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Malaysia
Malaysia (Feb 2026 Postcard)
Malaysia is one of those places that greets you with color before you even know what you’re looking at. It’s a country made of layers – Malay, Chinese, Indian, Peranakan, and countless smaller communities – each adding their own rhythm, flavor, and story. Somehow, all those differences don’t clash; they blend, like a mosaic that
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🇲🇾 Ipoh’s Cave Temples: Five Stops You Shouldn’t Miss
Before I arrived in Ipoh, I didn’t realize the city is wrapped in limestone. These dramatic karst hills rise suddenly from the ground, steep and craggy, full of natural caves that have been forming for millions of years. It’s no surprise that people looked at these openings in the rock and felt something sacred about
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🇲🇾Discovering Nonya Culture in Malaysia
Some of the most meaningful travel experiences don’t happen in museums or famous landmarks. They through quiet conversations with people who generously open a window into their world. My new friends, Guek Neo and Siew Neo spent an afternoon introducing me to Nonya — or Peranakan — culture in Malaysia. How I Met Guek Neo
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🇲🇾 Batu Caves: Where Geology, Spirituality, and Culture collide
Just outside Kuala Lumpur sits one of Malaysia’s most iconic landmarks: Batu Caves, a place where geology, spirituality, and culture collide in the most dramatic way. The caves themselves are ancient, around 400 million years. The limestone cliffs rise like ancient giants, their surfaces carved by millions of years of rain and sunlight. Long before
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🇲🇾A Visit to Melaka
This little coastal city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and exploring it feels like stepping into a living storybook – one that reveals not just the city’s past, but the story of Malaysia itself. A Little Look at Melaka’s Past Melaka was perfectly positioned along one of the world’s busiest ancient trade routes, the
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🖋️Writer Spotlight: Mimi
Meet Mimi: Lover of Old Fashioned Snail Mail (and our curator!) Mimi is the curator of our Around the World in 80 Cards project. As a therapist, she spends her days helping people navigate the complexities of life. Over time, she noticed a theme: how rare it is for people to slow down, savor a
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