It was my very first visit to Taiping and I naturally wanted to see everything, in one day.Taiping's has '33 historical firsts' of which I only managed to see a fraction of. Some of the more notable first-of-their kind-in-Malaysian-history sites include the Taiping Lake Gardens, Perak Museum, Taiping Prison, Taiping Railway, Taiping Post-Office, Taiping Clocktower, …
The Devil's Punch Bowl is a massive depression with several walking trails over the heathland with some magnificent views to admire along way. We did a short walk here on the eve of Christmas 2015. Though the sun was out, I felt cold the entire time. An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the Devil's Punch Bowl is …
Around early October, pictures of a humongous mushroom was trending on FB and IG. Identified as a cauliflower mushroom, this rare discovery attracted a lot of interest among the hiking community in Kuala Lumpur. I too, could not resist sharing the location pin (accurate to 600m) to my hiking group and felt good when they …
This less frequented trail grew in popularity during the lockdown as all forest reserves and most parks were still out-of-bounds. From an obscure bashing-path mainly used by hashers, Heliconia trail was transformed into a 'highway' as foot traffic picked-up when Malaysia entered the recovery phase of the movement control order (MCO). Entering from Kampung Sg …
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