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  Pictures Photos, and Images of Malaysian Culture and Traditional Lifestyle.

Langkawi to Parit Buntar, Malaysia
(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)


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Langkawi to Nebong Tebal, Malaysia

(April 18 - 23, 2006)


Cindie at Malaysian immigration, we get our entrance stamp at the desk behind me.


I got a flat, this nail went right through.


Party on the beach.


A soccer game on Langkawi, note the women yelling at her son play soccer, some things  are the same all over the world


Cindie riding to Panti Cenang (Look out beach).


A safe harbor for sail boats.


A mix of westerners and Muslims at the beach.

 


Underwater World Aquarium Langkawi Malaysia

(April 19, 2006)


Everyone likes an aquarium.

Clown fish

This is a frog in the rain forest, name unknown, eyes red.

Rockhopper Penguins.


Angel fish.

 


Bird Paradise, Langkawi, Malaysia Photo

(April 20, 2006)


Blue and Yellow Macaws with a Red Macaw in front


Parrots.


A crane.


An ibus.

 


David's Malaysian Home Stay and Guesthouse Hostel.

David telling me all the uses of a coconut.


David and Cindie with a Tamil Indian Malaysian family.


The local Malaysian women like to get pictures with Tim.


Tim and Cindie at a Chinese Temple. Photo by David.


Tim with local kids, they are brother and sisters.  The girls changed clothes before the photo, how sweet.


Tim connected our laptop computer and working on adding photos to www.DownTheRoad.org


Cindie helps the kids with their math homework.  2 + 3 = 5 in all languages.


Cindie and her new friends.


David's kids (Yugen and Shanti) exploring our laptop.  It is amazing how the computer can bridge language and cultural differences.


He is from Malaysia and she is from Indonesia.  We met them thru David.

 


Traditional Malaysian Tamil Indian Wedding.

The priest is in the center with the bride and best women to the right.  This is the bridal part of the wedding ceremony.


Tim and Cindie with David's family.


The musicians added traditional Indian music to the ceremony, Photo by David.


Indian women in traditional Indian saris watching an wedding.


Indian Temple.


Picture of the Bride and Groom.


Tim and Cindie at a traditional Indian wedding, Shanti, Yugen and Yuges are behind us. Photo by David.


Tim and Cindie in traditional Indian dress at an Indian Temple. Photo by David.


The newly wed bride and groom, those red roses are fresh.


Malaysian Cooking and Traditional Food.

From left to right, David, X, and Cindie who is ready to eat giant prawns.


Home made cakes available at the night market.


Malaysian Muslim traditional cooking is part of the daily culture.


Mangos, fried pork, crab and gastropod.  Photo by David.


Barbeque chicken almost ready to eat, Friday night market.


Live crab ready for the restaurant.

 


Hand made Pottery Factory in Malaysia

(April 26, 2006)

This man is throwing small clay pots used as light holders at Indian Temples.

 


Malaysian Chinese Fishing Village and Party.

(April 27, 2006)


All the boats are in from the sea during the day and they fish at night.


An offering to the gods, people live next to the boat dock.


Fishing nets, baby toys, it is home to the fisherman.


Fresh caught fish being transported to restaurants.


Ah collecting the days wage.


View of the fishing village, the blue building is for raising sparrows that make birds nests that are a Chinese delicacy, yes the bird's nest are eaten.


Prawns by the bucket.


Sorting the fish from the sea.

 


Indian Toddy Plantation Farm in Malaysians.

(April, 2006)


Gugen, Cindie, X, G-Money


Here the liquid is poured off into a cup through a filter and whala, it is ready to drink.


Going up the coconut tree to collect the Toddy, a fresh tasting alcohol.


Cindie showing some photos to the toddy plantation guys.

 


Chinese Temple of Heaven and Hell.

(April, 2006)


Chinese Temple in Malaysia.  This temple has over 2,000 active members.


Cindie and David are ringing the bells and beating the drums to wake up the gods.


Judgment day, this when your life is reviewed and judgment is passed.


This mans torture is getting a blade run through him.  These statues are life size and would scare any kid I know.


