DOSSIER - Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Penang: Asia in the mirror

With a rich colonial history that has long nurtured Far Eastern fantasies, and with all its communities - Malay, Chinese, Indian and Tamil - making it a melting pot that is unique in Asia, Malaysia has everything to bewitch the traveller. In Kuala Lumpur, the vibrant capital, as in Penang, the former trading post on the Straits, Malay spells still work.