It means for glamorous camping 😍🤩🏕⛺️, aka camping ⛺️🏕in glamorous style 💗😍🤩
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has participated for the Jungloo project at The Kabiki hotel 🏢 during her holidays at Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭 earlier. It was her 1️⃣st glamping 🏕⛺️😍🤩, awesome stay👍🏻✌🏻‼️😃😁
A nice 👍🏻 experience being welcome by its friendly staff named Mr. Pisey 🙋🏻♂️ & he was very politely & patiently explain the tourist destinations📍📍, what to do/ explore around The Kabiki (Where she has opted for her glamping stay) with a map 🗺
Do reading 📖 till the end as she 👩🏻 also sharing about her stay with The Kabiki 🏢 in a Superior Double room with private terrace. She 👩🏻 also will share her enjoyable complimentary 🆓 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ with Le Tonle wooden boat from her stay with beautiful 😍 sunset 🌅 of the day 😊
Also the 1️⃣st Jungloo which currently located 📍in the gardens 🌿🌱🌳 of The Kabiki 🏢, the next one will be soon available at Templation😀
Not just that, it will be also available at Mekong Bungalows – Floatation😀
If you wish to enjoy a Jungle Igloo stay, more choices soon available within Cambodia 🇰🇭 with MAADs Asia ya 👍🏻😃
What’s the Jungloo❓⁉️
It means the Jungle Igloos which are being designed specially for the tropical environments of South East Asia (SEA) 🌎 Jungloo with their shape & structure aims as an advanced natural climate control solution for very hot 🌞🔆 & humid weather settings. The Jungloos are quick to deploy & eco-friendly 💚 i.e. in line with the glamping travel style which currently trending & high ⬆️ demanding across the SEA region 🌎
It’s an option being created for semi temporary & at remote sites, the Jungloos are with low ⬇️ investment, low ⬇️ impact, easy to install & mobile around. This definitely a secure & sustainable 💚 approach to hospitality development for areas📍📍previously considered unthinkable / inaccessible 🤗
It’s built with natural materials i.e. bamboo🎍🎋, wood 🚪& rope as well as with natural colour scheme. Brown, orange 🧡 & green 💚 colours are used to complement the nature & then to add to the jungle 🌳🌳 nature feel for this modern & glamping-style accommodation 🛌
Do check out the below clip 📹🎥 to learn more about the Jungloo structure concept 😍🤩
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really loves 💗 & had an amazing stay 👍🏻🛌🚿🚽😴💤 with The Jungloo, an eco-glamping 💚🏕⛺️😍🤩 Really cooling to sleep 🛌😴💤 in this pioneering, bio-climatic tent with air-conditioning as well as air-flow control 🌬💨, ceiling fan & bathroom 🚽🚿
Do click in for her IG photos album to enjoy more beautiful photos ya 😍
She 👩🏻 also have a private pool 🏊🏻♀️ by herself & right in front of her Jungloo ⛺️🏕😍🤩, she has enjoyed her morning 🔅🔆 & evening 🏙 swims 🏊🏻♀️ as well as quiet 🤫 reading 📖 by the pool side 🏊🏻♀️💦💧
Just so so relaxing 😌 , definitely a money 💰 can’t buy me time moments 👍🏻✌🏻
Guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 rarely left the Jungloo once checked-in 🔐 except for lunch & dinner 🍽🍴
She 👩🏻 spent her time enjoyed the nature surrounding 💚🌳🌳 as well as comfy interior of the Jungloo ⛺️🏕😍🤩
Do enjoy her vlog 📹🎥📝 captured from SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻’s 1️⃣st glamping stay 🛌🚿😌🏕⛺️😍🤩 at The Jungloo with a short testimonial shared as below,
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻& you have to experience glamping 🏕⛺️😍🤩once too, do exploring for your discovery stay ya 🛌🚿🚽😴💤
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 also had a great 👍🏻 nature 💚🌳🌿🌱🍃🌳💚 quiet 🤫 stay 🏡🏡 in a Deluxe Double room with The Kabiki 🏢, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 🇰🇭
The Kabiki 🏢 is a family-friendly garden 🌳🌳hotel 🏢 located 📍 in a quiet corner of Phnom Penh’s historical district. It’s within walking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️ distance to the Royal 👑 Palace, Wat Botum ⛩, the Riverside 💦💧etc.
It’s in a historic colonial house 🏡 on Oknha Peich Street & with 3.5k sqm of a landscape grounds & with approximately 500 trees 🌳🌳being planted around this hotel🏢 Many of the trees 🌳🌳are being labelled with descriptive tags to help all its guests 👫👭👬 to identify & learnt more about the greens 💚
Do click in for her IG photos album to enjoy more beautiful photos ya 😍
Once in a while, she 👩🏻 loves 💗 to opt for a quiet 🤫 comfy 😌 stay during her travels to re-energise, having good rest 👍🏻😴💤 & great me time 😃😁
Do enjoy her vblog 📹🎥📝 captured from SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻’s comfy relaxing 😌 stay 🛌😴💤 as shared below,
Wow 😲‼️ During her stay, she got to know about the Aquagym @ The Kabiki 🏢, it happens every Monday & Thursday to rejuvenate in the pool 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻 with the trained instructors 👍🏻
Ohh ya…From 1️⃣ Jan 2018, The Kabiki guests 👬👫👭 are entitled for a complimentary 🆓 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ (With a voucher 🔖 upon your hotel 🏢 check-in 🔐). The guests 👬👭👫 will board to Le Tonle, a wooden traditional rice boat to cross over to Floatation Lounge & to enjoythe nice breezesss 🌬💨, the beautiful sunset 🌅 view, an experience of enjoying drink 🥂🍻🍷 & snacks 🥜🌰 (With fee 💳💰) while cruising ⛴ / having a dinner 🍽🍴 right where the Tonle Sap & Mekong Rivers join their majestic flows 💦💧during the beautiful sunset 🌅 moment 😍😁
This boat ⛴ departs twice a day i.e. 5️⃣pm & 7️⃣pm from the Phnom Penh main passenger port ⚓️ However, guests 👭👬👫 are required to be at the Jetty ⚓️ for it on own expense, ❌ no pick up or shuttle 🚐🚖 from The Kabiki ya 🏢
Do enjoy her vblog 🎥📹📝 captured from her beautiful 😍 sunset 🌅 cruise ⛴ with Le Tonle as shared below,
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has recently travelled to Taman Negara 🌳🌳 (aka National Park 🌳🌳 ) Pahang, Malaysia 🇲🇾 with MITA business networking trip & enjoyed her back to nature 💚 stay 🛌🚿🚽😴💤 at Han Rainforest Resort 🏡🏘🏡
She 👩🏻 had a privilege to meet & enjoyed an inspiring chat 🗣👤 with the founder of the resort🏡🏘🏡, Mr Kenny Ng 👨🏻💼(Uncle Kenny) about his nature 💚 💚 passion & resort busines journey
Oppsss…SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has forgot 🤦🏻♀️ to have a photo 📸 with Uncle Kenny 👨🏻💼 during this trip
He 👨🏻💼 has generously shared an article ✍🏻📜wrote by him & SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share 👩🏻💻📝 it here, inclusion of her favourite ❤️ emojisss & capturesss 📸 in between 😃😁
🤗 ~ Sharing is caring as always ~~ 🤗
Taman Negara🌳🌳, situated in the heart ❤️of Pahang, Malaysia 🇲🇾 , is 1️⃣ of the oldest rainforest 🌳🌳 in the world 🗺🌍 at 130 million years old
Within it, lays a geographical 🌍 wonder of permanently untouched & protected habitat for flora 🌳🌱🌿🌺 & fauna 🦓🐆🐅🐘 to florish to all its glory
As such, this a perfect 👍🏻 platform for the development of a hub towards the education of conservation of the ecology surrounding Taman Negara & rainforests in general 🌳🌳
We strongly believe that Taman Negara 🌳🌳 has the potential to be a global 🗺🌍 platform for the both Eco & Adventure education tourism centre 😃
