Sharon Gourlay

Sharon Gourlay

Founder of Malaysia Uncovered

Expertise Malaysia travel, travel planning, travel booking

Education Bachelor of Arts in Asian Studies from Griffith University, Certificate III in International Travel Sales from AFTA Education and Training, Graduate Diploma of Education from Monash University

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Highlights:

  • Featured in many publications including USA Today, Qantas, Families Magazine Australia, Daily Mail and more
  • Speaker at numerous travel blogging conferences including Travel Blog Exchange (Tbex), Travel Blogging Summit and Travel Massive and is well known in the travel blogging community
  • Holds a BA in Asian studies including the Malay language, teaching and travel agent qualifications

Experience:

Sharon first fell in love with Malaysia in 2004 when she travelled up the west coast, eating everything available. This was further affirmed in 2015 when Sharon and her family, including two young kids, moved to Penang for a year. She doesn’t think anywhere could be better to live.

Sharon has travelled to 98 countries and spent many years of her life exploring the globe. This has lead to many skills from quickly working out the best way to travel from A to B to finding the best hotel. These days she primarily travels with her 3 children currently aged from 7 – 13 years old so she also has many family travel kid wrangling skills!

Sharon completed an arts degree majoring in Asian Studies at Griffith University. This included studying the Malay language and she loves learning more about the history and culture in this part of the world.

Her favourite part of Malaysia is Penang, closely followed by East Malaysia or Borneo as it’s often called.

When not writing for this site, Sharon is out exploring the world and everything Malaysia.

Education:

Sharon’s educational background enables her to share and teach you how to plan your own trip to Malaysia as easily as possible. Her travel qualification enables her to work as a qualified travel agent and has meant she has learned many tips and tricks for booking travel. Her teaching qualification helps her explain it all to you here.

Her humanities degree has helped her love of everything history, language and culture and grown her appreciation for this part of the world.

You can read more about Sharon and her family here.

Sharon’s Guides To Malaysia

Taiping train station

EXACTLY How To Go From Ipoh To Taiping

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Bayview Beach Resort main pool area

Best Beach Hotels In Penang Island For Every Budget

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pool in the room port dickson at Grand Lexis

Best Choices For A Hotel With Private Pool Malaysia

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'Welcome to Melaka' Gateway Arch

EXACTLY How To Get From Melaka To Ipoh

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Johor Bahru From Singapore

22 Incredible Things To Do In Johor Bahru✅

Have the ultimate Johor Bahru trip with this guide of all the best things to do in Johor Bahru so…

Mersing Harbour Centre

EXACTLY How To Get From Singapore To Tioman Island

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17 Top Things To Do In Taman Negara, Pahang

17 Top Things To Do In Taman Negara, Pahang

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Ipoh Street Art

21 Incredible Things To Do In Ipoh, Malaysia🥰

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Streets of Ipoh

Absolutely Perfect Ipoh Itinerary For You To Copy 🥰

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Berjaya Times Square Shopping Centre KL

Best Hotel Near Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur For All Budgets

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Inside a train between KL and Padang Besar

EXACTLY How To Get From KL To Ipoh

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Penang Bridge

EXACTLY How To Get From Penang To Cameron Highlands

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Seats nside an ETS train between KL and Padang Besar

EXACTLY How To Go From Ipoh To Langkawi🏝️

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Miri Airport

EXACTLY How To Get From Sibu To Miri

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malaysia when to go

Best Time To Visit Malaysia: When To Visit Malaysia For Your Dream Trip 🥰

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Nipah Bay Pangkor Island

EXACTLY How To Go From KL To Pangkor

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Bus stop at KLIA2 for the free bus

How To Get From KLIA To KLIA2 (Or KLIA2 To KLIA) Using The Free Shuttle Bus, Train Or Taxi

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Tebah Batang Village, Lahad Datu Sabah

EXACTLY How To Go From Tawau To Lahad Datu

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A resort hotel in Cameron Highlands

All Your 5 Star Hotels In Cameron Highlands

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Lanang Express bus Bintulu to Sibu

EXACTLY How To Get From Sibu To Kuching

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hotel near KLCC Convention Centre

Best Hotels Near KLCC Convention Centre For All Budgets

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Sibu bus station

EXACTLY How To Go From Sibu To Bintulu

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Typical part of the trail in Niah Caves National Park

EXACTLY How To Get From Batu Niah To Miri

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Semporna island hopping

Full Guide To Semporna Island Hopping: Everything You Need To Know

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