A day’s hike up Bukit Kutu in Kuala Kubu Baru will leave you exhausted, but happy. A mountain a day to keep the doctor away? It’s just something I made up but having been sitting on my laurels for the past few months, I was beginning to feel a bit sluggish. I jumped at the [...]

One tourist attraction in Kedah that you must not miss is the Tree Top Walk. Situated in the Sedim River Recreation Park in Karangan town, the Tree Top Walk is the world longest canopy walk, measuring 950 metres long. This magnificent canopy walk is constructed within the Gunung Inas Forest Reserve which is home to [...]

Several dive sites at two of the top diving destinations in the world — the Pulau Tioman marine park in Pahang and Pulau Redang marine park in Terengganu — are temporarily off-limits to divers and snorkelers until end-October. They are among three marine parks — the other being Pulau Payar in Kedah — which are [...]

Abseiling from a waterfall provides a thrilling but wet adventure. Poised and roped at the top of a gushing waterfall, a petite lady trembled with fear as she looked over the edge. “Oh God, I can’t do it. There’s no way I am going down!” she exclaimed. “Lean back and let the harness take your [...]

Malaysia has an impressive Formula 1 circuit near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport located in Sepang. The Formula One circuit is constructed in line with the rise of interest in formula one racing in Malaysia and all parts of the world. This impressive circuit is called Sepang Formula 1 Curcuit or Sepang F1 Circuit. This [...]

Pulau Tenggol lies just 45 minutes off Kuala Dungun south of Terengganu and is a hot spot for diving enthusiasts. Even though Pulau Tenggol is a small island with just 2km wide and 3km long, it’s still a popular diving getaway. Its size doesn’t prevent this diving paradise from being visited by thousands of diving [...]

A trek in Lambir Hills National Park starts with trails winding through gargantuan Keruing trees and giant Licuala fan palms, with a sprinkling of colorful fungi. The dangling carrot at the end of the hike? An ethereal cascade plunging two storeys down into an emerald-green pool. Jump in for a refreshing splash! Map, Location and [...]

How could something so beautiful be so dangerous? Thousands of people perish at waterfalls each year, but Waterfall Survivors Club founder Joe Yap says that many of the accidents could be avoided if we only had more common sense (like avoiding the deep end or slippery rocks) or paid more attention to the laws of [...]

To get to know a place well, there’s no better way than to stroll along the streets. EWE PAIK LEONG picks six streets that presents the many facets of George Town, Penang. THE multi-faceted streets of George Town are as varied in atmosphere as the ingredients of Penang rojak. Here are six popular streets that [...]

Built between 1808 and 1810, Fort Cornwallis is situated on the Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah road which is actually the esplanade. Its main cannon, Seri Rambai, was originally from Johor but ended up in Penang in the 17th Century. Come evening, diners who throng the Kompleks Makanan Medan Renong here for scrumptious mee udang, pasembur, [...]

Barely five minutes from Putrajaya, Astana Dugang Country Resort, where fishing is a favorite activity, offers city dwellers respite from the stress of daily life. SHANTI GUNARATNAM has a relaxing moment. A ‘FISHING haven on the fringes of the administrative capital of Putrajaya’ best describes the Astana Dugang Country Resort in Bangi, Selangor. Located in [...]

You need more than a pair of strong feet to scale the highest peak in South-East Asia. CASEY NG suggests you conquer it with your heart too. IT is said that one must scale Mt Kinabalu with one’s heart – not one’s feet. If the heart is willing, then the battle to conquer South-East Asia’s [...]

Prawns, breadfruit, deer and an old pirate’s grave. These are just a few of the things that make a trip to Pulau Aman worthwhile for EWE PAIK LEONG. FROM a distance, one could see colorful boats moored at the jetty, gently bobbing up and down. Scattered huts dot the land between the hills and the [...]

Lebuh Pasar is the heart of George Town’s Little India. It intersects Lebuh Penang (aka Penang Street). A distinct festive air hangs in these two streets as Bollywood music blares from VCD stores and five-foot ways are choked with mannequins draped in sarees and piles of cook-ware made of clay and aluminum. Hawkers do a [...]

If Mother Nature is a master artisan, then Bako National Park is her masterpiece. Millions of years of erosion have carved a coastline of sheer cliffs, rocky headlands, sculptured sea stacks and white sandy coves. Although just one-tenth the size of Kuala Lumpur, Bako houses seven distinct ecosystems. One second you’re crossing grasslands on a [...]