My 👨🏻💼 humble beginnings of 30 plus years specialising in tourism at Taman Negara 🌳🌳 & the handling of some 1️⃣ million over tourists 👫👭👬 since day 1️⃣, has led me 👨🏻💼 to the formation of 2️⃣ travel agencies (NKS & Han Travel) & a resort 🏡🏘🏡 with the biggest room capacity at Kuala Tahan. We average 30k tourists 👬👫👭 a year & 90% of them are from Europe 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🌍🗺
It has come to a time, where I 👨🏻💼 feel personally, having been in this trade for 30 odd years, it is time to educate the younger generation 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 & anyone from all walks of life willing to learn about the conservation 💚 of the ecology & its surroundings
We at Han Travel, have formed 2️⃣ new 🆕 arms in our corporation to execute the upcoming programs called Eco Adventure Tourism 💚💚
This will be encased with the educational arm named the Eco Educational Tourism, headed by Mr Frank Kee & his team 🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️💁🏻♂️💁🏻♀️ & in support 💪🏻 with the activities provided by the Adventure Management Tourism headed by Mr Kevin Bateman & his team 🙋🏽♂️🙋🏻♀️💁🏻♂️💁🏻♀️
Just 1️⃣ of our examples for the educational program is the re-planting of bamboo 🎋🎍or specific trees 🌳🌳 by badly eroded areas in the effort to prevent further damage to the riversides 💦💧
This is just an example of what we would provide as a CSR initiative 😀
We shall be working closely with the Sultan Ahmad Environmental foundation 💚 in its efforts, participate & uphold its values 😊
Alas, with our planning & preparation, we now realise that we face a huge stumbling block 😥😓 We do not a permanent site to conduct our activities in a conducive & safe manner 😌
Also, current rules & regulations by the government sectors should be looked at & revised to enable operators like us 👭👫👬 to introduce & execute the mutually beneficial conservational education programs 💚💚
In the extended period, the efforts will benefit not just the environment 💚🌳💚 but also creating employment opportunity to the locals within its surroundings 👭👬👫
I👨🏻💼now urge, the Pahang state Government, Ministry of Tourism & other related government agencies to assist us in paving the way into this journey with us 🙏🏻🤝👏🏻🙌🏻
Other Asian countries are already promoting their countrys’ tagline, for example;-
Thailand 🇹🇭 ~ Culture tourism
Indonesia 🇮🇩 ~ Art tourism
Philippines 🇵🇭 ~ Diving tourism
Malaysia 🇲🇾 ~ Eco & Adventure tourism
All told, our Ministry of Tourism Malaysia 🇲🇾 have also set their vision 💭 on Eco Tourism 💚 with its plans & implementation of its program from 2025 & continued focusing till 2050
Han Travel Sdn Bhd, is now at the final phases of the planning & is almost ready to launch our initial program on Eco & Adventure Tourism 💚💚 The launch pad & operations will be at the Han Rainforest Resort, Kuala Tahan 🏡🏘🏡
We hope our efforts will promote & drive the state of Pahang to be model state & also the centre of Ecological 💚 Awareness & the centre for the Education on Rainforest Preservation 🌳🌳
Once again, I 👨🏻💼 believe that our vision is in line with the Pahang State government’s. Developing a fully functioning centre where the education of the ecology 💚 can spread to all walks of life through an experiential process where participants 👫👭👬 can touch, feel, smell, see and hear the importance of the ecology 💚around us & the threats to its and our existence 😃😁
Thank you 🙏🏻
Written ✍🏻 by, Mr Kenny Ng 👨🏻💼, founder of Han Travel Resort 🏡🏘🏡
Website🌐: https://han.travel/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/hanrainforestresort/
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is wishing Uncle Kenny 👨🏻💼 a successful initiative of Eco Educational Tourism
From her stay 🛌🚿🚽😴💤 experience, the room is spacious & clean with attached bathroom 🚿 (Hot shower 🚿 with shampoo & body gel are provided) & toilet 🚽 She loves 💗 the comfy bed 🛏 & pillow too
The resort 🏡🏘🏡 is equipped with dipping pool 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ , iron area at corridors within the rooms for its guests 👬👫👭, rabbits 🐇🐰 farm, river fish 🐟 pond, a natural fish 🐟 head stone of millions years, jungle fowls 🐓 farm, quail 🐤 farm etc. Definitely an educational opportunities 👍🏻👆🏻for the kids 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 to touch, hold & get to know the animals 🐇🐰🐓🐟🐤
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her media friends 👬👭👫 recently travelled 🎒🕶🧢👟for a nature 💚🌳🌳 comfy 😌 stay vacation 🛌🛋🛀🏻 at Belum Rainforest Resort💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡, Perak, West Malaysia 🇲🇾
She 👩🏻 really loves ❤️ the beautiful 😍 nature of Belum-Temengor Rainforest 💚🌳🌳💚
Royal Belum State Park 💚🌳🌳💚 is a 130 million years old rainforest 🌳🌳 & the untouched forest 🌳🌳 is home to a large variety of flora & fauna 😍🤩
Guess what❓⁉️
It’s 1️⃣ of the attractions📍📍not to be missed to searching for the precious bloom of the World 🗺🌍 ‘s largest & arguably smelliest flower 🌺 i.e. Rafflesia
It found all over Southeast Asia 🌎 i.e. from Southern Thailand 🇹🇭 to Philippines 🇵🇭 Each species can be identified by the unique patterns on the petals. There are 8️⃣ species of Rafflesias 🌺 can be found in Malaysia 🇲🇾 with 3️⃣ of them are endemic to the Malay Peninsula & of course can be found in the Belum-Temengor rainforest complex 💚🌳🌳💚
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @eddy_rush_fp 🙋🏿♂️
She 👩🏻 has visited the 3️⃣rd time in 2018 & her volunteering trip with Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)💚, you may enjoy reading 📖 her ecotourism & hornbill 🐦 conservation volunteering via 🌐https://siennylovesdrawing.wordpress.com/2018/10/01/ecotourism-belum-temenggor/
Sigh…She 👩🏻 still missed a chance to personally view 👀 the blossom huge Rafflesia 🌺 cry…cry…cry…😭😭😭
Yeah‼️ Happy 😃safe arrival from a full of laughtersss 🤣😆 of approximately 6️⃣-hour travel journey 🚐 from Kuala Lumpur (KL) city 🏙🌆 early morning 🔅🔆 with Travel with Aidil to Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 by Emkay Group as 1️⃣ of the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s premier ecotourism 💚 destination📍
It offering the chance to get close to nature 💚 especially for nature lovers & travel lovers. You will definitely enjoy the complete relaxation 😌 & serenity with its quiet & green nature surroundings 💚🌳🌳💚
Hmm…If you are driving 🚗🚙 through North East Highway towards Kelantan, you will pass 2️⃣ scenic bridges 🌉 i.e. you are actually passing on an island 🏖🏝
Lake Temenggor 🏞 is Malaysia🇲🇾’s 2️⃣nd largest lake 💦💧& home to more than 23 species of freshwater fish 🐟 & at least 5️⃣ species of turtles 🐢🐢 As the lake 💦💧covers 117.5k hectares & contains 6k million cubic metres of water 💦💧 , who knows what other creatures live there that have yet to be discovered 😉
Guess what❓⁉️
Pulau Banding 🏝🏖 in Belum Temenggor complex 💚🌳🌳💚 i.e. the public jetty ⚓️ & Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏡 is located actually was not an island 🏖🏝 Instead it’s 1️⃣ Malaysian 🇲🇾 historical & beautiful scenic location 📍
