A visit to our southern neighbour

See “Motoring through Malaysia”, Horizons section, page

From  John Ross

Good morning everyone. Now that it is summer in the region it is a good time to travel if you don’t mind the heat. This week’s Horizon section features a story about a road trip through Thailand’s southern neighbour Malaysia. The writer was involved in some kind of game called ‘the Malaysian International Media Hunt’, an event that was held to promote self-driving tours of the country. In the game the players had to drive around Malaysia looking for clues.

 
At the beginning of the article the writer gives information about this event as an introduction. After that, he begins to describe the tour itself.  Fill in the list below to complete the information so that you understand the itinerary of the tour. You can use this map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/malaysia_adm98.jpg

(click on the map to make it bigger) to see the location of the states (provinces) such as Selangor and Perak and the larger cities, but some of the places are too small to appear on the map.

Starting point:_______________________

Destination 1: _______________________

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Destination 2: _______________________

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Destination 3: _______________________

          Attractions: ___________________

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Destination 4: _______________________

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Destination 5: _______________________

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After filling in the information you can work with your friends to discuss travel by self-driving and travel in Malaysia.

1) Do you like travelling by self-driving? How do you prefer to travel?

2) Have you ever been to Malaysia?

3) If yes, how was it?  Where did you go?

4) If not, would you like to go? Why or why not?

Posted by Terry Fredrickson at 10:22 AM