Sunday, 7 October 2012
For my
last entry, I will talk about the interesting place you have to go when you
visit Sarawak which is Semengoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre.
| Entrance of Semengoh Rehabilitation |
In Kuching
area, it is undoubtedly that Semengoh Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre is one
of the best and popular attractions for tourists. It's highly accessible, only
half an hour from Kuching by public bus, and offers the opportunity of getting
close to some highly mischievous, semi-wild orang-utan. The centre was
established in 1975 and since then, it has been accepting the wild animals
which have been found injured, orphaned, have been kept as illegal pets or
rescued from captivity and reintroducing them back into the wild. There are
many species of endangered wildlife in the centre but still the orang-utans are
the star of attractions.
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| Warden feeds the orang-utans |
As
visitors want to visit Semengoh, the best time to visit Semengoh is during
feeding time where it only takes half an hour. The semi-wild orang-utans are good time keepers as they will show
themselves during feeding time. They descend from the trees of the surrounding
forest reserve to offer visitors a unique wildlife experience and some
excellent photo opportunities while they were playing with each other, swing
about in the hanging vines and occasionally descend to ground level to 'charge'
groups of tourists. Here, you can get the best and beautiful photos as the
orang-utans are playing and move around. The orang-utans will stop playing around
when the wardens arrive with the buckets of food and bottles of milk. They will
follow the wardens walking along the plank walk or swinging from tree to tree.
You may
have the chance to have a view of urang-utans closer but never get closer than 20 feet during feeding time
because they will spend an hour or more. Usually orang-utans will spend an hour
on their meals, playing and messing around with each other.
FEEDING TIME
- Morning: Between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m.
- Afternoon: Between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
When the food run
out, the orang-utans will stop playing and having fun and then they will move
off into the forest back.
OPENING HOURS
- Hours: The Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is open seven days a week including holidays from 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and from 2 - 4 p.m. Feeding times are at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
- Cost: Adults - $1; children - 50 cents. The admission cost is for the feeding area only. A ranger will take groups of up to five people into the forest to look for orangutans for $13 per group.
CAUTIONS WHEN VISIT ORANG-UTANS
- Do not make any noise that
will disturb the orang-utans.
- Turn the flash off on your
camera!
- Never get closer than 20
feet to an orang-utans, they have been known to injure humans.
- Do not stay directly below
orangutans if they are overhead.
- No food, water bottles, or
smoking are allowed around the orangutans.
Resources:
http://www.emoss.com.my/info/TravelFeatures/national_park/semengoh/introduction.html
http://www.journeymalaysia.com/MR_semengoh.htm
http://www.journeymalaysia.com/MR_semengoh.htm
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Hi everyone.
Let’s move to my fourth entry about the interesting places. For this entry, I chose
Sabah where I will talk about the largest flower in the world which is
Rafflesia.
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| Rafflesia Keithii Meijer |
According
to Mjoberg (1928), Rafflesia penetrates smell more repulsive than any buffalo
carcass in an advanced stage of decomposition. Here I would like to quote Nais
(2000), Meijer (1997), Mat Salleh (1991) where they stated that “there are
approximately 17 Rafflesia species distributed throughout Southeast Asia”. These
species are highly specific as to the hosts that they parasitize, preferring
only a few species of Tetra stigma (a member of the common grape family) that
are distributed in the same geographic area.
Here I would
like to share with you guys the two example of advantages of Rafflesia in many
aspects. First is, the advantages to host plants. Although their host plants
have been parasitized by the entophytes, their benefit is to provide some
measure of value to them. This quasi-symbiotic relationship helps ensure the
survival of the host, which, in turn, ensures survival of the parasitic
organism. As I quoted from Mycosphere Online’s “Journal of Fungal Biology”, he
stated that “chemical compounds produced by entophytes boost these survival
rates. Particularly, Rafflesia cantleyi's anti-microbial activity provided an
internal plant medicine where it gave a health advantage to its host.