In 1970, due to the effort to fight communist & to build a hydro 💦💧electric dam has resulted in part of the Belum-Temenggor forest complex 💚🌳🌳💚 submerged in the water 💦💧of Sungai Perak. It took 4️⃣ years to build the 2️⃣ bridges 🌉🌉 to providing the convenience of East North East travelling 🚗🚙 via a scenic 😍🤩 highway. The view of the 1️⃣st bridge 🌉 is spectacular from Belum Rainforest Resort💚🌳🌳💚🏡🏡
Hmm…Why this resort💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡❓⁉️
You have to venture into this 130 million years old rainforest 🌳🌳 & view mother nature 💚💚 at its finest, so let’s plan your stay vacation 🛌🛋🛀🏻 too at Belum Rainforest Resort 💚🌳🌳💚🏡🏡
Definitely you will enjoy your stay 🛌🛋🛀🏻experience in the comfort of a spacious traditional designed chalet style room 🏡 in the middle of a rainforest 🌳🌳 setting with a great 👍🏻 view from the private balcony overlooking the Temengor Lake & lush surroundings 🏞💦💧
It’s not ❌ for luxury stay & your stay actually contribute to the rainforest 🌳🌳 protection fund 💰 Yeah‼️ A meanigful nature conservation 💚 stay with this resort ya 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡
She 👩🏻 has made a visit to the Pulau Banding Discovery Centre 🏠 to understand better 👍🏻 its nature 💚 conservation & rainforest 🌳🌳 protection efforts. Bravo‼️👏🏻🙌🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 was checked-in 🔐 with her media best buddy 👭 in a spacious comfy Chengal Lake View Executive Deluxe room (with a balcony & bath tub 🛀🏻 )
Oppsss…Her room not really seeing the lake view as the trees 🌳 in front of her room just so tall…Ha…Ha…Instead she got a nice green view 💚
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Hmm…As a go green 💚supporter, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 wishes this ecotourism resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 can consider to set up some water 💦💧 dispensers within its resort compound 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 & then prepare the glass water bottles/ jugs/ flasks in hotel rooms, instead of plastic bottled water 💦💧 for all its guests 👫👭👬 This definitely will reduce ⬇️ lots of the plastic usage
There are plenty of room types range from dorm, executive room, villa etc. for your resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 stay selection ✅
Hmm…The resort 💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡 wifi 📶 connection was surprisingly slow & frequent down to connect 😔🙃Though was provided with alternative Unifi connection📶, however it required for long email ID & password to connect, hope this inconvenience for guests 👭👬👫 can be enhanced soon
Dining🍽🍴
Hornbill Restaurant
Upon arrival 🚐💚🌳🌳🏡🏘🏡, she 👩🏻 had a simple fried rice lunch 🍽served here, it’s very tasty delicious 😋🤤
Ha…Ha…Guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 had 2️⃣ plates of fried rice 🍛🍛…Oppsss…surely exceed her rice 🍚 quota of 1️⃣ week 😅😂🤣, time for more frequent morning 🔅🔆 joggingsss 🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️
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Then, she 👩🏻 really enjoyed her 2️⃣ morning 🔅🔆 buffet breakfast 🍽🍴☕️ during her stay 🛌🛀🏻🛋 here. The food selection were moderately good 👌🏻✌🏻 Hmm…Would be good 👍🏻 if they rotate some of the main dishes to excite its long term stay guests 👫👭👬
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her media friends 👭👬👬👬 had a Western dinner served in this restaurant. She had ordered for Salmon 🐟 steak, yet she also has exchanged & tried her media friends👫👬👬’ dishes too, including some pasta 🍝🍝 dishes for sharing
Hmm…1️⃣st experience of having unique sweet taste Western dinner 🍽 …😌the sweet taste of Salmon steak (orange 🍊 sauce), lamb chop (honey 🍯 sauce) etc.
Her media friends 👭👬👬👬 & herself 👩🏻 were all love & enjoyed very much the Kadok pasta (highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻), very delicious tasty😋🤤, not to be missed ya 😋😋
Oppsss…Just a plate 🍝 for sharing & she 👩🏻 forgot 🤦🏻♀️ to snap a photo 📸 for sharing here…Ha…Ha…☺️😊
Activities not to be missed‼️
Swimming 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️
Woow‼️ A beautiful 😍🤩stunning view 👀 to enjoy either morning 🔅🔆 or evening swim 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ here
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Really love the view here 😍🤩, the bridge that you have shared in the beginning of this blogging
Stingless Bee 🐝 Farm
From this farm, you will have chance to observe the stingless bees 🐝 🐝 named Kelulut in action & learning the process of its honey 🍯 production. There are plenty species of stingless bees 🐝🐝 that each will producing a different-tasting honey 🍯
Ohh ya…The honey 🍯 harvested from this farm are for sale 🛒🛍 to its guests 👫👭👬 to bring home 🏡 as souvenirs ya 🎁💝
Hmm…Would be good 👍🏻 if the guests 👬👭👫 are offering with honey 🍯 tasting 😋 during the farm visit, then it creates better 👍🏻 interactive session🗣👥👤👥 , as well as an educational opportunities for the younger kids 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻
A short shuttle ride 🚐 to reach to the Gaharu 🌳 plantation
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Gaharu trees 🌳 aka Agarwood are 1️⃣ the rarest trees 🌳 in rainforests 🌳🌳 It’s much sought-after by the pharmaceutical & cosmetic industries for their bark & resin 👍🏻👍🏻
This is a conservation 💚 effort by the Belum Conservation Malaysia (BCM) by planting the gaharu 🌳 trees in the Belum-Temenggor Rainforest Complex 🌳🌳 with the celebrities 💃🏻🕴🏻🕺🏼👩🏻🎤👨🏾🎤as well as its resort guests 👬👭👫
How to❓⁉️
Do contribute RM💯💰 to support this Gaharu 🌳 tree planting, do exploring for more details via 🌐 https://www.brainsfeed.org/bff
Frog 🐸 Hunting
Awesome 1️⃣st experience she 👩🏻 had with her media friends 👭👬👬👬 after dinner 🍽🍴
It was really a fun activity with friends 👭👬👬👬 to hunt with torch light 🔦 & then help each other with lighting 💡 to capture the frogs found 🐸🐸
Initially this trekking 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️to reach the waterfall 💦💧 & Rafflesia 🌺 spot site was called to cancel ❌ due to a heavy rain ☔️🌧 when the boat 🚤 about to reach
Special thank you 🙏🏻 to the responsible 👍🏻 boatman 🚤🙋🏽♂️ named Mr Mazlan, he 🙋🏽♂️ went himself 1️⃣st to check & ensure 🚶🏻♂️✅ it’s still safe to do the trekking 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️ in the rain ☔️🌧
Yeah‼️ He confirmed ✅ & all set with rain coat & trekking 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️ walked slowly in the jungle 🌳🌳
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @izrylwilson 🙋🏽♂️
It worth 👍🏻 a walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️definitely, guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 was bare foot 👣 for this trekking 🚶🏻♀️as she refused to get her sport shoes 👟 wet from the rain ☔️🌧
Luckily she 👩🏻 doesn’t hurt her feet (Yeah!! She 👩🏻 is qualified to join as local indigeneous communities in this rainforest). No leeches attack too, hurray!!
