http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Malaysia , Perak , Taiping en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:23:45 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:23:45 +0000 Hi all.I'm sure most of you knew or may heard about the Matang mangrove reserve which is about 8km from Taiping. Set to be the best managed mangrove reserve in the world it is a wonderful place to see nature adaptation to its surrounding changes.There is boardwalk area that allows you to walk into part of the reserve. You can even take a boat tour that let you see the activities around the mangro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-302624.html I'm back on the computer again hopefully with long enough to get down everything I want to and check for the numerous typos that I make. The state of my last blog was frankly appalling. I shall try harder this time. Zoo Events As I mentioned before I've been placed on the African savannah section of the zoo. Just for two days this placement which is OK with me as there isn't really a great dea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-278570.html It's been a little while since my last blog as I have been a busy little zoo man. I have many things to witter on about so today I'm going to be efficient and use headered subsections. Marvel.The ZooniverseBeen having a fine but utterly exhausting time of it at the zoo. I spent three days with the chimps which was a bit of a chore as the main ape keeper clearly doesn't like having volunteers th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-277707.html Hello there once againI'm going to start this blog with a little explanation of where I am as not everyone seems to know that much about Malaysia. Malaysia is a federation of 13 states nine of which are monarchies split between Malaya the peninsula in the west and Borneo the island in the east which are seperated by the South China Sea. I'm in Taiping a town in the state of Perak in the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-274380.html Farewell to Zoo Taiping Thurs 200308And so again another ending. The alarm clock rings its bell and my eyes open up to the last day of being a zoo keeper. We all make an extra effort to get up and out of the house in good time and maybe for the first time we arrive together before 8am. Today has to go well. I don't want to end the zoo experience with a bad taste in my mout http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-271111.html Here Comes the Sun Bear Mon 1703 180308Hiho motherfuckers back to work. Again getting to the zoo on time doesn't go so well. We line up for our second final assembly. Prayers are said words spoken and old school tunes played loud. Today I'm working with Sun Bears. Jenny volunteers to help out and we meet our keeper Jhotti a 30something Indian guy. Depressingly th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-270666.html Lions and Tigers but not Bears Oh My Thurs 1303 140308Today I'm away from the Great Apes and I get to play with the big guns the kings and queens of the jungle. Tim is still unfit for work so Tom is standing in for him today. We begin with the usual stuff sweeping the road clear of leaves and cleaning out the main enclosure. Then we step inside the nigh http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-269073.html OOOOOOOOOOOOOO Monday 1003 120308Our first day at the zoo and we all struggle out of bed in a daze. So much for being on time. So much for being professional. Everyone leaves in dribs and drabs. I stay behind to wait for Tim and then we move out. We are supposed to be there for assembly at 7.50am but it's gone eight by the time we all arrive. Thankfull http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Perak/Taiping/blog-267673.html