These two are being put in a pot by the green monster and another to the side is getting his heart ripped out.  He must have been really bad during his life on earth.


The garden area.


The gates of hell, the Chinese version.


Hell is a terrible place, this man is getting his head sawed in half.


Cindie with the gate keeper of hell.  Once your in you can never come out.


Tim and Cindie at the Chinese version of heaven. Photo by David.

 


Malaysian Indian Hindu Temples and Religious Ceremony.

(April, 2006)


The gate and bell tower outside and Indian Temple dedicated to women.


A peacock and three Indian gods. A statue at an Indian temple.


Tim, Cindie and Mr. Ong enjoying a meal at the Indian temple.  Note we are eating with our hands. Tim and I are left handed but changed to our right hand to eat. It does feel a bit awkward and goes against everything we are taught as a kid.

Tim and Cindie with the kids at an Indian Temple.  The red dot is placed over the third eye after prayer. First a type of butter is dabbed on the forehead and then red turmeric powder is dabbed in the same place.


This is a different Indian temple.  Meat is eaten at this temple and goats are sacrificed at this alter.


The sacred cow. The giver of life. Not the milk from the utters.  Now I understand why the cow is sacred in India.


Offerings to the gods are made during a wedding ceremony at the Indian Temple..

 


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INDEX #3: SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to 9-15-06

1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news

November 22 - December 15, 2004
Thailand
Bangkok, to Aranyaprathet, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
Thailand #1

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
INTRO Crossing Over to the Other Side: Relocating to Asia

LETTER Thailand: Landing in a Whole New World.

Best Place to see Pictures
Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

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- Bangkok, Thailand
- Royal Barge Museum
- Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand
- Wat Phra Kaew and Temple of the Emerald Buddha
- Pictures of Wat Pho
- Bangkok to Chanthaburi, Thailand.
- Island Ko Samet National Park
- Thailand's famous Thai Food
- Chanthaburi to Aranya Prathet and the Cambodian border.


 

 December 16- January 16, 2004
Cambodia and Angkor Wat
Poipet to Tien Bien, Cambodia

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Cambodia Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Cambodia: Poverty Does Not Equal Crime.

Best Place to see Pictures
Cambodia Thumbnail Pictures

Full size Picture Pages

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- Pictures of  Poverty in Cambodia: Poipet to Siem Reap
- Picture from Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Temples Bayon, Angkor Thom
Ta Prom (Temple where Tomb Raider was filmed)
- Preah Khan, Neak Poan, Eastern Mebon, Banteay Kei, Ta Som, Pre Rup

- Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Siem Reap to Phnom Penh
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Tuol Sleng S.21 Museum of Genocidal Crime
- Killing Fields of Pol Pot Cambodia
- Phnom Penh to Tinh Bien


 

(January 16 - February 17 , 2005)
Vietnam #1.
Tinh Bien to Cau Ganh, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Online South Vietnam Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures
South Vietnam Thumbnails

Full size Picture Pages

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- Chau Doc to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
- Floating Market and Boat Trip Tour
- Vietnam War Remnants Museum
- Cuchi Tunnels, Saigon, Vietnam
- Cuchi Tunnels Cu Chi near Saigon, Vietnam
- Pictures from Dalat, Vietnam
- Bicycling from Dalat to Buon Ma Thuot
- Jun Village
- Buon Ma Thuot to Cau Ganh


 
(February 18. - April 2, 2005)
Vietnam #2.
Cau Ganh, to Lang Son, Vietnam

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Daily Journal for North Vietnam.

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)

Best Place to see Pictures
North Vietnam Thumbnail Pictures.

Full size Picture Pages

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- Cau Ganh to Hoi An
- Hoi An, Vietnam
- China Beach to Hue.
- Marble Mountain
- The Citadel in Hue
- Impoverished Highland Market Can Cau.
- Poverty Village of Bac Ha.


 
(April 3 - May 21, 2003)
Guangxi, China
Pingxiang to CongJiang, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Finally in China!

