Blogs from Malaysia, Asia - page 740

Kat writes: After jigging along on a local bus for an hour we reach our destination Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre and it is so worth the journey. A centre, on the edge of protected jungle, where they rehabilitate orphaned Orangutan's with the aid of WWF UK. They teach them everything, even how to climb and then send them back out to the wild. Unfortunately the centre had just suffered a major blow- at the beginning of the month a monsoon totally destroyed their tourist viewing platforms. This is where Orangutans that they have released come back if they want to for food. Some can never fend for themselves and return everyday after their release and some they never see again! Despite the missing platforms people were still turning up, including us, so they opened up ... read more

Hey everyone, The pics of cambodia are still gonna take some time (to be more precise: until we have found a decent internet connection), but you can already see our pics from Em & me in Malaysia on http://gallery.oxxe.com/v/Nemmaomi/Maleisie/ !! ... read more

Been in Malaysia for the last 5 days hanging out with all my relatives and enjoying all the great food! Each day has consisted of at least 4 large meals - trying to pack in time and stomach space for all the foods I've missed and want to eat while I'm here, as well as fitting in catching up with m relatives and of course a bit of shopping! Is really nice to just relax a bit, sleep late and not to be rushing anywhere. Had my birthday party yesterday, joint with my aunty. Had a big meal for 20 of my relatives at a chinese restaurant in a hotel in Kuala Lumpur - we pretty much ate from morning to afternoon, then came back to our house for present opening, cake and tea and just ... read more

After 6 days on the Perhentians, it was time to go somewhere with a bit less sun.. The Cameron Highlands! We went there by a surprisingly comfortable minibus we only had to share with a Dutch couple we had met on the island and arrived a bit later in the afternoon. There we would immediately notice the weather was indeed a bit more chilly and rainy, as we had already expected. Our original plan was to stay there for a bit more than 2 days, but already on our first evening we discovered the things we really wanted to see and do wouldn't necessarily take more than one day. And since we could use the time well for the remainder of our travel plan, we decided to leave a day earlier. Tanah Rata, the city we ... read more

Had an awesome time today at the Orangutan Rehab centre and the crocodile farm. There were literlally thousands of crocs at the farm and they were fighting at feeding time. I wish I got the first fight on video as one croc hit the support post,where we were standing above,so hard that he was bleeding. I shit myself as the whole supprt structure was shacking and made only of crappy wood. I've got some great video footage that I'll keep for ever. Check out the photos!... read more