Hiking at night offers a whole new experience and it is a great way to escape the crowds and the heat while taking in a different view of the city. In the dark, the same old trails of Bukit Kiara become totally different and unfamiliar and I was nervous the first time I joined a …
Septuagenarian gets his thrills and keeps healthy through hiking“My name is Ho Wah Ying and my jungle name is Dragon Ho.” That is how I met Sifu Ho, a legend in the hiking community. Hiking has no age limit and Sifu Ho is living testament to this. He has been hiking for more than 50 …
Kow Po Coffee Shop Was in Bentong over the weekend, had ice kacang on the way in, again on the way out, the next day. The ice kacang may look ordinary, but the taste is just right. Not too sweet or over creamy, the usual ingredients (plus cendol, pineapple) and very fresh. Best of all, …
I wanted to visit the crash site of a World War II (WW2) bomber plane, but to get there, I would have to climb a mountain - the 1,014m Gunung Berembun Jelebu. Located between Seremban and Kuala Pilah, Gunung Berembun is part of the 50,000 ha Berembun Forest Reserve, in the middle of Negeri Sembilan. …
OVER a recent long weekend, I joined the Royal Lake Club (RLC) Hash chapter for a two-day, one-night outing to Sungai Chiling, Kuala Kubu Baru. After an easy one-and-a-half hour drive from Kuala Lumpur, we arrived at our destination in time for tea. Batteries recharged, it was time to hit the trail. The live “Hares” …
Hike up city's highest point, Signal Hill, via footpath or jungle trail I have been to Kota Kinabalu many times while on transit to Sipadan or Mount Kinabalu and I usually spend less than a day in the city. However, I recently had to stop over in the city for more than a day because …
The plan was to catch the sunrise at Cape Rachado in Port Dickson but we did not motor down from Kuala Lumpur, as that would have meant starting out as early as 4am. Instead, we booked rooms in a hotel on Jalan Pantai and a 15-minute drive got us to Cape Rachado, next to Ilham …
The high temperatures on the day of the equinox in March did not deter me from joining an excursion to Setinggi Falls. Visions of refreshing cold water plummeting down with a thunderous force from above were incentive enough to get me out of bed at 6am. To avoid the hottest hours between 2pm and 4pm, …
It was still dark at 6.30am when I reached the rendezvous to carpool to Karak town before trekking to the Sungai Kerau Falls. Upon reaching Karak, and after a quick breakfast, we headed for the trailhead and set off shortly after 9am. Having been told it was a three-hour trek each way to the falls, …
I have been giving the Setia Alam Community Trail a miss as it was a bit far from the city, about a 40km drive each way. However, after seeing pictures of the mini “Grand Canyon” along the trail, my interest was piqued. Taking the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE), it took me about 40 minutes …
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