Mount Santubong – Checked!
So I was in Kuching last last weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. Seeing an opportunity, I decided to take something off my long standing bucketlist by climbing up to Mount Santubong – one of the...
View ArticleHiking Across the Grassland of Horton’s Plains in Sri Lanka
Horton’s Plains was the next destination in our trip to Sri Lanka after coming down from Adam’s Peak. There were mixed reviews about the place, so I was hesitant about going or not going there. My...
View ArticleThe Salt Trail : Into The Depths of Crocker Range
The Salt Trail – I grew up listening to my mother talking about it. Her story of how she as a child had to tag along behind her parents and a group of others to walk for days from her remote village in...
View ArticleBadrinath – The Holy Himalayan Valley of North India
You might want to read through my previous post : Rishikesh – The Valley of Saints When things were not going any better up in the mountains, with news of landslides and temporary closure of roads are...
View ArticleClimbing Up to Hemkund Sahib – the Highest Sikh Temple in the World
We woke up at about 4am the next morning, first to a drizzle but it dissipated miraculously just when we were about to take off. What was supposed to be an easy hike turned into a disaster for me. The...
View ArticleMilford Track – The World’s Finest Trail
New Zealand was not really in my #bucketlist, but Milford Track was. I first saw it featured on Globe Trekker (TLC) and instantly fell in love with this place. I told myself that I had to go there,...
View ArticleMilford Track : Done and Dusted
So we did our first and second day at Milford Track without any problem. The most challenging part only came on the 3rd day. From Mintano Hut, we had to climb for about 600m to the highest point of the...
View ArticleMount Tahan – Conquered and Dusted
So I went to Mount Tahan last week, as part of my mission to tick at least something off my bucketlist before end of this year. I had always wanted to conquer the mountain, which is the highest...
View ArticleMount Tambuyukon Part 1 : The Toughest of ‘Em All
So I ticked something off my bucketlist last week when I went to climb Mount Tambuyukon, which at 2579m is the third highest mountain in Malaysia. In case you didn’t already know, all the three highest...
View ArticleMount Tambuyukon Part 2 : The Summit Attack
We woke up at about 1pm for a simple breakfast (we boiled rice the night before) and pushed for the peak at about 2.30am. That was when the hell began. I’ve been to so many mountains and going to the...
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