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Flying Off to UK for 3 Weeks!

So tonight I’m flying off to UK for 3 weeks! Finally a well deserved quiet time, some time to do nothing, take some pictures of flowers and insects and nature (ok maybe some hot white chicks too if I find any..). Time to relax, read some books, walk in the countryside, eat some cream cakes, […]

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Chiling Falls Near Kuala Kubu Baru, Selangor

Chiling Fall is one of the more popular (but quite difficult to reach) waterfalls in Malaysia, you can check out some info and pics at Waterfalls of Malaysia: Chiling. Basically you have to be prepared to get wet, hike for a good 1-2 hours and cross a river 5 times (each way!) which can be […]

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Deerland Park – Lanchang – Pahang

So after we visited Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary, we headed to this really cool place nearby called Deerland. We thought it was just a deer park but it actually had all kinds of animals inside and was really interesting.. It was more interesting than the Elephant Sanctuary, which was the main purpose of our trip! […]

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Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary – Pahang

So after a morning at Chamang Falls we headed off to our main destination, Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary! It’s about 20km or so from Chamang and we were to get there by 1pm to make sure we got the activity passes so we could play with the elephants..unfortunately as it was a public holiday the […]

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A Trip to Pahang – First stop Chamang Fall (Lover’s Waterfall) – Bentong

So during the public holiday last week (Labour/May Day) a bunch of us decided to head out to Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary in Pahang. Our friendly guide Happy Yen also suggested that we check out Chamang Fall and Deerland. A bunch of us have decided it’s a good idea to explore Malaysia a bit more […]

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Royal Perak Museum (Muzium Diraja) & Galeri Sultan Azlan Shah

Nearby to Masjid Ubudiah there are some other interesting sites like the Muzium Diraja Perak and the Galeri Sultan Azlan Shah. Seen as though we were nearby we dropped by, sadly the museum was closed on Sundays. Just grabbed a quick shot of it over the fence, its pained in the royal perak colours. A […]

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The Streets of Ipoh

So last weekend a group of us from Shutter Asia headed out to Perak for a weekend away from the city, the occasion was the 1st anniversary of the forum! We were staying at Cinta Alam Kelimat Eco Village, nearby Sungai Siput. A short stop at Ipoh on the way for some food and street […]

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I’m Back from Sabah – Meet Jackie

Will post some pictures soon, gotta get all the clothes to the laundry and tidy up the house a bit, load up all the photos (lucky my PSD has Firewire!) and a few other things I need to do. Just a taster – Meet Jackie. Jackie is a fairly domesticated Orang-Utan in Sabah near to […]

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In the shadow of Kinabalu!

Just reached Kinabalu Pine Lodge, had a shower and backed up the days pictures to my nifty Nexto Di PSD. It’s pretty cool here, literally not figuratively speaking. There’s no need for aircon and the small fan isn’t switched on. Looking forwards to some nice steamboat for dinner to warm me up! The lodge is […]

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Sandakan is beautiful

It’s really beautiful here, fluffy white clouds and endless blue skies. We spent the weekend checking out the proboscis monkeys and yesterday with the orang utans at the sepilok sanctuary. Today will check out a bit more of sandaka before heading to the airport for a flight to kk. Then a nice seafood lunch at […]

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