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Three Years and Still Going

Best Place to see Pictures
Best Thumbnail Pictures of Guangxi, China

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- Pingxiang to Nanning, China
- Nanning, Guangxi to Liuzhou
- China's Karst Topography Landscape.
- Liuzhou to Yangshou, Guangxi, China
- Zhuo Yue English College in Yangshuo, China
- Li River bamboo boat trip in Yangshou..
- Ancient Chinese Stone Village of Fuli.
- Impressions light, dance, and music.
- Mountain biking through Yu Long Valley.
- Guilin to Congjiang Guangxi, China
- Reed Flute Cave Guilin China.
- Ping'an Guangxi, China.
- Dragon's Backbone and Rice Terraces.


 

May 22 - June 27, 2005

  Guizhou and Hunan, China
Congjiang to Zhangjiajie National Park China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Guizhou, China

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Made in China: Free Birds in a Caged World!

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures of Guizhou, China.

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- Congjiang to Kaili, Guizhou, China
- Kaili Guizhou - Wulingyuan National Park, Hunan.
- Wulingyuan (Zhangjiajie) National Park, Hunan.


 

(June 28 - July 15, 2005)

Beijing, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Beijing, China daily Blog and Journal

Best Place to see Pictures
Best and favorite pictures from Beijing, China

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- Pictures from Beijing, China
- Pictures of Forbidden City, China
- Summer Palace
- Great Wall from Jinshanling Simatai, China.
- Badaling Section of the Great Wall of China


 

(July 16 - Sept. 3, 2005)
Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China.
Beijing to Xian, Shaanxi, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, China daily journal (blog)

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
The Many Faces of China: Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, Provinces.!

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures from Inner Mongolia, China.

Full size Picture Pages

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- Beijing to Jining, Inner Mongolia.
- Grasslands of Jining, to Wuchuan (near) Hohhot
- Hohhot to Bautou, Inner Mongolia, China
- Wudang Lamasary
- Bautou to Yulin, Shanxi, China with Photos from Genghis Khan's Mausoleum.
- Yulin to Yanan, Shaanxi, China
- Chairman Mao's Headquarters and Residence in Yanan, China.
- Yanan to Xian, Shaanxi, China.
- Terracotta Warriors #1
- Terracotta Warriors #2.


 

 (Sept. 4 - Oct. 29, 2005)

Sichuan, China
Chengdu, to Zongdian, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Sichuan Blog

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Into Occupied Territory: Tibet!

Best Place to see Pictures
Sichuan Thumbnail Photos

Full size Picture Pages

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- Giant Panda Breeding Center #1
- Red Panda  in Chengdu, Sichuan, China #2
- Chengdu to Kangding.
- Kangding, Sichuan, located in Southwestern China.
- Mugecuo Lake near Kangding, Sichuan, China.
- Kangding to Xinduqiao
- Xinduqiao to Tibetan Home Stay.
- Tibetan Home Stay to 4718 meter (15,475 feet)
- to Litang, Sichuan, China.
- Litang Lamasary Tibetan Buddhist Monk Monastery
- Litang to Sumdo, Tibet
- Sumdo to Xiangcheng
- Xiangcheng to Derong, Tibet.
- Derong, Sichuan Province to Tibetan Shangri-La, (Zongdian)


 

(Oct. 30 - Dec. 24, 2005)

Yunnan, China
Zongdian to Mohan, China

Cindie's Daily Journals
Yunnan daily blog - journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Out of China: slipping past the watchful eye of censorship.

Best Place to see Pictures
Yunnan thumbnail photos

Full size Picture Pages

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- Shangri-La, - Lijiang - Dali, China.
- Dali to Jingdong, Yunnan
- Jingdong to Puer
- Puer to Jinghong, Yunnan, China
- Xishuangbanna Tropical Flowers and Plants Garden.
- Mengla to Mohan, Yunnan, China (border with Laos))


 

December.25, 2005 - January 23, 2006
Laos
Boten to Vientiane

Cindie's Daily Journals
Laos daily blog journal

Click here for our first downloadable video called
 "LAOS: VIDEO POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD.

