Malaysia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Loved the insight that this guide gave me to the people and way of life in Malaysia. It’s a multicultural country with a rich history and has many traditions and festivals that I enjoyed learning about. The tips on etiquette and behaviour helped me interact and make friends with locals who seemed to really appreciate that someone had taken the time to learn about their culture. Overall, a worthwhile guide that genuinely improved my trip.

This is an interesting book about Malaysia's culture. Some of the interesting information that is mentioned in this book include the following information: Malaysia is a nation of approximately 32 million people with Bahasa Malaysian being the official language. English is widely used in Malaysia. There is a wide variety of house styles in Malaysia. A Buddhist temple is built inside a limestone cave in Malaysia. A wife in Malaysia usually has her own name and usually does not take her husband's name, but this is changing to some degrees. Some taxi drivers in Malaysia are good tour guides and will give riders some interesting information.

Taught me a lot about Malaysian culture and provided practical insights that were very helpful for my trip.

Very useful notions to have before going to Malaysia. Many things were useful, still something that the book says seems not to be actually real. Very minor instances. Anyway, a suggested read for sure.

If you plan to travel to Malaysia, this book will give you a good view of actual Malaysian society. I read it like a novel, and I greatly recommend it to any traveler!