Note: Photo 📸 above credit to IG @eddy_rush_fp 🙋🏿♂️
Kampung Semelor Visit (Including the Toy Library 📚🎨🖌🖍✂️📎📐)
Do contribute RM💯 before you check-out from your stay & your contribution will be used by the Yayasan Emkay to sponsor a school uniform for an indigenenous kid. Not just that, your contribution also provide an employment opportunity to the local indigeneneous as the uniforms are all being handsew by the them
Ohh ya…Short getaway of 3️⃣D2️⃣N already enough to re-energise yourself from hectic city life here. Do click in below post 📌 for the itinerary suggestion of 3️⃣D2️⃣N
Or if you are visiting for the 1️⃣st time, do click in the post 📌 below for some suggestions specially to 1️⃣st visitor👩🏻
Hmm…Let’s sign up to be a Belum Forest Friend (BFF)❓⁉️
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Yes✅, Sabah tourist destinations📍📍definitely more than just the famous 👍🏻👆🏻hiking 🧗♀️🧗♂️site, the summit of Borneo & the Malaysia🇲🇾’s 1️⃣st World UNESCO Heritage ~ Mount Kinabalu ⛰ or beautiful 😍🤩 diving site ~ Semporna Island 🏝🏖🌴
So, she 👩🏻 is gonna sharing 👩🏻💻📝 here the 6️⃣ must-visit eco 💚 tourism destinations📍📍in Sabah from her recent travelling experience to appreciate;
✅ The rich heritage, art & culture of Sabah local indigenous communities 👫👭👬
✅ The precious natural 💚 eco environment with rich flora 🌱🌿🌳 & fauna 🐄🐮🐟
✅ The shopping (including online) 🛒🛍 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻 for Sabah locally produced souvenirs 💝🎁
So, enjoy the details of each Sabah’s tourist destinations 📍📍
✅Heritage, Art & Culture of Sabah local indigenous communities 👫👭👬
1️⃣ Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Cultural Village
This cultural village is a non❌-political association of 40 indigenous ethnic communities of Sabah 👫👭👬 & specially catered for the Kadazandusun tribes & 4️⃣ major Dusun tribes in Sabah i.e. Dusun Tindal Kota Belud, Dusun Papar, Rungus & Murut 😊
This village features 11 different ethnic tribes houses 🏠🏡🏘 in 1️⃣ village i.e. The Penampang Traditional House, The Tenom Traditional House, The Beaufort Traditional House, The Kota Belud Traditional House, The Kuala Penyu Traditional House, The Keningau Traditional House, The Tambunan Traditional House, The Papar Traditional House, The Ranau Traditional House, The Tuaran Traditional House & The Kudat Traditional House 😀
Do enjoy vBlog 📹🎥 created by SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 for sharing here,
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻as after your visit, you will understand better the differences between today’s culture & the culture that the ancestors’ lived in years ✌🏻🙌🏻 Also have an opportunity to witness the ancestor’s lifestyle at their respective homes 🏠🏡🏘 which are built exactly similar to years ago 😲👍🏻
Each of the houses 🏠🏡🏘 with different hands 🤚🏻on & interactive activities between the indigenous communities & the visitors 👫👭👬 e.g. traditional games, traditional cooking demo & classes, headgear (named Sigah) folding, block printing, blow pipe making & demonstration etc. 😀
It operates as a museum 🏛 to preserve Kadazandusun ethnic culture with aims to share the knowledge, history, culture & tradition of Kadazandusun 🤩
Hmm…Guess what❓⁉️
You can also taste the “disgusting 😱” (personally to SiennyLovesDrawing👩🏻) local delicacy named butod i.e. the sago worms 🐛 which the local indigenous communities believe high ⬆️ in protein 👍🏻
Do shopping 🛒🛍 for some local handmade souvenirs 💝🎁 e.g. necklace, bracelet, bag etc. from its souvenir 💝🎁 shop which indirectly will contribute to the local heritage & cultures preservation funding 💰
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
Address📍: Kadazandusun Cultural Association Sabah, Hongkod Koisaan, KM. 8, Jalan Penampang, 89509 Penampang, Sabah, East Malaysia
This miniature museum 🏛 is a brainchild of the founder named Anne Antah 🧕🏽 She has started it with 7️⃣ pairs of the most common costume dolls 👫 creation in 2011 i.e. Kadazan Penampang, Kadazan Papar, Bajau Samah, Rungus, Murut, Lundayeh & Dusun Lotud 😍
With the realisation that not ❌ many young generation 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 has adequate ✅ information 📌about the traditional costumes, she 🧕🏽 has then build this miniature museum 🏛 as a centre for local Malaysians 🇲🇾, visitors & culture-enthusiasts 👫👬👭 to learn the heritage cultural of the Borneans 👏🏻🙌🏻
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really impressed 😍🤩with this miniature museum & created a vBlog 📹🎥 for sharing here, do enjoy ya 😄😁
You have to be at this museum 🏛 personally to view with you own sight 👁👁👀 the great 👍🏻 detailed works done on each costumes
Guess what❓⁉️
During your visit, you will gain in depth understanding about Sabah’s people 🇲🇾👫👭👬 & their heritage culture in miniature scenes & dolls 👫 which all dressed up in traditional costumes👘🎎, houses 🏘🏘 & structures which all scaled to depict scene based on local folklore & legend 😍🤩
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻when you are travelling to Sabah, you have to visit to this ~ The Malaysia 🇲🇾 1️⃣st Book of Records 📜, the Malaysia 🇲🇾 ‘s 1️⃣st miniature indigenous costume museum 🏛
You may redeem an exclusive printed postcard 🔖 as souvenir 💝🎁 from your visit too
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
All guests 👫👭👬 are welcome 🙏🏻 to dress 👘👔🎎👗 up in the traditional costumes with accessories for photos 📸 / videos 📹🎥 opportunity
Not just with its physical souvenir 🎁 stalls within the museum 🏛 , this creative arts museum 🏛 also owns an online shop 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻🛒🛍of local gifts 💝🎁 & souvenirs in particular the Kain Chanteek (locally made textile) via 🌐 www.shopinborneo.com , plenty of promotions avilable for your happy 😃 online shopping 👩🏻💻👨🏻💻🛒🛍
Address📍: Kg Lakang, Tamparuli, 89208 Tuaran, Sabah, East Malaysia
✅Natural Eco 💚Environment with rich Flora 🌱🌿🌳 & Fauna 🐄🐮🐟
3️⃣ Poring Hot Spring ♨️💦💧
Definitely a must visit place📍to de-stress 😌 & soak away the sores & aches of your muscles in this spring 💦💧’s hot ♨️ sulphuric minerals especially for the healing properties which popular & believing among the local communities 🇲🇾👫👬👭
Within the park, you may visit the butterfly 🦋 farm, the Poring Orchid 🌺Conservation Centre, the tropical garden🌿🌱🌷🌻, the Poring 🦇🎍🎋 canopy 🌳🌳walkway, the Rafflesia flower 🌺 site etc.
