Take The Path Less Ordinary

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 [...]

Among thousands of lampyridae species found all over the world, the Malaysian variety Pteroptyx tener is perhaps the most amazing.
Commonly known as fire fly or lightning bug, the Malaysian specie is the only one that flocks together by the thousands after dark and make trees glitter like Christmas tree. For hundreds of years, local [...]

Overview
Just 80km from tip to toe, Kuala Gula shoreline is textbook Malaysia. This corridor blends seaside flair with inland tropical warmth and its jewels are tucked in unspoilt nooks and crannies not mentioned in any guidebooks or touristy maps. To say the least, it ticks all the right boxes for a dream countryside romp.
Beyond the [...]

We saw them today!
While trotting around in knee-deep muddy swamp forest this morning near Kuala Gula, we spotted the Milky Storks (Mycteria cinerea) or Burung Botak Upeh, which literally means bald upeh bird, tending their lofty nest. It was 9:30am and the sun has just peeked out of the cloud-dressed horizon.
The morning was beautiful, and [...]

We had a generous dose of monkey manners yesterday.
It’s our fault. We forgot that we are in wildlife territory and they stake claim to any thing - or car - left on their turf.

We were recently engaged to do a write-up on shoreline conservation for a magazine and figured Kuala Gula would be a good [...]