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PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
I (Jan) spend my last days in Kuala Lumpur and around. I visit the Thean Hou temple, the largest Chinese temple in Southeast Asia and go to the historical Merdeka Square and buildings around it. Margriet returns from the Netherlands and together we go to the Batu Caves, just north of Kuala Lumpur. The Batu Caves, with one of the most important Hindu shrines outside India, may be my most interesting visit in the area, even more so because we are witness of a wedding and a baptizing ceremony.
Chapters:
00:08 Intro
00:08 Teaser
00:53 Previous episode
01:03 Thean Hou Temple
04:47 Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad
05:42 Merdeka Square
06:00 Old Chartered Bank Building
06:03 Old Government Printing Office
06:10 Countdown Clock
07:05 Old Railway Station
07:22 Batu Caves
07:40 Temple Cave
08:49 Sri Velayuthar Temple
10:14 Sri Valli Deivanai Murugan
13:27 Cave Villa
14:57 Ramayana Cave
16:36 Teaser for next episode
16:44 Outro
We visited Malaysia on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Australia to the Netherlands; see our channel youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Malaysia can be found here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8IcpZ_rcfI5DxN_wXJjBMkP. Enjoy more religious sites and events by playing the clips in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8InrVl-4bJbCejM4N0RMDmu.
Music and/or sound effects:
- 'Eastern Thought', ' In Your Arms', ' Divertissement', 'Whiskey on the Mississippi' and 'Monkoto' by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- 'Lau Tzu Ehru' performed by Doug Maxwell, distributed by YouTube;
- 'Epic Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Trailer (Creative Commons)' distributed by RomanSenykMusic (youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/);
- 'Indian Background Music for Videos' by Mr. Snooze. (youtube.com/channel/UCxb4FggPSxCf6oPiw-F6BBg). License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
Software used to create this video includes:
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PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
I (Jan) spend my last days in Kuala Lumpur and around. I visit the Thean Hou temple, the largest Chinese temple in Southeast Asia and go to the historical Merdeka Square and buildings around it. Margriet returns from the Netherlands and together we go to the Batu Caves, just north of Kuala Lumpur. The Batu Caves, with one of the most important Hindu shrines outside India, may be my most interesting visit in the area, even more so because we are witness of a wedding and a baptizing ceremony.
Chapters:
00:08 Intro
00:08 Teaser
00:53 Previous episode
01:03 Thean Hou Temple
04:47 Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad
05:42 Merdeka Square
06:00 Old Chartered Bank Building
06:03 Old Government Printing Office
06:10 Countdown Clock
07:05 Old Railway Station
07:22 Batu Caves
07:40 Temple Cave
08:49 Sri Velayuthar Temple
10:14 Sri Valli Deivanai Murugan
13:27 Cave Villa
14:57 Ramayana Cave
16:36 Teaser for next episode
16:44 Outro
We visited Malaysia on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Australia to the Netherlands; see our channel youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Malaysia can be found here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8IcpZ_rcfI5DxN_wXJjBMkP. Enjoy more religious sites and events by playing the clips in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8InrVl-4bJbCejM4N0RMDmu.
Music and/or sound effects:
- 'Eastern Thought', ' In Your Arms', ' Divertissement', 'Whiskey on the Mississippi' and 'Monkoto' by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- 'Lau Tzu Ehru' performed by Doug Maxwell, distributed by YouTube;
- 'Epic Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Trailer (Creative Commons)' distributed by RomanSenykMusic (youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/);
- 'Indian Background Music for Videos' by Mr. Snooze. (youtube.com/channel/UCxb4FggPSxCf6oPiw-F6BBg). License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
Software used to create this video includes:
- NewBlue plugins (newbluefx.com/)
- Vegasaur toolkit (vegasaur.com/)





![Overland World Tour | Episode 5.14 | Admitted to Thailand???
PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
We visit Chew Jetty, Esplanade Road and the Kapitan Keling Mosque in George Town, Penang. We cross the Malaysian Peninsula to Rantau Pajang. It looks like we arrive in a different world compared to any other part of Malaysia we have seen.
Although we do not meet all conditions for entry into Thailand with our car we manage to get in. We travel through South Thailand, an area marked by foreign governments as red - do not travel here at all, because of separatists attacks in the past.
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Chapters:
00:00 Teaser
00:07 Intro
00:53 Previous episode
01:01 Sunday | George Town
01:19 Chew Jetty
02:38 City Hall
02:50 Town Hall
03:40 Kapitan Keling Mosque
04:28 Monday | Direction Northeast Malaysia - A Different World
10:14 Tuesday | Can We Get Into Thailand?
12:26 Teaser for next episode
12:38 Outro
We visited Malaysia on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Australia to the Netherlands; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Malaysia can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8IcpZ_rcfI5DxN_wXJjBMkP.
Music and/or sound effects:
- Whiskey on the Mississippi, Smoother Move, Heavy Heart, Winter Chimes, Run Amok and Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- Silk Road by Purple Planet Music (http://www.purple-planet.com/);
- Arabic Background Music distributed by Vespoidea Production (https://www.youtube.com/c/VespoideaProduction);
- Epic Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Trailer (Creative Commons) distributed by RomanSenykMusic (https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/);
- Flow performed by Jon Sayles (http://www.jsayles.com/familypages/EarlyMusic.htm#Rights);
- Jazzy Frenchy by Bensound (http://www.bensound.com).
- V. The Elephant downloaded from MusOpen (https://musopen.org).