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really enjoyed 😁 this hot spring ♨️💦💧& felt very comfy 😌 & light after a good 👍🏻 dip ♨️💦💧with her friends 👭👭👫
In the Local KadazanDusun dialect, ‘tagal’ means ‘no fishing ❌🎣 ’ & the main purpose of the ‘tagal’ is to conserve & preserve the environment 💚 as well as the ecosystem to benefit the future generation 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻
‘Ikan 🐟 Pelian’ , ‘Ikan Kelah’ or Malaysian Mahseer 🇲🇾🐟 comes from the family of Cyprinidae. These fishes 🐟🐟 are specifically trained by the villagers 👬👫👭 to perform the healing massage 👣 activities. Wow 😲‼️
Ohh ya…The Kelah fishes 🐟🐟 are huge here, not to worry as the fishes 🐟🐟 got no ❌ teeth, so will not bite, instead lots of fish kisses to your feet ya 👣
This fish 🐟 massage 👣 is deemed to have a curative effect on those who suffers from psoriasis. So, a regular fish 🐟 massages 👣👣& surely you will enjoy smoother & suppler skin 😍 Hmm…One said simply like a baby👶🏻’s skin 👍🏻😃
Admission fee 🎟 is required ✅
Address📍: Kg. Luanti, Ranau, 89300 Sabah, East Malaysia
No need ❌ to travel ✈️🛫 to New Zealand 🇳🇿 , Malaysia 🇲🇾 also owns a mini New Zealand. Hurray‼️😲😃
This farm 🐮🐄 is located at the foothill of Mount Kinabalu ⛰ & offers beautiful 😍🤩 green 🌳🌳 scenery. It’s definitely a breathtaking destination for pre-wedding 👰🏻🤵🏻photo shooting 📸📸 (a permit 🆗 application is required✅) with breathtaking Mount Kinabalu ⛰ as backgroud with its cool breeze 🌬💨from Kundasang🏞
This cattle 🐄🐮 farm is producing approximately 900k litres of milk 🥛 annually with its approximately 200 hectars farm 🐄🐮 All the milking cows 🐄🐮here are Friesians i.e. the highest ⬆️ milk 🥛 producers of all cattle 🐄🐮 breeds imported from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Not just that, many milk 🥛 lovers ❤️ will queue up long just to taste its fresh cow 🐄🐮 milk 🥛 , fresh goat 🐐 milk 🥛 , yogurt, gelato🍨 🍦etc.
Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻it as an educational destination for with a family 👨👩👧👦👪👨👩👧 getaway or a school 🏫 trips. Many exciting educational activities are available for the young generation 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 e.g. bottled milk 🍼 feeding the calves 🐮🐄, fresh grass 🌱🌿 feeding the goats 🐐🐐 , milk 🥛 processing, milking 🥛process, milk 🥛making etc.
Feeding activities required a fee 💵✅ to purchase the milk 🍼/ grass 🌿🌱 While there are specific timing/ schedule 🕛 for the raw milk 🥛 processing. Do contact 📞☎️📱& check out the details before your visit 😀
Before make a move from this farm🐄🐮, don’t forget to do a healthy shopping 🛒🛍 for some local produced milk 🥛 souvenirs 🎁 from this dairy farm 🐮🐄especially the popular Desa Cattle’s milk 🥛 in a box, milk creamy ice cream 🍦 etc.
She 👩🏻 had a lunch dining 🍽🍴with friends 👫👭👬 here with a seat facing this 2.5k hectare tea 🌱🌿🍃☕️🍵 plantation for a beautiful 😍🤩stunning view, as well as enjoy a cuppa of hot Sabah Tea ☕️ Pandan 🌿🌱 teh tarik. It’s smooth, fragrant & not too sweet to enjoy 😋🤤
You have to enjoy a beatiful 😍🤩 walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️into this organic tea plantation🌱🌿🍃☕️🍵, apprecicate & touch the tea leaves 🍃, as well as snapping photos 📸📸 & videos 📹🎥 for sharing in social medias 😉
An educational visit to enjoy a variety of recreational activities e.g. obstacle-crossing in the Sapaon Recreational Area, trekking along the trails to the peak of Kamunsu Hill ⛰ / to embarking on a night 🌃🌌 walk 🚶🏻♂️🚶🏻♀️to check out the unique insect 🐜 🐞🕷 life
Guests 👫👭👬 can also opt for a stay vacation 🛌🛀🏻🚿🛋 either in a traditional long house, a cosy bungalow / camping ⛺️ to enjoy the starry sky 🌌 etc. A variety of tour packages are available to cater for your choice, do exploring for your visit ya 🤗
Free 🆓 admission 🎟, however a small fee ✅ is required for a tea 🍃🍃adventure tour/ day tour (not available for public holidys) to its tea 🍃🍃factory
Address📍: 17, Kg. Nalapak, Jalan Ranau-Sandakan, 89309 Ranau, Sabah, East Malaysia
Yeah‼️ SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share 👩🏻💻📝 about her awesome visit to Kuala Selangor with her members 👫👭👬 of Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) to explore its ecotourism & nature conservation recently 💚👍🏻
Hmm…Can’t really recalled 💭 when the last time 🗓 she was here…
So, what & where she has visited❓⁉️
Festival of Wings 2018 aka Pesta Sayap 2018 🎉🎊
This is an annual public event since 2004 by MNS in the middle of the bird 🦅🐦 migratory season to celebrating the millions of birds 🦅🐦 that use the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to get the best 👍🏻 of the seasons 😀
It’s themed ~ “Welcoming the birds 🦅🐦 ” – Unifying our voices for bird 🦅 🐦 conservation 💚” ~ & with aims,
To raising ⬆️ awareness on migratory birds 🦅🐦 & their wetlands habitats 🌳🌱🏞
To collecting data for both resident & migratory birds 🦅 🐦 in the forest 🌳 & wetlands habitat 🌳🌱🏞
To outreaching the community & the public 👭👫👬 to be actively involved for nature 💚 conservation campaigns
To promoting KSNP & its surroundings as a potential Ramsar 💚 site📍, a Flyway Network Site important for local community 👭👬👫 & an ecotourism 💚 destination with the variety of resident birds 🦅🐦 that living on the wetlands 🌳🌱🏞
This festival 🎊🎉 is important to communicating to public 👭👬👫 the importance of protecting our wetlands 🌳🌱🏞 in Malaysia 🇲🇾 Wetlands 🌳🌱🏞 provide a sustainable livelihood not just for birds🦅🐦, also for the productive fishery 🐟🐠 areas, the cockle 🐚 beds, the firefly 🦗 habitats, the paddy 🌾 fields etc. It also create awareness to public 👭👫👬 on the various nature 💚 & animal conservation efforts in Malaysia 🇲🇾 e.g. Hornbill, Sunbear 🐻, PAKAS etc.
