Basics: getting there from Britain; getting there from Ireland; getting there from North America; getting there from Australia and New Zealand; getting there from Southeast Asia; Visas and red tape; insurance; information and maps; travellers with disabilities; costs, money and banks; health matters; getting around; accommodation; eating and drinking; communications - post, phones and the media; police and the the emergencies; peoples; religions, temples and social conventions; festivals; opening hours and public holidays; shopping and souvenirs; outdoor pursuits. The guide. Contexts: the historical framework; cutting down the rainforest; wildlife; Malyasian music; books; language.