Second is
Rafflesia give advantage to people where the ongoing research reveals that
Rafflesia provides anti-microbial protection to its host plant may also provide
the similar protection to people. Indigenous people used Rafflesia in medical
as a fever reducer and a post-childbirth antibiotic. Besides that,
anti-microbial action from Rafflesia was effectively proved against bacteria that
caused food poisoning (Bacillus cereus) and staph infections (Staphylococcus
aureus).
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| Blooming Rafflesia |
Do you
ever see the blooming Rafflesia? Now, I will explain a little bit about the
blooming Rafflesia that rarely happens. There was a twin-blooming Rafflesia
from a largest species of Sabah which is Rafflesia Keithii in Hamilin Rafflesia
Garden near Poring. If you want to see the blooming Rafflesia, you need to pay
for the entrance fee which cost you RM20 or USD 6 for locals, RM30 or USD9 for
foreign tourists.
The
Rafflesia takes 6-9 months to bloom from the bud (like human baby). One of the
blooming Rafflesia has 6 fleshy petal (normal is 5) and the flower usually
opens at night and the petals take about 24 to 48 hours to fully extend.
You may watch the twin-blooming Rafflesia below:
Resources:
Sunday, 30 September 2012
Danga Bay or
Teluk Danga is Malaysia's premier waterfront city and the largest recreational
park in the city of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Besides being a rustic residential
waterfront getaway, it is also a great place to hang out, shop and eat till you
drop. Danga Bay is also sometimes referred to as the Vision City of the South.
It is actually located nearby Istana Bukit Serene. Danga Bay is the place to
host many interesting events especially during festive seasons. In Danga Bay,
the most several hot spot to hang out are Danga Beach, Danga World which is fun
fair including theme park, petting zoo and tram ride, Danga Conventional Centre
and Danga Marina. There are lots of interesting and fun activities that
visitors can do.
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| Danga Beach Club |
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| Bicycle |
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| Tram |
If you walk along the beach, there are plenty of creatures can be found and it still alive. Besides that, you can choose to walk, ride bicyles or tram, to explore the entire Danga Bay. In my opinion, I think if you walked, you can enjoy the scene more. If you choose to take a tram to explore the Danga Bay, it just cost you only RM5 for 20 minutes.
Apart from that,
you also can visit Danga World Petting Zoo which shows you the variety of birds’
species, monitor lizards and many other animals for public viewing.
If you choose to stay at Danga Bay for a few couple of days, you may check-in at the nearest hotel at Danga Bay which is Golden Leaf Boutique Hotel. For a standard double room, it just cost RM 78 per night whereas it is a basic air-conditioned room with a suite bathroom. There are provided the facilities in the room such as shower, air conditioning, iron refrigerator, seating area, free toiletries, toilet, bathroom, flat-screen TV and also wake up service and it is only maximum for two people.
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| Hotel room |
If you choose to stay at Danga Bay for a few couple of days, you may check-in at the nearest hotel at Danga Bay which is Golden Leaf Boutique Hotel. For a standard double room, it just cost RM 78 per night whereas it is a basic air-conditioned room with a suite bathroom. There are provided the facilities in the room such as shower, air conditioning, iron refrigerator, seating area, free toiletries, toilet, bathroom, flat-screen TV and also wake up service and it is only maximum for two people.
So, don’t
hesitate to visit Danga Bay as there are many interesting activities and
beautiful scenery you will have there.
Resources
Friday, 28 September 2012
Hi peeps. Now I would like to proceed with my second entry
which is the interesting place for this time is Malacca or also known as the
Historical City.
The interesting places that I’ve chosen to be shared with
you guys in Malacca are Garden of Thousand Flowers and Melaka Botanical Garden. In this entry, you may see the beautiful and peaceful
scenery which can make you feel calm and peace.
Garden of Thousand Flowers
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| The entrance of Garden of Thousand Flowers |
It is located at Jalan Gapam which is next to Seri Bendahara
building and it is currently under the management of Perbadanan Hang Tuah Jaya.
This beautiful garden is officiated by the former Prime Minister of Malaysia,
Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 30 June 2007.
