Tag: jungle
To enjoy Orang Asli village, wear kilts
It’s not everyday we get to see Scots in kilts you know. Especially in Orang Asli village.
It was a smashing jaunt. Most importantly, OO says a big thank to Nick and the gang who flew in all the way from Scotland to see the hidden side of Malaysia. It was especially nice of them to [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2009 under View - Guestbook album, View - Photography tips.
Tags: adventure, Borneo, heritage, holiday, jungle, Orang Asli, photo, photo tour, vacation
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On a nature study spree
Rainforest drape Malaysia with green exuberance, but how many kids have seen the real thing?
Modernity has nudged the new generation to shopping arcades, video games centers and disney-fied theme parks more often than not and today we have a growing population that is oblivious about how their forefathers blend so well with the jungle [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2009 under Conservation - Environment, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: heritage, jungle, jungle guide, nature study, rain forest
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New Straits Times features OO’s trekking tips
Travel Times extracted post Jungle trekking enjoyed shaken and stirred from this blog and ran a piece on OO’s founder Casey Ng today. Here is the press cut ….
Posted: January 20th, 2009 under View - Diary entries.
Tags: jungle, Malaysia, travel
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Rafflesia - A flower that plays dead
Think of Rafflesia as bohemian.
It possesses nothing, yet contrives to exist on that nothing at the expense of its host’s generosity. It has no root, stem, branch or leaf. Botanists are not sure whether to call it a plant or not. Though it shy away from view mostly, it is guided by ambition of “making [...]
Posted: January 16th, 2009 under Nature - Plants.
Tags: adventure, jungle, jungle trek, jungle trip, nature study, Rafflesia, rain forest, rainforest
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Après la pluie, le beau temps
The inner sanctum of the Malaysian rainforest opened its arms and said bonjour to a bunch of jolly French adventurers recently.
Last month, Camille, Agathe, Arnaud and Agnes decided that Malaysia was a good place to catch up since everyone went separate ways after graduating from university. Today, as qualified environment engineers who are [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2008 under View - Diary entries, View - Guestbook album.
Tags: accommodation, eco tour, eco tourism, jungle, nature tour, Rafflesia, rainforest, responsible tourism, sustainable tourism, weather
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Malaysian leech rule #1 - Don’t scream for your guide
Nobody like leeches. While trekkers never loose more than a few drops of blood to leeches every trip, their reputation make first-timers to the jungle cringe like they are dealing with Dracula.
If you walk into a jungle and see lots of them, your guide has made good his promise of untouched wilderness. See, leeches shy [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2008 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: guide, jungle, jungle trek, leech, leeches, Malaysia, rain forest, rainforest
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Dodging danger and hazard in the Malaysian jungle and countryside
“Malang tidak berbau” - Malay proverb
(English translation: Danger has no scent)
What people don’t know about the jungle could easily fill up an emergency room.
Lurking hazards are everywhere and offer no warning. Before you trot into the countryside or jungle, any self respecting guide will usually give you a pep talk about possible dangers that [...]
Posted: August 9th, 2008 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: jungle, jungle trip, Malaysian, travel guide, trekking, wildlife, wildlife tour
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The Rainforest Makes Its Own Food And Weather
“Yet another continent of life remains to be discovered, not upon the earth, but one or two hundred feet above it, extending over thousands of square miles … There awaits a rich harvest for the naturalist who overcomes the obstacles — gravitation, ants, thorns, rotten trunks — and mounts to the summits of the … [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2008 under Jungle travel tales & tips, Malaysia - For beginners.
Tags: ecology, jungle, Malaysia, Orang Asli, rain forest, rainforest, wildlife
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Orang Asli natives in Malaysia - The first Adams and Eves on Earth
Every jungle has its hobbits. If you dipped in the rainforest long enough, you’re bound to bump into an Orang Asli or two who are as warm as the year-round sunshine.
When prehistoric man first left Africa, he came to Malaysia.
In 2005 May, Glasgow and Leeds University’s researchers found that the Orang Asli has mitocondria DNA [...]
Posted: May 10th, 2008 under Heritage - Multiculturalism, Jungle travel tales & tips, Malaysia - For beginners.
Tags: jungle, Orang Asli, rain forest
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