Travel by train in Malaysia

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The one's travelling from Melbourne to Cairns by scooter.

Greetings from Quy Nhon, Vietnam! This is my third time here, and it still feels like an under-the-radar destination. To give you an idea of what it’s like, I wrote about it on my first trip in 2018. I am here to do a construction report for Future Southeast Asia.

I’m working my way through the railway guides of Southeast Asia, and this week’s feature is Malaysia.

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