Archive for the 'Trips & Travel' Category
Kundasang War Memorial & Market – Sabah
As we were staying in Kundasang we had some time to look around, our first stop was the famous Kundasang War Memorial, which to quote: Established in 1962, this was one of the first memorials to commemorate the brave Australian and British Prisoners of War who died in Sandakan and during the infamous death marches [...]
13 commentsJackie – The Semi Wild Orangutan From Kinabalu Park
So our guide let us know of a semi-wild Orangutan named Jackie that lived somewhere in Kinabalu park. Most of the time she stayed in the jungle, but she did enjoy human contact and came out now and then to see who was around. Our guide was friendly with the people who stayed around the [...]
6 commentsKota Kinabalu (KK) National Park & Poring Treetop Canopy Walkway
After our adventures at the Monsopiad Cultural Village we headed back to KK city to stay overnight at Hotel Shangri La. We had a free and easy night so we asked the guide and some others where we could get some good seafood, we should have Googled it first of course but we didn't have [...]
20 commentsMitsubishi Airtrek Club Road Trip To Hat Yai – Thailand
I gave a little sneak peak of the Road Trip to Hat Yai when I got back, now is time for the full run-down! We met up at Sg. Buloh rest stop at 12.30am on Friday night, some people were late though so we ended up leaving a little after 1am. We might quite a [...]
9 commentsSekinchan With Shutter Asia – The Ricebowl of Malaysia
If you've been reading my blog for a while you may remember I went to Sekinchan a couple of years back in June - A Trip to Sekinchan Paddy Fields with Shutter Asia – June 2nd. I went again this past weekend, we planned to go towards the end of the year this time to [...]
18 commentsBack From Thailand – Airtrek Club Roadtrip To Hat Yai
Just a quick update, still pretty tired from the drive there and the drive back. Was a great weekend though, plenty of awesome food, did some shopping and got to test out the car properly. Will do more updates on Project Airtrek soon, my only observation right now though is my car HATES RON95 petrol...I [...]
11 commentsKota Kinabalu (KK) – Monsopiad Cultural Village (Kampung Kebudayaan Monsopiad)
After the Sandakan Town Tour we headed to the airport and flew over to KK. Shortly after landing we headed on over to the Monsopiad Cultural Village, which was an interesting experience to say the least. They say you haven't seen Sabah if you haven't been to the Monsopiad village! We arrived just in time [...]
9 commentsSandakan Town Tour – St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, Fishing Village
So after our trip to the picturesque Puu Jih Shih Temple in Sandakan we checked out the rest of the town. We visited a church which is part of the heritage trail called St. Michael's and All Angels Church. A quaint little church finished in the early 1900s, it reminds of those little village churches [...]
10 commentsDiscover Smile Zoom Malaysia – Starring Me!
If you've watched any of the Media Prima channels lately (NTV7, 8TV) you will have seen ads for this program, most likely featuring me! Apparently I was also in the first introductory episode, but I missed that one. My episode was aired on Wednesday August 26th at 9.30pm on 8TV along with my excellent team [...]
7 commentsPuu Jih Shih Temple, Sandakan
It's been a while since my last post about Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary – Sabah, Malaysia, and I've got some other travel stuff coming up so I better finish this series off! We headed off to Sandakan after that and had lunch at the Ocean King Seafood restaurant, despite it being touted as a tourist [...]
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