Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei

by Lonely Planet, Damian Harper, Simon Richmond

Discover Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei

Have your fortune told by a psychic parrot, then dig into dosa in Singapore’s Little India.
Trek in the footsteps of tribal war parties on the Headhunters’ Trail in Gunung Mulu National Park.
Travel the length of Peninsular Malaysia, through the world’s oldest rainforest, on the Jungle Railway.
Give the turtles plenty of space as they haul their 750kg-bodies up the beaches of Cherating.

In This

Top adventure activity coverage – the best hiking, snorkelling, caving, diving or bird-watching info.
Five authors and 2731 hours in-country researching this edition.
More listings of sustainable businesses, to help you make the right choices for the environment.
Find out how you can minimise your impact at lonelyplanet.com

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Asia, Guidebook, Cultural, Adult

660 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

OUR STORY
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.

Reviews

[Andika · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pertama kali beli traveling book. Dipikir2 jaman skrg nyari referensi liburan mending dari tiktok, web forum, instagram, youtube, dll. Tapi yang menarik adalah traveling book semacam ini menyediakan "konteks" yang komprehensif, membuat experience jalan2 kita makin seru dan immersive dengan tempat dan orang-orangnya. Baca buku traveling macam ini recommended kalau durasi visitnya panjang (lebih dari 2 minggu). MY is a MUST VISIT! Especially for indonesian people~

[Po · Rating 4 out of 5]

I consider myself an old-fashioned kind of traveler-I prefer reading Lonely Planet guidebooks than relying on YouTube or Tiktok for travel inspirations. During my two-week stay in Singapore, I was planning a trip to Malaysia. I wondered, "Which Malaysian city would provide the rustic charms of Penang or the rugged outdoor appeal of Kota Kinabalu? The guidebook pointed me to Langkawi, highlighting its UNESCO world heritage geoforest that sounded incredibly intriguing and fun to explore. However, I noticed that a few hotels in Langkawi listed in the guidebook seemed to have fallen out of favour among travellers, with ratings below 4,3 stars in Google Map.

[Spirit · Rating 3 out of 5]

Unpleasant to see writers apply western morality to a different culture so casually

[Jake Losh · Rating 2 out of 5]

In my travels throughout Malaysia and Singapore, I've found this book to be marginally useful. If you're completely at a loss for what to do, you can usually look to this book for some kind of idea, but sadly most of the suggestions revolve around bland museums, shopping and eating. The book pays an inordinate amount of attention to Sabah and Sarawak, as if jungle trekking were the only thing people come to Malaysia for. The historical treatment is quite biased to the UK perspective and also inconsistent in places. Also, some of the phrases in the Malay phrase guide are wrong or else funny, leading to some potentially embarrassing gaffes.

If you are planning a trip to the region, this book is still worthy of a purchase, but be aware of its limitations and be seek suggestions from locals or other travelers for different activities.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found this very useful for planning my way around Malaysia, in particular the accommodation recommendations have been excellent. In the next edition I would like them to give much more detailed information on travelling between destinations-this often missed out basics such a duration of journey or times or details of where timetables are. Also there should be a "tube" map of the LRT and central train routes of KL.

[Jennifer Tse · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book about Malysia, Singapore, & Brunei. It seems like fitting all three places would be too hectic in one vacation, so I only visited Malaysia and Singapore. Even Malaysia and Singapore isn't that close by, but you can take a train. Get ready for trying some durian and seeing many interesting places in the hot sun!

[Anna Lundberg · Rating 3 out of 5]

So-so. Useful as ever as a reference, but I found that I used Google & TripAdvisor alongside it. This might have something to do with the book being in Kindle form for the first time for me - I found it incredibly difficult to go back and find a section I wanted, and I missed flicking through a hard copy.

[Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Note, I only used this book for a trip to Malaysia (Penang) and Singapore, I did not travel to or use the Brunei section. I plan to use this book again later this year for Penang and see if I like it better the second time.

[Zoë · Rating 5 out of 5]

great walking tours!

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

a lot of the information is incorrect or outdated!

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

[2006.11] 2004 edition used for Dec 2006 SEAsia trip planning.

[Miz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[Nuzhat]

Ready for an updated version although it was good for what states I used it for.

[Colin Twemlow · Rating 3 out of 5]

Curried crab.

[Aileen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light on the Singapore part, but conveyed enough to get around.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can't really go wrong with a Lonely Planet guide. Lots of usefull information and suggestions for preparing your trip.

[Hillcloptushome.com.au · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love lonely planet . This book was very helpful. Great details and ideas . However it is getting to be old and out of date now.