Shangri-La under threat
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 Posted in environment | No Comments »I've never read the novel Lost Horizon written by James Hilton but I've heard and seen documentaries about the legend of Shangri-La. Shangri-La is said to be hidden paradise somewhere in the Himalayan mountain range. No one knows exactly where ...
Too Much Rain
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 Posted in bizzare, environment, global | No Comments »About two months ago we were still experiencing the effects of a prolonged drought. Back then all we wanted was rain. Well for those wishes were granted. It started to rain again, and not just any rain but monsoon rain. ...
Seeing a Rafflesia in bloom for the first time
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Posted in Nature, Photography, Sports, Tourism, environment | No Comments »Last weekend I had my first opportunity to see a Rafflesia flower in bloom. Prior to that I've only seen the cabbage-like buds in the jungles below Batu Punggul in 1998. We were at Kundasang during the weekend and by ...
Kundasang
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 Posted in Inspiration, Sabah, Tourism, environment | No Comments »The village town of Kundasang is located roughly 90 KM from Kota Kinabalu and only 6 KM from the Mt. Kinabalu National Park entrance. In fact, Kundasang is located at the foot of Mt. Kinabalu. Kundasang used to be a ...
So dry and hot that it burns…
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 Posted in Photography, Sabah, environment | 5 Comments »The experts say that the current dry spell we are experiencing will last till the end of April. I certainly hope so cos' if it doesn't rain soon, we will surely experience some serious drought. Even now, the air and ...
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