Visit Ipoh

Penang's UNESCO capital: clan jetties, street art and the best hawker food in Malaysia.

A French hill station of pine forests, flower farms and a Crazy House, cool all year in the Central Highlands.

The base for the Bolaven Plateau coffee farms, Wat Phou Khmer temple and the 4,000 Islands of the Mekong.

Geisha coffee farms, the Quetzal trail and the Baru volcano where you can see both oceans.

Coffee farms and the wax palms of the Cocora valley in a bright-painted Quindio town.

Coffee farms at the foot of Kilimanjaro, the town every climb starts and ends in.

Visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital. See the Petronas Twin Towers (once the world's tallest buildings, with a skybridge at 170m), explore the Batu Caves (a Hindu shrine with a 42.7m golden statue and 272 steps), wander through the Islamic Arts Museum (largest in Southeast Asia with over 7,000 artifacts), and sample street food at Jalan Alor (famous for satay, nasi lemak, and char kway teow).

Visit Penang, a Malaysian island state known for its historic George Town (UNESCO World Heritage Site with colonial architecture and street art), Penang Hill (funicular railway with panoramic views), Kek Lok Si Temple (one of Southeast Asia's largest Buddhist temples), and local food like char kway teow (stir-fried rice noodles) and asam laksa (spicy fish noodle soup).