Jackie – 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 commentsThe Planning of the Sabah Trip – Costs and Itinerary
Earlier in the year I went for a 5 day trip to Sabah, you might remember I posted a picture of Jackie the Orang Utan when I got back. Well now I think it’s time I started writing about it. We started out by asking around for a good agent, as we had a limited [...]
9 commentsDeerland 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! [...]
24 commentsKuala 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 [...]
12 commentsI’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 [...]
19 commentsTaman Burung Kuala Lumpur AKA KL Bird Park
Located in the serene and scenic Lake Gardens, close to the Orchid Garden and the Tun Abdul Razak Memorial, the Bird Park is one of the largest covered bird park in the world, sprawling 8 acres of verdant valley terrain. Here, for the first time in Malaysia, bird lovers can have a field day watching [...]
15 commentsMacro Outing to FRIM with Shutter Asia!
We organised an outing to FRIM on Saturday morning over at Shutter Asia (Details here). The Forest Research Institute Malaysia is a large park just North of the city towards Selayang, it’s around 10-15 minutes drive from the end of the LDP after the Penchala Toll. Welcome to the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, one of [...]
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