Archive for 'Jungle travel tales & tips'
How to be an intrepid traveler
An intrepid traveler goes to small towns. A tourist prefers cities.
When you show good manners, you’re an intrepid traveler. When you’re annoying, you’re a tourist.
The word intrepid is measured by mindset, not how many places visited. Winging a trail and not knowing how it will end up is exciting. In intrepid mode, you are gutsy, [...]
Posted: November 23rd, 2009 under Jungle travel tales & tips, Nature tour packages.
Tags: adventure, holiday, Malaysia, shoestring, travels, volunteering
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H1N1 flu, what to do
We know you have worked hard and saved long for a dream holiday. Nonetheless, don’t soldier on if you are suddenly down with;
1. Sudden fever
2. Sudden cough
3. Runny nose
Yes, it’s broadly the same symptoms of ordinary flu.
That’s why it is spreading like wild fire because travellers think it’s just another mild setback. Nothing to worry [...]
Posted: July 17th, 2009 under Jungle travel tales & tips, View - Diary entries.
Tags: responsible travel, safety, self tour, travel
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Orang Asli blowpipe making
In the heart of every Orang Asli man is his blowpipe. He’ll sleep with it if the wife lets him.
“Look, this is the Kasap”, quips Bah Dongong, 67, the walking jungle encyclopedia points at a bamboo patch. “We usually locate Orang Asli graveyard next to the Kasap”. It’s easy to see how much respect Orang [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2009 under Heritage - Multiculturalism, Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: culture, heritage, Ipoh, Malaysian, Orang Asli, rain forest
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Jungle taboos and supernatural hoodoos
There is no substitute for experience. This article is written in collaboration with our mentor Datuk Khoo Ah See, Malaysia’s highly decorated jungle warfare specialist who led the Pasukan Polis Hutan (PPH or Police Field Force) as Battalion Commander in his heydays. Today, the walking jungle encyclopedia is happily retired at 60+ and lives in [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2009 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: jungle expert, jungle guide, jungle specialist, jungle survival, jungle trip, safety
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Jungle trekking enjoyed shaken and stirred
There is no way to know how crazy jungle travel is until your legs lurch to a stop in a mud hole - and that’s the normal ones, says the guide.
Also, being at the bottom of the jungle food chain can be a scary thought. Ending up as lunch for some carnivourous wildlife - not [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2009 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: jungle survival, jungle trek, jungle trip, leeches, Malaysia, national park, Orang Asli, trekking, wildlife tour
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Malaysian jungle survival tips
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 [...]
Posted: October 22nd, 2008 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: jungle expert, jungle guide, jungle survival, jungle trek, Malaysia, rain forest, rainforest, safety, trekking, wildlife
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Downsizing your comfort to less than 10kg
Flight fare to Malaysia - RM2,300 …. ka-ching !
Jungle adventure tour package - RM800 …. ka-ching !
What to pack …… clueless
Everyone knows how to fill up the luggage for a holiday trip to snazzy beach resort or urban destination but scores very low when it comes to going off grid.
Ok, to be fair, one need [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: jungle guide, jungle survival, jungle trek, jungle trip, leech, Malaysia, safety, self tour, tourist, vacation
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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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Orang Asli - The hidden people of Malaysia
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, [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2008 under Heritage - Multiculturalism, Jungle travel tales & tips.
Tags: Malaysian, Orang Asli, rainforest
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