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![Overland World Tour | Episode 5.23 | Cambodia - Phnom Penh
PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
We drive to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia and stay on the compund of the Botum Monastery. We visit two major markets and attend the ordaination of one of the boys living in the monastery. We get a personal tour of the monastery by our host. We go to workshops where spirit houses are made and visit the National Museum with the largest collection of Khmer art in the world.
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Chapters:
00:20 Intro
00:21 Teaser
01:05 Previous episode
01:20 Sunday | Destination Phnom Penh
03:58 Monday | Novice Monk Ceremony
04:28 Boeng Keng Kang Market
05:23 Russian Market
06:35 Independence Monument
06:49 Novice Monk Ordination In Wat Botum
09:26 Tuesday | Monastery Explained
09:26 Wat Botum
13:35 Spirit House Workshops
14:59 National Museum
16:11 Teaser for next episode
16:23 Outro
We visited Cambodia on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Southeast Asia; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Cambodia can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8JBKyuFO7mMXa6x rBuoWf. Enjoy more religious sites and events by playing the clips in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8InrVl-4bJbCejM4N0RMDmu.
Music and/or sound effects:
- Whiskey on the Mississippi, Cambodean Odessy and Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- Acoustic Guitar Instrumental Background Music for Videos by Mr. Snooze. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxb4FggPSxCf6oPiw-F6BBg). License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/;
- Epic Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Trailer (Creative Commons) and New Day - Inspirational Cinematic Background Music For Videos distributed by RomanSenykMusic (https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/).
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- Vegasaur toolkit (https://vegasaur.com/) Overland World Tour | Episode 5.23 | Cambodia - Phnom Penh](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Kf6xSBmLG7c/mqdefault.jpg)
![Overland World Tour | Episode 5.27 | Cambodia - Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom
PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
The highlight of a visit to Angkor: Angkor Wat. Its a perfect visit, sunny with some decorative clouds and still very calm. We admire the beautiful relief work of religious motifs and battles. Many pieces are still so intact and have been beautifully restored. What civilization must have been able to build this huge building in 28 more years. We look at the most important temples of Angkor Thom. The larger temples with many sculptures are beautiful, but the ruins of small, unrestored structures under the moss between old, very tall trees are just as atmospheric.
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Chapters:
00:00 Teaser
00:22 Intro
01:07 Previous episode
01:20 Monday | Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom
02:08 Angkor Wat
07:28 Angkor Thom
07:38 Terrace Of The Leper King
08:17 Temple Of The Elephants
08:24 Phimeanakas
08:33 Royal Palace
08:44 Baphuon
11:32 Teaser for next episode
11:43 Outro
We visited Cambodia on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Southeast Asia; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Cambodia can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8JBKyuFO7mMXa6x rBuoWf. Enjoy more UNESCO Heritage Sites by playing the clips in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8IBS8qx_Y9CPHH8DbALfEd4.
Music and/or sound effects:
- Whiskey on the Mississippi and Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/;
- Epic Cinematic Dramatic Adventure Trailer (Creative Commons) - Inspirational Cinematic Background Music For Videos distributed by RomanSenykMusic (https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/);
- Dark Alley Deals performed by Aaron Kenny, distributed by YouTube (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC_rT1jOAACGE5B6IWTBFsPA/music).
- Beautiful Romantic Background Music for Videos I Emotional, mostly Instrumental and Acoustic Guitar Instrumental Background Music for Videos by Mr. Snooze. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxb4FggPSxCf6oPiw-F6BBg). License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
Software used to create this video includes:
- iZotope post production software (https://www.izotope.com/)
- Vegasaur toolkit (https://vegasaur.com/) Overland World Tour | Episode 5.27 | Cambodia - Angkor Wat & Angkor Thom](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LhynZZ7xJLo/mqdefault.jpg)
![In a 22 years old Toyota Margriet & Jan travel through the world | Episode 5.01 | Back to Brunei
PODCAST SEASON 5 - OVERLAND THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA
Just before the corona pandemic began we left our campervan in Brunei. As soon as the borders reopen we go back to continue our overland tour through Southeast Asia.
This video is subtitled; [CC] to activate if needed.
Chapters:
00:00 Teaser
00:01 Intro
00:48 Previous episode
01:01 Preparations
01:21 Tuesday | Departure
02:04 Wednesday | Destination Singapore
02:33 Thursday | Destination Seria, Brunei
03:46 Friday | Seria, Brunei
06:17 Saturday | Collection Of The Car
08:04 Sunday | Destination Miri, Malaysia
09:31 Teaser next video
09:36 Outro
We visited Brunei on our overland trip by car (a Toyota LandCruiser 4WD campervan) from Australia to the Netherlands; see our channel https://www.youtube.com/user/JanvanBekkum for hundreds of clips. More clips of Brunei can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYlw_C7EP8JFdcI-7EKqRpE0ruo9dOib.
Music and/or sound effects:
- Monkoto, Hard Boiled, Ossuary 2 - Turn, Aretes, Basement Floor, Morning Snowflake, Galway, Run Amok and Whiskey on the Mississippi by Kevin MacLeod. Link: www.incompetech.com. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Epic performed by Roman Senyk, distributed by RomanSenykMusic (https://www.youtube.com/c/RomanSenykMusic/)
Software used to create this video includes:
- iZotope post production software (https://www.izotope.com/)
- Vegasaur toolkit (https://vegasaur.com/) In a 22 years old Toyota Margriet & Jan travel through the world | Episode 5.01 | Back to Brunei](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LoH7ZwtbLq8/mqdefault.jpg)