>>2777112
>Going to Cameron Highlands seems like a pain in the ass since the bus is 3 to 4h are there better alternatives?
If you are going North its basically on the way? Also the train is way more comfy than the buses, get off at Ipoh and transfer to a coach for the highlands. At the very least if you catch a bus make sure it's the direct type, there's some that take like 8 hours from KL to Georgetown and others that do it in 4.
Note the KTM intercity trains sell out in advance basically all the time, try to book a week in advance.
>Better alternatives to Perhentian to dive? (not in Borneo)
Tioman but it's also on the east coast and even more annoying to get to considering your other destinations.
On the west coat there's not the world class diving of Perhentians/Tioman but still some really good places. Palau Payer is a marine park, there's only 100 people allowed in per week, you have to go from Langkawi or Kuala Kedah port.
There's also good diving and snorkelling at Palau Pangkor which is simple to get to, not far from Ipoh and a quick trip from KL.
Melaka is nice but a fairly small town, you run out of things to do quickly. Nice dinner and a beer on the river is always good though.
Penang is great but maybe I'm biased. Got jungle and beaches right next to each other only 15 mins from the city
t. Angmoh working in Penang
>>2783303
Sex ratio in Malaysia is something like 110, that's not including the few million illegal migrants who are mostly men. The Banglas will just stare at you for 5 mins and not think twice about it. There's plenty of places where I reckon it would be horrible to be a western woman. Even tourist places like Bukit Bintang feel like a massive sausage fest at night.
>>2782724
>Penang is absolutely overrun
Wtf are you on about? The vast majority of tourists in Penang are Asian.