Take The Path Less Ordinary

“Stink like hell, but tastes like heaven”. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Botany certainly didn’t mince words when it comes to describing Bombacaceae durio zibethinus.
The Malaysian Agriculture Department is perhaps more specific. In their list, codes like D2, D24, D99 and D158 depict each sub-species and a hefty 190 clones have been recorded since [...]

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet. Don’t dive in as soon as you spot the cheapest deal. One must first and foremost decide whether the price is boon or bait.
More often than not, one can expect quality and comfort to go downhill in cheap stays or tours. Hence, understanding the [...]

LAST UPDATED / EDITED – 30th Oct 2009
The Malaysian currency encapsulates the sediments of bygone era.
The Spanish dollar was historically used widely in the East Indies, which covers Indonesian spice islands and the Malay archipelago. As soon as the English established the Straits Settlement in Penang, colonial government half heartedly introduced the Indian rupee in [...]

Don’t ask what this country can do for you - ask what’s for dinner.
Eating your way around Malaysia can be much of an adventure itself. There are meals that feed your soul, and not just your taste buds. You never go hungry in Malaysia.
“Don’t eat street food” - there’s no greater myth in travel lore. [...]

“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 … [...]

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 [...]

A mix bag of websites to help you take a stab at planning your own holiday in Malaysia.

Malaysia is weathered by features that switch from fair to fury and back in time it takes you to duck.

You bet, they don’t call our jungle rainforest for nothing. A Malaysian downpour makes European heaviest rain looks like sprinkles, in comparison. We can safely say colonial English certainly did not come here for the [...]