There were many exhibition booths being set up with exciting activities 😃😁
Personally, she 👩🏻 has enjoyed the booth with nature ☘️🌿🍀 🌱 craft pressed card ✂️📌🔖 the most 😍🤩 She 👩🏻 learnt so much from the MNS member cum volunteer named Ms Joyce 👩🏻🏫 about leaves 🌿☘️🍀🌱collecting from the forest 🌳🌳, then making a bookmark 🔖 or greeting card with it. Special thanks 🙏🏻 to Ms Joyce 👩🏻🏫 for sharing this nice nature 💚 craft idea 💡 , bravo‼️👍🏻🙌🏻👏🏻
A success annual festival 🎉🎊 , will attend again for sure✌🏻😉
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has signed up ✅ with her friends 👫👭👬 at the Nature Guide booth during her visit at the Festivals of Wings 🎉🎊 for a guided mangrove walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️🌳🌱🏞 in KSNP 💚🌳🌳💚
Special thanks 🙏🏻 to Mr. John 🙋🏻♂️ , the experienced volunteering nature guide who have shared 🗣👥👤👥 an informative guided nature walk into the trails at this park 💚🌳🌳💚 for approximately 1.5 hours 👍🏻✌🏻
KSNP was open 🆗 to public 👭👬👫 since 1987 with 3️⃣ aims,
Education ~ To educating the public 👭👫👬 on the importance of environmental protection 💚🌳🌱🏞💚
Conservation 💚 ~ To instilling awareness of the public over nature environmental issues
Research ~ To improving ⬆️ the protection & conservation 💚 of wetlands 🌱🌳🏞 in the area
Met 1️⃣ of the MNS volunteer birder, Mr Low 👨🏻 at the viewing tower 🗼 & he 👨🏻 has kindly offered 👍🏻 to view 👀 through his digital scope 🔭 for a resting white collared king fisher 🐦 at the tree 🌳 Wow‼️😍🤩
Special thank you 🙏🏻 to Mr Low 👨🏻 & Mr Wan, reporter from Malay Mail publication 🗞📰 who sharing his photo 📸 captured from the digital scope 🔭
An enjoyable yet under the superb hot sunny 🔆🔆 day to cruising 🚤 along Sungai Burung & to enjoy viewing the resident & migratory birds 🦅🐦
Our boatman, Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽 also shared cockle 🐚 harvesting during the cruising 🚤 with us. The cockles 🐚🐚 are all big & fresh 😆😄
Guess what❓⁉️
We got some horseshoe crabs too, but then releasing them back to the river 💦💧 as they are just baby crabs ~ tiny in size 😁
She 👩🏻 has captured a short clip 📹🎥 from her birdwatching 🦅🐦 cruise 🚤 with Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽, do enjoy it ya 🤗
Address📍: Jetty ⚓️ to Sungai Burung, Jalan Parit 4, Pantai Sungai Burung, Kampung Parit Empat, 45400 Tanjong Karang, Selangor, West Malaysia
Contact no. 📞☎️📱: Pakcik Sahar 👨🏽 +6013-318 5593
Fee🎟: Subject to distance & length of time
Ohh ya…You may check out MNS’s annual event named Raptor Watch to sign up via 🌐https://mnsraptorwatch.wordpress.com/about-rw/, then to participate & enjoy the bird watching 🦅🐦 at Port Dickson beach, Negeri Sembilan
Before the boat cruising, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has visited the tree 🌳🌳 planting centre as habitat conservation efforts for the fireflies 👍🏻
Not to be missed the beautiful sunset moment at jetty before the fireflies cruising 🛶
She 👩🏻 has recalled that she 👩🏻 was amazed 🤩😍 with the Chrismas trees 🎄💫 alike surrounding when her parents 👴🏻👵🏻 brought her 👩🏻 when she was a kid 👧🏻 for fireflies cruising 🛶
Hmm….Quite sad 😔😢 to share that the Christmas trees 🎄💫 effects no longer as great 👍🏻 as before. The fireflies numbers are declining ⬇️ mainly due to the pollution, degradation of the water 💦💧quality, clearing of river 💦💧 reserves & mangroves 💚🌳🌱🏞 closer to the fireflies viewing 👀 sites etc. She 👩🏻 is proud & happy 😃 that various of conservation 💚 efforts has been made to conserve and rehabilitate their habitat e.g. trees 🌳🌳 planting project with Berembang trees & Nipah trees
She 👩🏻 highly recommends👆🏻to enjoy the boat 🛶 cruising from Kampung Kuantan because the local community 👫👭👬 here still using the small wooden boats 🛶 aka sampan in Malaysia 🇲🇾’s national language. The boats 🛶🛶 are steered manually by a boatman 👨🏽👨🏽 during the cruising 🛶 There is another venue for fireflies cruising 🛶 named Bukit Belimbing where electronic boats 🚤 are being used
She 👩🏻 was told the fireflies are more impressive 🤩🤩 if it hasn’t rained 🌧☔️ shortly before & if it is not a full moon 🌕 night 🌃
Basic firefly-watching 👀 etiquette includes,
Do not use your torch 🔦 / use flash 📸 to capture photos/ videos 📹🎥 during the fireflies cruising 🛶 as this will disturb & disrupt the fireflies’ mating
Not to talk loudly 🗣 & making unnecessary noise during the cruising 🛶
No smoking 🚭 & littering ❌ is allowed during the cruising 🛶
Quietly enjoy the nature light 💫💫 show by the fireflies. If you catch the fireflies & brought home 🏡, a fine of RM1️⃣k will be imposed
She 👩🏻 has captured a short clip 📹🎥 from her fireflies cruising🛶, low lighting & only mild nature light 💫💫 show by the fireflies being captured ya 😃😁
Address📍: Jalan Club, Kampung Kuantan, 45000 Kuala Selangor, Selangor, West Malaysia
Operating Hours🕢: 7.30pm – 11.30pm
Fee🎟: RM50 per boat 🛶 for 4️⃣ pax only
This is the KSNP for Ramsar Seminar being organised by MNS with aims to present the latest data 📑📊📈 on the results of scientists 👨🏻🔬👩🏻🔬 & volunteers research about the biodiversity in KSNP 💚🌳🌳💚
All the presentations of findings 📊📈 from it will then be used as the supporting documents 📑 for the preparation & submission of KNSP 💚🌳🌳💚 as a new 🆕 Ramsar Site in Malaysia 🇲🇾
It was a crowded seminar & she 👩🏻 was impressed 🤩 with all the researches & actions done by the MNS & other nature conservation NGOs’ volunteers 👫👭👬
Also she 👩🏻 has met the founders (a couple) 👫 of KNSP 💚🌳🌳💚 from this seminar
Guess what❓⁉️
An engineer named Mr Muhammad Akhir 👨🏻🏭 was being asked ❓⁉️to build a golf ⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️ course from this park 💚🌳🌳💚 area, he has then managed to replace the plan by swapping it into a nature park i.e. KNSP today 💚🌳🌳💚
His wife, Ms Alice 👩🏼💼 from UK 🇬🇧 also played an important role towards realised this golf course ⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️ vs nature park 💚🌳🌳💚 mission back then. It was since 1987, such a long long time for this couple 👫
A privilege to have a short interview 📹🎥 with of of them 👫 & observed their truly inspiring passionate for nature conservation 💚💚 Bravo ‼️👍🏻💪🏻👏🏻🙌🏻
It’s a meaningful 2️⃣D1️⃣N trip to appreciate the on going ecotourism & nature conservation 💚 efforts towards in Kuala Selangor
“If ecotourism can be allowed to succeed, conservation will follow” ~ Andrew Sebastian
In the 1940s, MNS was established with aims to promote the study 📖📑📊📈, appreciation👍🏻, conservation & protection 💚 of Malaysia 🇲🇾’s natural heritage 😃
