Take The Path Less Ordinary

First it hugs you, and then it kills you. The strangler fig is no pushover in the botanical kingdom. It best epitomises Darwinism’s “survival of the fitness”. A fully grown fig can choke the largest tree to death and takes over its place.
Yes, this is how we like our jungle – raw and full [...]

Words & images by Casey Ng
If northern Sabah is a woman, I want to marry her.
She has natural beauty, cultured and hell can she dresses up. And although she may not be singing all the high notes of 21st century, she has enough to take one’s senses off with an oomph.

The sun sets in Marudu [...]

All over the world, tourism businesses populate grey areas because they are the best to rake in profits. Straddling between black and white cause confusion and clueless tourists are always easy pickings.
Obviously, ethical holidaymakers are skeptical about the green trend. They don’t know whether it has legs to move inroads or is just a fad [...]

Birds of same feather sometimes don’t flock together. One such fine example is coastal Perak. The shoreline is practically teeming with birds of every pomp and pageantry, all congregating together to feed on nature’s bounty.
Kuala Gula needs no introduction but that’s just a blip in Perak’s map. Imagine the scale of opportunity if one [...]

Travellers who believe they are intrepid but ignore Tanjung Piai should be flogged.
For their own good.
You may ask “Where in the world is that?”. Well, one only needs to gaze southward to answer that question. If you’re one of those looking for some healing properties of a good weekend vista that’s untouched by conveyor-belt tourism, [...]

Revision Jan 2009. We will constantly keep track of rail link changes and update the diagram accordingly.
Whenever you visit Kuala Lumpur, you’ll return a seasoned traveler. Going crazy with train links and stations is as much part of the holiday as shopping and sightseeing. We are not proud of this but one of the [...]

Last updated – 22nd July 2009
Trying to make some sense out of the web that strings Malaysia’s public transportation hubs together is an adventure itself - even for a local, mind you.
Like many countries in South East Asia, cities, towns and hamlets in Malaysia were built and expanded gradually in tandem with population growth and [...]

Taman Negara needs no introduction. We will spare you the hype of how annually 60,000 visitors rummaged its ground and made it the most touristy national park in Malaysia.
This post attempts to give you a quick one-page overview of Taman Negara travels.
History
Taman Negara was originally gazetted under colonial British government in 1925 as wildlife sanctuary [...]

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 [...]

Depending who is doing the writing, like the depths of Klang River, the history of Kuala Lumpur (fondly called KL) can be rather murky.
History that hark back to anything earlier than 1800’s is half guess work and half facts. Corrections are expected. However, as one go on foot around KL city and soak in its [...]