If you’re traveling down to Sabah, do note that you might be affected due to different visa requirements of different nationalities. All informations gathered here are as of 27th March 2012, do check with Malaysia’s Official immigrations website for any new updates at http://www.imi.gov.my/ For informations on visa fees, do click here to find out the fee [...]
Artcicle : Dinna Chong Thinking of going for an escapade, for relaxation, to enjoy emotional freedom and break free from everyday work? About one and half hour drive from Kota Kinabalu to ‘Abai Jetty’ off Kota Belud Town, from here on a 45 minutes to 50 minutes boat ride is an almost haven the Island of [...]
Article by: Dinna D. Chong Tabin Wildlife is located approximately 1 ½ hour drive from the Lahad Datu Airport, which is accessible via land or air from Kota Kinabalu City. With an area of 112,000 hectare reserve Tabin home to the rarest and endangered mammals to be found the Sumatran Rhino, Orang Utan, Pygmy Elephant, [...]
Altitude sickness is not known to only occur to certain groups of people, it can happen to anyone, fit or unfit, male or female, however, it is believed that fit people would of course, be able to acclimatize faster and have reduced risks of having altitude sickness. Acclimatization is highly recommended for all climbers, [...]
My final pose at Laban Rata, victory! I must say, going down, is actually harder than climbing up Mt Kinabalu, the logic is simple, you are using an entirely different muscle group to descend, a group of muscles you don’t usually use. You don’t train stairs climbing by going down….right? You train your legs by [...]
I know I’ve blogged about “preparation for Mount Kinabalu Climb“, but that was before my actual climb. To those who do regular hikes and trekkings, I’m sure you will know better than I do. I speak type with my experience, now to think of it, man, it really wasn’t easy. Imaging having to step on [...]
You may have read about my experience in Mount Kinabalu Climb, here are some photos of what your naked eye could see at night, and how the summit looks like(my photograper, Evan, climbed to the summit). This was taken approximately 3am in the morning, near Laban Rata resthouse Yes, this is what you will get [...]
Let me talk a bit about myself first, I love food, I love slacking around, daydreaming and I love singing. I used to go out for weekly cycles around the east coast of Singapore, that was till my bike spoilt about a year and a half ago, since then, I’ve pretty much stopped exercising, I [...]
Consisting of 3 islands; Selingaan, Bakkungan Kechil and Gulisaan, and located some 40km north of Sandakan in East Malaysia, Lies a popular sea turtle conservation managed by Sabah Parks. I’ve yet to go there, instead, I was at another island located at east of Bintan, Indonesia. Sea turtle eggs take approximately 2months before hatching, and [...]
I live in a very cramped country, Singapore, just look at all the buildings, I hardly get to see large eye-soothing greenery fields. And everywhere I go, the traffic’s always mostly packed. You know it’s time to travel for a little while if you’re starting to get stressed. My choice had always been Malaysia, easy [...]