Blogs from Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia, Asia

It was unusually quiet this morning at sunrise without the characteristic morning siamang screams this morning and much less bird song. The ground and leaves and everything were all very wet so I think it rained throughout the night although it was dry when I got up. It was quite quiet on the bird-front although I got a nice view of a Slaty-backed Forktail at a stream, the same place as I had seen it yesterday as well as a nice view of the same group of three Malayan Laughingthrushes around the same place as yesterday. There was one especially nice bird that morning which was a very showy stunning male White-tailed Robin hoping up and down from the road into the nearby trees and back again. After breakfast, I decided to do the Telekom Loop. ... read more

As planned, I headed out for some sunrise birding before breakfast which only begins at 7:30. I didn’t make it very far though, because I was distracted by a flock of stunning Silver-eared Mesias just on the edge of town. There was a White-thighed Langur just on the edge of town past the Shazan Inn too, there seem to be more of those around that I was expecting. Breakfast is included with the room so I made sure to eat as much as I reasonably could before heading out for the day. Today I decided to try and do quite a long walk with a rather nice loop covering a range of altitudes going down the mountain a bit and back up again. (Bukit Fraser translates as Fraser’s Hill, but given that it gets to over ... read more

My New Land - Colmar Tropicale, French Village http://jesonestop.blogspot.com 24th July 2011 – After few years of struggling in getting the French village, after years of discussion with the related company, we had finally finalized that I will be taking over the Colmar Tropicale, a French village and also the Japanese Botanical Garden near Genting Highland. If me, I will rebuild the French village with more happening party going on at night and a fun gathering for all people in the next morning. Wake up wake up! Jezz, you sure you own the French Village? Yes, maybe till I work till 90 years old to hit 0.5% of the land. It was my dream to own such house though, I always fancy about a cottage with friendly neighbors around, milking the cow every morning, tying up ... read more