5.3 hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens complete with
walking tracks, fountains and romantic pergolas. Here, visitors can exercise by
walking along the walking tracks. Besides that, Garden of Thousand Flowers is a
perfect spot for quite stroll and is suitable for the family recreation
activities and also for those who are interested in landscape and nursery. They
can get a creative idea in creating the landscape. In this garden also, it have
been provided with many facilities which are ‘surau’, toilet, café, various
benches and rest area. So, for the Muslims, they do not have to worry in
performing the prayers because ‘surau’ is already provided.
Garden of Thousand Flowers is open daily starting from early
in the morning that is from 6.45 a.m. until 6.45 p.m. It was closed at night
because it is undergoing refurbishment and is expected to be operational at
night once the lighting is fixed. The best thing is, visitors do not have to
pay for the fees.
So, don’t miss the chances to get the peaceful scenery at the
Garden of Thousand Flowers or else you will regret for it.
INTERESTING SCENERY
Ok, now let’s proceed with the next garden that I have
chosen.
Melaka Botanical Garden
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| The entrance of Melaka Botanical Garden |
The Melaka Botanical Garden or formerly known as the Hutan
Rekreasi Ayer Keroh was established from an idea mooted by the Chief Minister
of Melaka, YAB Datuk Seri Hj Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam on 1 June 2006. This
garden is encircled by a forest that contains over 300 species of unique flora and
fauna. The cute thing about this park is the collection of giant stone carvings
of prehistoric animals that were scattered all around the park.
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| Garden |
There are various types of gardens available:
i.
Taro/Yam Garden
ii.
Bamboo Garden
iii.
Orchid Garden
iv.
Herbal Garden
v.
Heliconia Garden
*sorry for the inconvenience in providing the pictures of
these gardens.
This garden open on Tuesday to Sunday and is closed on Monday whereas during Tuesday to Thursday it is open starting from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Meanwhile, on Saturday and Sunday it is open starting from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Now it’s time for BUGGY SUNDAY !!!
If you don’t have any idea what should you do to entertain
your kids rather than just walking, you can buggy riding with them at Botanical
Garden Buggy Ride. The best and suitable time for buggy riding is early in the
morning when the air is from the recreational forest is fresh and the sun is
not too hot. There are plenty of buggy that you can choose. It have two buggy
seat and the other has only 1 buggy seat.
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| Buggy riding |
Apart from that, there are also providing the 4 seat buggy
but it is not dramatic because it is not suitable if you want to play with your
kids, for example, if you want to race with them. The suitable buggy to race is
the 2 buggy seats as it can race to the end and I’m guaranteed that your kids
will love it. This vehicle is easy to be conducted because you don’t need to
use your feet and even with one hand you can still drive it. Buggy is safe
because it is slow and just for 30 minutes only. The fee for the single seat
buggy is only RM10 meanwhile for the double buggy it is RM18. Worth isn’t?
So, don’t forget to buggy riding if you visit the Melaka
Botanical Garden.
Resources
Thursday, 27 September 2012
This is my first entry that I will talk about the interesting and
attractive place in Perak. Teluk Intan is one of the great places to visit when
you are in Perak. The place that I want to talk about is Teluk Intan Leaning Tower. Leaning Tower is a pride of
Teluk Intan that is similar to the world-famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.
Teluk Intan also formerly known as Teluk Anson. First of all I would like to
talk about the history of Teluk Intan Leaning Tower.
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When you take a close
look at the tower, you can see the Chinese architectural elements in the design
especially at the mortar strips, roof eves and drippers. It wasn’t surprising
because the contractor was a Chinese. Throughout the long history of the tower,
it has served different purposes. During the Japanese occupation, for example,
it was used as a watch tower.
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Chinese elements on mortar strips eves and drippers
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Here, you can
enter the tower without paying any fees because it is totally free.
So, grab the chances
to visit Teluk Intan Leaning Tower when you visit Perak.
http://www.asiaexplorers.com/malaysia/leaning-tower-of-teluk-intan.htm
http://www.malaysiavacationguide.com/leaningtower.html
http://www.malaysiavacationguide.com/leaningtower.html
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