“Are we there yet?”. This simple 4-word question crossed my mind at least a hundred times during our long 12-hour journey from Marrakesh to Merzouga in Sahara Desert. For those who are familiar with long-haul flights, you would know that confusing feeling of waking up from a sleep only to…
Some of you might be aware that a few of my articles were published on MalindoMag, Malindo Air’s inflight magazine. It is a great honor to see my travel stories being published in 6 different MalindoMag editions and being read by thousands of passengers on-board Malindo Air. I hope to continue writing once I resume…
Unique, mysterious and extreme, Svalbard is the crown of Arctic Norway. Throughout our Svalbard #KeHujungDunia trip we had an awesome 4 days of arctic experience in which each day offers a new experience. So when a friend of mine asked me recently, which experience was my favourite? It wasn’t easy…
“Everyone visiting Longyearbyen and Svalbard should do it!” That was the assurance given by Bob, a random local Longyearbyen guy that I met at the airport when I shared with him our plans to dog sled under the darkness of the Arctic in Svalbard. It seems that dog sledding is…
This post is the "Table of Contents" for all my upcoming Svalbad #KeHujungDunia stories. _____ I remember when I was in primary school about 25 years ago, when my friends and I had arguments or had a fight we would end up saying to each other “kau pergi main jauh-jauh…
This is a continuation from previous post which is available here. Achieving Laban Rata was an achievement by itself. Any Mount Kinabalu climber would want to reach Low’s Peak but not everyone is able to achieve it due to many reasons — weather, altitude sickness, fatigue, malas, etc. After a…
This is yet another #throwback post. “To be at the peak of Mount Kinabalu!” — Tick! Alhamdulillah, on February 9th 2014 (told you it’s a major throwback), I have finally achieved one of the biggest items in my personal travel bucket list since year 2009. Plenty of stories and blog…
All good things must come to an end. The highlight of our #NepalAkuDatang is of course the 3-day trekking across Nayapul-Ghandruk-Pothana which we successfully completed within the estimated time. Click here if you have missed out on my earlier stories on the trekking adventure. It was not easy to say…
Day 3 was our last trekking day in Nepal, covering a short distance from Pothana to Dhampus. After two gruelling days covering almost 30km of uphill and downhill trekking on stone steps from Nayapul to Ghandruk (click here to read) and Ghandruk to Pothana (click here to read), day 3…
“Ouch... my leg hurts”. It was only 5:55am when my blackberry’s alarm clock rings and I was so tempted to ignore it and continue to sleep. My friend and I started to feel the after effects of walking for 7 straight hours the day before but we forced ourselves out…
“A distance of 15 kilometres, 6 hours of walking and 2,200 meters high”. That is the best way to describe our second day in Nepal. After arriving in Pokhara only a day before, we were ready for the ‘main dish’ of our trip — the 3-day Ghandruk Loop Trekking adventure.…
After weeks of planning, sorting out travel arrangements via email, checking out the weather, it was finally 9th November 2012, the start of me and my wife’s year-end holiday for 2012. We came to an agreement that we wanted to go somewhere a bit further from South East Asia that…
