An ethnic melting pot with a lot to offer, Malaysia comprises the ultra-modern city of Kuala Lumpur and the primeval jungles of Borneo. Standout memories for me here are the Thaipusam festival at the Batu Caves and roaming feely among wild orangutans, proboscis monkeys and pigmy elephants along the Kinabatangan River and Danum Valley.

Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Traditional Iban dancer, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A large male orangutan at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Young orangutan at the Shangri-La Rasa Ria rehabilitation center.
A male proboscis monkey, part of a "bachelor troupe" on the Kinabatangan River in Malaysia.
Thaipusam festival at the Batu Caves, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A woman pierced her arm with apples on hooks as an act of devotion during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
An orangutan at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Malaysia.
Pygmy elephant in Albai, Kinabatangan River, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A woman pierced her arm with apples on hooks as an act of devotion during the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Devotee at the Thaipusam festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A Kingfisher on the Kinabatangan River, Malaysia.
A herd of Pygmy elephants in Albai, Kinabatangan River, Malaysia.
Canopy walk in the Danum Valley, Malaysia.