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connected to KL's main transport hub
- KL Sentral train station. Penang,
Langkawi, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu
also receive some international flights.
From KL, AirAsia covers a number of
domestic routes, and prices are
spectacularly low, especially if booked
in advance. Malaysia's bus and train
routes are extremely e
cient, and
crossing the entire length of the
Peninsula can be done overnight.
Malaysia has
land borders
with
hailand, Singapore, Brunei and
Kalimantan (Indonesian territory),
with frequent long-distance buses
crossing all of them.
from Tanjung Balai, in Sumatra, to
Port Klang; between Zamboanga,
Philippines, and Sandakan; and
from Tarakan (see box, p.325) in
northeastern Kalimantan to Tawau
in Sabah.
here is a
land border
at Entikong,
100km south of Kuching in Sarawak;
buses run from Pontianak in southern
Kalimantan through here to Kuching
(see p.476).
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FROM THAILAND
Recent political unrest and the threat of
terrorism has made travelling from
hailand to Malaysia more dangerous
and visitors are strongly advised against
venturing into the provinces of Pattani,
Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla on the
hai-Malaysia border. his makes the
city and transport hub of
Hat Yai
and
several of the main border crossings to
Malaysia essentially out of bounds for
the time being: it includes travelling by
rail from Hat Yai (and Bangkok) to
Butterworth via Padang Besar, and
FROM INDONESIA
A variety of ferries and speedboats
depart from
Indonesia
to Malaysia:
from Medan (see p.214), in north
Sumatra, to Penang; from Dumai (see
p.239), south of Medan, to Malacca;
from Pulau Batam, near Pe Kan baru
(see p.238), to Johor Bahru; from
Satun, hailand, to Langkawi; and
SULU
SEA
Metres
1000
P. Banggi
Kudat
Kota Belud
Sepilok
Orangutan
Rehabilitation
Centre
TUNKU
ABDUL
RAHMAN
NATIONAL
PARK
500
200
KINABALU
NATIONAL PARK
Mt Kinabalu
(4095m)
Sandakan
100
0
Kota Kinabalu
Sukan
Gomantong Cave
TABIN
WILDLIFE
RESERVE
Bilit
Beaufort
P. Labuan
DANUM VALLEY
CONSERVATION
AREAS
Lahad Datu
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Tenom
Lawas
SABAH
Semporna
BRUNEI
Tawa u
P. Sipadan
Limbang
Mabul
Miri
GUNUNG
MULU
NATIONAL
PARK
Marudi
Ta ra k a n
NIAH
NATIONAL
PARK
Bario
Bintulu
N
Belaga
KALIMANTAN
SEMENYOH
ORANGUTAN
SANCTUARY
SARAWAK
Sibu
BAKO
NATIONAL
PARK
INDONESIA
Kapit
Kanowit
Putai
Sri
Aman
Kuching
Bau
Lubok
Antu
Kg. Anna Rais
Nanga Badau
0
200
Tebedu
Entikong
kilometres
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