Take The Path Less Ordinary

Rugged places, flower patches and a whole lot of leeches. “Now I know why you asked for our weight, height and fitness when we signed up for this trek”, quipped Kasey between huffing and puffing on the gruesome uphill trail.
We recently hosted a lovely couple, Kasey and Michele from New Jersey US, into raw [...]

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 ….

It usually takes a visitor to discover the best stuffs that locals fail to see. And Catherine Bossis does it in style which best depicts her French flair.
We caught up in Catherine recently in Ipoh and exchanged ideas over coffee break, during her pitstop in our home state Perak.
An expat [...]

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 [...]

The final days of 2008 are ending up rosy after all. Just when we thought nobody cares, someone waltzed in unexpectedly and gave the spirit of charity a hefty lift.
We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Fadhil Isma who live in Johor Bahru for responding to our plea for donation after [...]

“Hi, my name is Firas and I am travelling solo in Malaysia and will be in Ipoh between 22nd and 26th Dec. I am looking for people to do a local trip with Outskirt Outreach near Ipoh. Ideally, I am looking to do a jungle trip, 1 day or overnight trip, but am open to [...]

This is as primitive as it gets.
When we first saw Bah Andak, 38, dived into the cold river, we thought he was having a bath. Seconds later, the Orang Asli native emerged with a fish in his hand and it dawned upon us that we have just witnessed man’s earliest hunting art form.
Recently, out of [...]

This is disappointing. Despite chalking up more than 10,478 readership hits for this blog since the “Buy a soccer ball for Orang Asli kids” post in Sept 2008, the response was way below par. OK, to be frank, we kinda expected it. The majority is too consumed with urban life or perhaps their own personal [...]

The boys looked like future champions. But they need a proper soccer ball to make their dream come true.

On Merdeka holiday, we stumbled on a hidden Orang Asli village in Sahom, eastern Perak, and watched children mused themselves with a game of soccer. It was indeed a welcoming sight after a tiring 4×4 drive in [...]

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, [...]