Yeah‼️SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 is gonna sharing 👩🏻💻📝 about her recent volunteer participation with Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), a non-governmental non-profit organization (NGO) to learn about ecotourism 💚 @ Belum Temenggor🌳🌳, in particular hornbill conservation & habitat for its local communities ~ indigenous people aka orang asli 👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽in Malaysia 🇲🇾’s national language
Since 2004, MNS aims to promoting hornbills conservation in Belum Temenggor Forest Complex 🌳🌳 (BTFC)(1️⃣of the oldest virgin rainforest on Earth, 130 million years old) & to enhancing public awareness of the importance of hornbills to the rainforests’🌳🌳 ecosystem 👍🏻🙌🏻
Malaysia 🇲🇾 is home 🏡 to 🔟 Malaysian hornbills & dubbed the ‘Hornbill Capital of the World🌍’ with its Perak state being recognized as the Land of Hornbills
BTFC 🌳🌳 aka Northern Peninsular Malaysia🇲🇾’s Natural Jewels 💎, the only remaining contiguous block to tropical rainforests 🌳🌳 which linking to Southern Thailand 🇹🇭 i.e. Bang Lang National Park & Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, also part of the Titiwangsa Range 💚
Currently, only BTFC 🌳🌳 & the Greater Ulu Muda Forest Complex 🌳🌳 are on par for the hornbill diversity in Malaysia 🇲🇾, then together with the Southern Thailand 🇹🇭, all made up for the Hornbill Triangle (HoT)🔺
Hornbills get its name from its horn-like projection i.e. a casque on their beaks (Hmm…Not all hornbill species have them though) 😊
Hornbills are well known as the farmers 👨🏻🌾👩🏻🌾 of the rainforests 🌳🌳
Ohh…Why❓⁉️
Hornbills fly long distances looking for fruits🍎🍏 & swallow fruits🍎🍏in whole. Hmm…Some fruits 🍎🍏 are with big seeds. As they spit out countless seeds, some seeds find a place to grow & become new 🆕 trees 🌳🌳
However, really dissappointed & sad 😧😔 that some of the hornbill species are experiencing critically endangered & vulnerable. In this connection, if lesser ⬇️ hornbills, many rainforest trees 🌳🌳 that depend on them to spread their seeds may disappear from the rainforest 🌳🌳eventually
Why❓⁉️ Why❓⁉️Why❓⁉️
Some of the main reasons are destruction/ loss of the hornbills’ habitats & degradation due to deforestation (Photo 📸 below captured from BRAINS Summit 2018), fragmentation of rainforests 🌳🌳, illegal logging (Photo 📸 below captured by SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 during her volunteer trip), poaching & hunting, conversion to agriculture e.g. oil palm plantations, over-development etc. 😧😔
As the rainforests 🌳🌳disappear, so does indigenous peoples’👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽culture too 😧😔 as their living style very much depended on the rainforests 🌳🌳 for medicine, shelter, food, other necessities etc. They are not known to take more than what they need as this would be seen as a transgression of the rainforest 🌳🌳 & would bring curses to their people. So, the destruction of their prime resource is resulting in the destruction of their traditional ways of life 😧😔
You may not aware that BTFC 🌳🌳consists of 2️⃣ big parts,
Temengor Forest Reserve ~ the southern part of BTFC is largely a production forest 🌳🌳
Royal Belum State Park ~ the northern part, a protected area🌳🌳
MNS has been working hard for years to get the whole BTFC a protected area 🌳🌳 with its ecotourism 💚 efforts 👍🏻🙌🏻💪🏻 Hope they will achieve success very soon
“MY forest 🌳 , MY wildlife, MY responsibility”
Curious 🤔 about what SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has participated & learnt during her 4️⃣D3️⃣N volunteering with MNS❓⁉️
MNS Hornbill Festival🎉🎊
The 1️⃣st festival 🎉🎊 & annually every 16 Septto bring awareness & encourage orang asli👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽communities to participate for hornbill conservation under the Malaysian 🇲🇾 implementation of the project, My Forest ~ “Strengthening Non-State Actor Involvement in Forest Governance in Indonesia 🇮🇩 , Malaysia 🇲🇾 , the Philippines 🇵🇭 & Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 ” which funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
She has captured an interview clip 📹🎥 with Mr Balu, the Head of Conservation with MNS ~ “Hornbill Conservation Effort by MNS“
MY forest is a high⬆️-impact partnership, as it looks at Malaysia🇲🇾’s natural 💚 heritage ~ rainforests 🌳🌳 & how non-state actors ~ non-governmental organisations, civil societies, local communities, the private sector & the public – can inform & change policies towards better rainforest governance. Under this 5️⃣-year project (2017-2021), MNS is tasked with building the capacity of non-state actors from all around Malaysia 🇲🇾 to engage more effectively with the government in protecting Malaysia🇲🇾’s rainforests 🌳🌳
She had great interactions with the orang asli kids 👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽 & adults🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽about nature awareness, art🎨🖍activities, sumpit, balloons🎈🎈, survey questionnaires❓❓etc. by using simple Malaysia 🇲🇾 ‘s national language ~ Bahasa Melayu 👌🏻✌🏻👍🏻
She got inspired by the orang asli hornbill guardians’ passion 💗 towards hornbills conservation 👍🏻👏🏻🙌🏻 Truly motivated with the positivity 🙏🏻👆🏻Really wish local communities here with skills gained from ecotourism efforts by MNS to improving their overall living lifestyle & being happy self sufficient 👍🏻💪🏻🙌🏻
A short clip 📹🎥 about this 1️⃣st hornbill festival 🎉🎊, do enjoy ya 😃
Orang Asli Villages Visit
Chuweh Village
Arrival & impressed with its beautiful scenery from this village
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & team went to visit the Hornbill House 🏡 aka Rumah Enggang 🏡 in Malaysia 🇲🇾 ’s national language. Each MNS volunteers period only for 4️⃣️pax due to the limited space
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She 👩🏻 didn’t stay here due to her volunteer team with 9️⃣️pax. Communicated to 1️⃣️ of the volunteer named Ms Christine🙋♀️who stayed here & she complimented that she really enjoyed this 5️⃣️ star ⭐👍👆volunteering accommodation 🏡 in this village
A briefing by Mr Yeap & the orang asli hornbill guardians to all volunteers about the hornbills counting
Then, she👩🏻has learnt & experienced the use of blowgun aka sumpit 😀 Obviously she failed miserably, perhaps a good reason to volunteer again next Aug/ Sept, Ha…Ha…
Tasted some orang asli traditional dishes as tea time e.g. Perah nuts 🥜(Oppsss…Superb addictive delicious 😋🤤‼️ She even has placed next order 📌 of 2️⃣️kgs with Mr Woo🙋🏻♂️🤣😆), cassava & wild fern (paku pakis) from forest 🌳🌳etc.
