Take The Path Less Ordinary

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 [...]

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 [...]

One tag from a Temple’s Pit Viper will cause your face to go numb and the bite mark will bleed non-stop. Take heart. Now, those nasty side effects have been turned around for good use by the cosmetic and medical industry.
The Malaysian native snake made worldwide news. Woo hoo !
Yes, snake venom facial cream by [...]

“On taking it (the butterfly) out of my net and opening the glorious wings, my heart began to beat violently, the blood rushed to my head, and I felt more like fainting, than I have done in apprehension of immediate death. I had a headache the rest of the day, so great was the excitement [...]

On a sunny day in June 2005, a family decided to go trekking in a jungle near Fraser Hill. Four boys lost their way and were finally found after 2 days of searching in the 8,000 sq m jungle with the help of police force and the special Senoi Paraaq trekkers.
People getting lost in the [...]

Named after the rainforest’s most poisonous tree, in contrast, Ipoh has all the antidote a traveler ever need.
Ipoh is roughly 200 km north (1.5 - 2 hrs drive) capital Kuala Lumpur and 140 km south (1.5 hrs drive) from Penang island. Hence, Ipoh is a convenient pitstop and a good base if one is [...]

Overview
It’s everyone’s dream to wander off into uncharted rain forest and immerse in its botanical wonders.
Well, let the experts help you learn and do it safely.
To intrepid hikers in the know, Kledang Range’s route “49” is an interesting trekking trail that passes uncharted territory and peculiar rainforest hoodoos. Take heart, we know the turf like [...]

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 [...]

THE DANES are people we’d gladly go on a retreat over and over with, anytime.

After spotting our blog a few months ago followed by a bout of email correspondence, last week, Louise, Lene, Martin and Jonas wiggled their way to Malaysia to enjoy an overnight romp. Coincidently Ken Yeh, founder of the famed Marrayeh Architects, [...]

We made news again.

OO’s community work was singled out by writer Sheila Rahman last week and after a short ping pong of emails, our blog “Take The Path Less Ordinary” is featured in Malay Mail today.

Started out as a simple four-page newspaper with light news and advertisements for Europeans in Kuala Lumpur in 1896, today, [...]