Best Place to see Pictures
Laos Thumbnail pictures

Full size Picture Pages

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- Boten to Oudomxia, Laos.
- Laos Wood Carving Factory
- Oudomaxi - Luang Pabong
- Luang Phrabang, Laos: Monks, Wats, and a boat tour on the Mekong River.
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #1
- Luang Phrabang to Vang Vieng, #2
- Vientiane, Laos


 

January 23 - March 12, 2006

Northeast Thailand
Nong Khai, Thailand to Bangkok

Cindie's Daily Journals
Northeast Thailand Blog and Daily Journal

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Four Years DownTheRoad!

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Northeast Thailand Thumbnail Pictures

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- Nong Khai to Dan Si
- Dan Si to Lop Buri
- The Ancient Ruins and Historic Temples of Ayuthaya
- Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand.


 

(March 13 - April 18, 2006)

Southern Thailand
Hua Hin to Satun, Thailand

Cindie's Daily Journals
Cindie's latest daily journal for South Thailand.  Now with over 4 years of entries!

5 minute Thailand Video
http://downtheroad.org/video/Files_Video/2Thailand_DownTheRoad.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Pictures from South Thailand.

Full size Picture Pages

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- Hua Hin to Ranong
- Ranong to Krabi
- Boat Tour of Ao Phang Nga Bay
- Ko Lanta Beach to Satun Tropical Thailand


 

(April 18 - Sept. 15, 2006)

  Malaysia #1
Langkawi, Malaysia to Parit Buntar

Cindie's Daily Journals Malaysia

Tim's Emailed Newsletters (Join  List)
Two 1-Way Tickets to Australia Please

Best Place to see Thumbnail Pictures of Malaysia

Full size Picture Pages

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- Langkawi to Nebong Tebal
- Underwater World Aquarium Langkawi
- Bird Paradise, Langkawi, Malaysia.
- Malaysian Home Stay and Cyclist Guest House.
- Traditional Tamil Indian Wedding
- Malaysian Home Cooking and Traditional Food
- Hand Made Pottery Factory
- Chinese Fishing Village and Party.
- Toddy Plantation Farm and Palm Oil Production.
- Malaysian Chinese Temple of Heaven and Hell.
- Malaysian Indian Hindu Temple and Religious Ceremony

 

(May to August, 2006)
Malaysia #2

Tanah Rata to Taiping, Malaysia

Cindie's Daily Journals

Video: Malaysian David's Cyclist Home Stay (5:35 min)
http://www.prescottyellowpages.com/Video/3Malaysian_Cyclists_Home_Stay.wmv

Best Place to see Pictures
Thumbnail pictures of Malaysia #2

Full size Picture Pages

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- Cameron Highlands Trails and National Park
- Butterfly Garden
- Boh Tea and Sungai Palas Tea Plantation and farm
- Mardi Research Center, Tanah Rata
- Tanah Rata, Cameroon Highlands, Malaysia
- Indian Fire Walking Ceremony at the Hindu Temple
- Our 8th Wedding Anniversary the Cultural Indian Way
- Chinese Cultural Opera and Traditional Arts Celebration
- Malaysian Indian Religion
- Malaysian Guesthouse and Homestay #2

 

(July - Sept. 15, 2006)
 
Malaysia #3 and Singapore.
Taiping, Malaysia to Singapore

Cindie's Daily Journals for Malaysia

Best Place to see Pictures
Malaysia #3 and Singapore

Full size Picture Pages

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- Penang hill Chinese Temple
- Taiping to Melaka, Malaysia.
- Taman Alam Kuala Selangor Natural Park
- Melaka, Malaysia, Southeast Asia.
- Cheng Hoon Teng Temple and Chinese Hill (Bukit China) Cemetery
- Melaka, Malaysia to Singapore


1North and
Central America
3-30-02 to 4-17-03

2 South America
6-3-03 to 6-17-04

3 SE Asia / China
11-22-04 to
9-15-06

4 Australia
9-15-06 to 9-15-07

5 New Zealand
9-16-07 to 5-2-08
6 Alaska, Canada, and the USA
5-3-08 to present
Cindie's Daily Journal INDEX Where are we now?  BLOG and latest news

 

 


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