With the tail it look more dangerous than it were and the downside looks like alien mouth, definitely strangers won’t touch it. The tail just assist the creature swimming, acting like rudder and flip when they’re upside down. Definitely they ...[ read more ]
Rafflesia and birds at Kedah
Since we could not tow all the Junglewalla’s, we decided that it’s the chief, myself, Indra and Jimmy who would go on this trip. That leaves Madi and Othman to stay back and run the show. We left by the ...[ read more ]
Langkawi in Bloom
In Langkawi, the flowers colors vary from deep purple to red to white, with almost every shade in between, these flowers last 2-3 days before the delicate crumpled petals falls decorating the ground below.Rose of India also known as Bungor ...[ read more ]
Langkawi’s New Groove
Saturday November 3, 2007 Langkawi's leading naturalist, Irshad Mobarak, has teamed up with 100 schoolchildren, under DiGi's Amazing Malaysians project, to save the island's natural treasures. As a young boy, Irshad Mobarak often accompanied his father into the wilderness. “Those ...[ read more ]
Langkawi Geopark
May 2007. For over 35 years, academicians and naturalist have studied the Langkawi archipelago, which is part of the Gondwana Range, Ample data and information have been gathered on its biodiversity (flora and fauna) from both land and sea, Its ...[ read more ]
Forest Trump
He said he'd just had his best ever holiday there, and advised me to stay at the Datai on Pulau Langkawi: "As a rest cure for the jaded it's a sure fire winner." We were talking in Hong Kong and ...[ read more ]
Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness A forbidden cave, a childhood prank, a sudden death; STUART WAVELL returned to Malaysia and retraced events that had haunted him for 40 years. The objective was a cave on a remote tropical island. It contained a ...[ read more ]
Adventure into Nature
Adventure into Nature. Borneo Bulletin. Sat/Sun 24/25 January 1998 . Irshad Mobarak speaks to Maria. A rapidly growing aspect of tourism is nature. Dubbed ecotourism, it is a timely effort towards preserving the natural heritage and environment of tourist destinations. ...[ read more ]