I got my bags back on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler, episode 543, Time Worn Manchons, Crafts, Shops, Street Food, Cave Temples,

and Beaches, Here Why Lonely Planet named this region one of the top 10 places to go in 2017 as we go to

Perak, Malaysia.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen and without further ado

let's talk about Malaysia. I'd like to welcome the show Jubb from Tiki touring kiwi.com who's come to

talk to us about Malaysia. Jubb welcome the show. Thanks Chris let's get into

this and when I say we're talking about Malaysia we're talking Thanks, Chris. Let's get into this.

And when I say we're talking about Malaysia, we're talking about a specific region of

Malaysia. Where are we talking about today? Can you put it on a map for us?

So we're going to be talking about Perak, which is the fourth largest province in Malaysia, and

the capital of Perak is Ipo, which is about a two hour drive north of Kuala Lumpur, which I believe you'll be familiar with.

We probably ought to put Malaysia on a map too just because I'm not sure that everybody can find

it but we're in that region between Thailand and Singapore, the long skinny country.

Well, not that long, but...

Yeah, the mainland is the long skinny...

The mainland, that's true.

You, you know, good clarification there because there are parts that are out there by Indonesia.

So why are we talking about Parak and Penang?

Parak is an unknown tourist destination for international visitors.

It was recently named in the top 10 regions to visit in 2017 by Lonely Planet.

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