THE Kham Aid Foundation website provides a guide on what to expect for those who sign up as volunteer art conservators. Although no experience is needed for the wall paintings conservation tasks, volunteers should be “educated, caring and patient”.
Kham Aid hopes to get a multi-talented team to help with tasks, besides cleaning wall paintings.
It would [...]

Escape the heat and dust to the cool Cameron Highlands. Story and pictures by ZAHARI ZAKARIA.
PART of the joy of holidaying in Cameron Highlands is the journey itself.
There are two ways to get there by road. First is the older winding road from the Tapah toll exit of the North-South Expressway. Then, there’s the newer, [...]

Nobody likes falling sick when on vacation. Eating properly is one way to avoid food poisoning, writes SHANTI GUNARATNAM
NEVER take your health for granted, especially if you are travelling or planning to go on a vacation.
There is nothing more miserable than falling ill and having to spend the holidays recuperating in hotel rooms, hospitals or [...]

Horse riding can be fun, for both children and adults. This is available near Johor Baru. Story and pictures by Peggy Loh and courtesy of Amigos Horse Riding.
DECKED out in a cowboy’s outfit, complete with neckerchief, leather boots and fedora, he looked as if he had walked right out from a Western movie set. He [...]

LOVE the idea of exploring uncharted grounds but don’t know where to go? Well, for a start, Ulu Chepor in Perak is so “ulu” (remote) that it’ll take your breath away!
You can trek in the million-year-old rainforest that escaped the last Ice Age. Wallow in an uncharted creek and “discover” rare plants that may not [...]

Some volunteer travel programmes are mere tokenism.
For example, which has more value? Volunteers who help out with chores and play with the kids at the orphanage? Or long-term funding for the kids’ nutritional and educational needs?
Cambodia-based Pepy (Protect the Earth, Protect Yourself) Tours’ objective is to fund sustainable education projects in rural Cambodia. Travellers pay [...]

A group of adventurous volunteers took the route less travelled, and was greatly enriched by the experience.
AFTER their stint in Wayao, the Kham Aid Foundation’s volunteer art conservators journeyed deeper into Kham Tibet to check the state of repairs of temples on their itinerary.
They travelled through the more rugged and lesser trodden northern route of [...]

Voluntourism — the act of giving back when you travel — is all the rage for astute travelers searching for Zen experiences. But does this benefit the local community?
Just over six months ago, Alistair Clarke and Maria Browne led the frenzied lifestyles of typical Londoners — long, stressful working hours and little time for anything [...]

How many Malaysians can say that they have explored Malaysia? You’ll be surprised at what you’ll discover.
A childhood dream of businessman Mak Shiau Meng’s to cycle around Malaysia came true last April when he and friend Sandra Loh, both in their 30s, pushed off from Langkawi and cycled to the four corners of the [...]

With the mushrooming of for-profit and non-profit enterprises offering volunteer holidays, the traveler gets to choose from mind-boggling choices of trips catering for different budgets, destinations and types of work.
Since the industry is unregulated, it’s tough to know which ones are worthy. The trick is to ask questions.
Which program works for me?
Based on your interest, [...]

Today’s tech-savvy travellers plan their holidays by first trawling the World Wide Web. With a few clicks, they get their flights, hotels and tour packages booked.
It’s not surprising that travel search engines like Wego.com are highly popular. Instead of combing countless websites, Wego helps you find the best deals for flights, hotels or travel packages [...]

The sapodilla might not be a familiar tropical fruit to a lot of people, even for Malaysians, but it is certainly one of the best in Malaysia. At first glance, the sapodilla may not look pretty and it certainly won’t attract you in the first place. As the saying goes, we can’t judge a book [...]

Rendang is one of the heritage food in Malaysia that is considered the best. I doubt if anyone live in Malaysia won’t know what rending is. This special heritage food of Malaysia is also the oldest which dated as far back as 1550s when it is also mentioned in the Malay classic literature, Hikayat Amir [...]

The Forest Research Institute of Malaysia or FRIM is one of the last plots of land in Kuala Lumpur that is reserved for non-commercial purposes such as education, tourism and research. The FRIM occupies roughly 2 sq miles (5 sq km) of land in the Bukit Lagong Forest Reserve. Founded in 1929, FRIM was established [...]

Sungai Wang Plaza (Chinese: 金河廣場) is one of the most popular shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur. Situated in Bukit Bintang in the Golden Triangle area, Sungai Wang Plaza offers an alternative to some of the popular shopping malls around in the area such as the Berjaya Times Square, Lot 10, Starhill Gallery and Pavilion KL. [...]