas.It is also wise to wear sun glasses, hats and use sun creams, solar radiation is significantly higher than usual, we in the mid-latitudes.Water is generally safe to drink, but that still drink boiled or bottled water.Purchasing food from street vendors practically safe.Crime is low, but in crowded places need to keep its bags, photo and video cameras.The advance copy foreign passports, air tickets and other documents and keep them together with some amount of money separately.In cities and resort areas enough police posts and patrols, monitoring the tourist areas, so you can always rely on them.Most Chinese "hotels" is a disguised brothels, the women are alone in Chinese urban areas will not be considered.Lanterns on the streets in the outlying neighbourhoods of little-most street light lit in the windows of restaurants and karaoke halls (pubs), which, in fact, also are brothels. "The major tourist areas of streets and homes lit fuse and it is safe.You can not wear shorts and short skirts in public places, government offices and mosques clothing must cover the knees.Single women have travelled strongly recommended.Swimming in the sea in a safe, as most beaches obramleno coral reefs, but outside is a powerful, especially strong in the South China Sea.Some marine inhabitants are toxic, so be sure to consult with the local residents, regardless of fishes can be touched, and with whom such treatment may end pathetic.Nudism is not prohibited, but absolutely not recommended, particularly on public beaches.Do not forget, in Malaysia voltage 220V, three-electric outlet.It is necessary to use electrical adapter, which you can buy at local shops

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