But what makes Malaysia so interesting is the different populations of people. The three largest groups in Malaysia are the Chinese, Indian's and Malays. Then there are the indigenous Orang Asli on the peninsula and the various tribes of the islands of Sarawak and Sabah. The mixture of these groups is strongly apparent in everyday life. Many of the Malays are Muslim and follow it fairly strictly.
Most Muslim women wear a scarf on their head and keep their bodies covered.
There are Hindu temples sprinkled around many towns and cities and there are distinctly Chinese cemeteries laid out on hillsides. All of these different groups manage to maintain their distinct characteristics and culture yet live, work, and socialize together in relative harmony. Sun Yat Sen even used it as a base to plan his revolutionary strategies. Another person we had met on the internet, Suhaimi, met us in Penang and accompanied us down to KL on July, 29. Suhaimi has plans to take a RTW trip by motorbike in the next two years or so.