Had a short chat 🗣👤with Mr Yeap🙋🏻♂️, the Senior Conservation Officer with MNS on hornbill studies for almost 1️⃣8️⃣ years & pursuing his PhD. Do enjoy an interview clip 📹🎥 with him about his hornbill conservation experiences
Tebang Village
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has went here for the evening 🏙 hornbill counting 🔢
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Guess what❓⁉️
She really viewed the flying Oriental Pied hornbills twice with binocular‼️So so happy😃😁
Also viewed the wild elephants 🐘🐘 crossed the river 💦💧Yeah‼️ So so lucky 🍀 for herself & volunteers team as the visitors to the rainforest
However, Mr Yeap 🙋🏻♂️ has alerted that if elephants 🐘🐘 are so near to human, it’s bad news to the orang asli as the elephants 🐘🐘 gonna destroy their houses 🏡🏡 & crops planted🌱🌿Sigh…
She has met the youngest volunteer named Shane 👦🏻, 6️⃣ years old & son to Ms Christine (Blue 💙 t-shirt in the photos 📸📸 below). Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻as 1️⃣ of the great education opportunities & childhood memories for kids
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It was really fun to interact with the orang asli kids, they are just so simple & adorable, missed them a lot 👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽
An interview 📹🎥 clip with Mr Woo Chee Yong, the conservation research assistant with MNS on “Why to participate for Hornbill Volunteer Programme❓⁉️”
Despite learning about hornbill conservation & orang asli 👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽living, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share some exciting moments during her short volunteering,
Jungle 🌳🌳 trekking🚶♂️🚶♀️& sunset 🌅 cruise 🚤
Rafflesia spots (However, it wasn’t the Rafflesia blossom season, so she just got to view some flower buds & dried dead Rafflesia)
Elephant 🐘 saltlicks aka Sira Gajah
Observed elephants foot prints & poo poo, sun bear paw prints on tree trunk etc.
You may contact a friendly & helpful nature tour guide with boat services, Mr Muhammad Ali 🙋🏽♂️ either his personal FB 🌐 https://www.facebook.com/alie.gowloq or 📞☎️📱contact him +6013-4681040, he can customise your tour around BTFC 🌳🌳 accordingly
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Yes ✅ She did it 💪🏻 How about you❓⁉️
Let’s sign up for MNS hornbill volunteer 🌐 https://myforestwatch.weebly.com/my-hornbills.html
It subjects for a fee as MNS is a NGO & unable to fund the volunteers’ transportation 🚌🚤, accommodation 🏡 & meals 🍽🍴
She also attended the BRAINS Summit 2018 ~ ‘Forest Biodiversity & Community: A Balanced Approach for Sustainable Development’, the 2️⃣nd iteration bi-annually with 80 delegates i.e. researchers, conservationists, orang asli communities & official representatives from government bodies to discuss pertinent issues affecting the survival & sustainable use of the BTFC🌳🌳
It was officially opened by the Duli Yang Amat Mulia Raja DiHilir of Perak🤴🏽, Raja Iskandar Dzurkarnain ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris A’fifullah Shah
“Seeing all these stakeholders 👫👭👬gathered is a good sign 👍🏻 that we as Malaysians 🇲🇾👭👬👫 are ready to commit to conservation. The themes that will be discussed during this summit have significant ramifications for the future of our rain forests 🌳🌳 We are talking about boosting ecotourism 💚 to assist the local communities 👶🏽👧🏽🧒🏽👦🏽🧑🏽🙋🏽♀️🙋🏽♂️👵🏽🧓🏽👴🏽or a form of funding💰to maintain the rain forests 🌳🌳
I am confident that given enough time & support from all the relevant parties, we will be able to reduce ⬇️ our dependence on logging & ensure the continued survival of our rain forests🌳🌳” said Tuan Haji Ahmad Khalif bin Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal👨🏽💼, the Executive Director of the EMKAY Group & a Trustee of the Pulau Banding Foundation
Sharing a clip 📹🎥 captured by R.AGE & highlighted in the summit ~ Voices of orang asli communities
Yeah‼️ 2️⃣nd visit in 2018 to Terengganu 🇲🇾 with another 14 pax media members 👫👭👬
This round SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has enjoyed most of the conservation 🐘🐟🐢, culture, craft & nature 💚🌳🌳 ~ the less travelled destinations 📍📍in Terengganu 🇲🇾
It was built since 2012 as the latest addition to Kenyir Lake💦💧’s vast attractions with 256 hectares of land 🏞 Only 🔟% of this area are being developed & 90% remaining untouched with aims to preserve the nature 💚 of the forest 🌳🌳 & ensure a nature “home🏡” for the elephants 🐘🐘 that living in it 😍🤩
All elephants 🐘🐘 in KECV are all local elephants 🐘🐘 which mostly are orphans, missed their teams, lost themselves in the woods, their families were being killed due to ivory trade, being caught by villagers etc. 👬👭👫
Ohh ya…The most exciting 😄😆 moment would be the elephants 🐘🐘 show & elephants shower 🚿💦💧🐘🐘
Elephants 🐘🐘 bathing fun 💦💧‼️😍🤩 You will be energetic to avoid being splashing with water 💦💧 or showering 🚿by the naughty naughty elephants 🐘🐘😅😂🤣😆
Bravo 👏🏻 to the great 👍🏻 efforts to taking care all elephants 🐘🐘 by the professional veterinarians & elephant keepers 🐘🐘 Highly recommended 👆🏻👍🏻 this village for school 🏫 trips for an educational experience for kids to learn more about elephants 🐘🐘
Yeah‼️ Lovely 2️⃣nd visit in 2018 (1️⃣st was in Apr 2018) to view the elephants 🐘🐘🐘 named Dusun, Puteri, Jambu again 😍🤩
Ohh…The most unforgettable moment ~ Caught a Kelah fish 🐟 in hand 🤲🏻 after many many triesss….Tiring with a happy 😃 satisfied face at the end ✌🏻🙌🏻
She loves 💚 the great 👍🏻 initiative by Ketengah of Terengganu state by protected this area from fishing 🎣 & boating 🚤 at Kenyir Lake 💦💧for Kelah fish 🐟 conservation. Bravo‼️👏🏻🙌🏻
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Hence, you will need to walk 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♂️for 1.7km to reach the sanctuary on a nicely done man-made path 👣
Then, enjoy a Kelah fish 🐟 spa ya
Her 1️⃣st & unforgettable nice fish foot spa 🐟
Address📍: Lubuk Kejor, Sungai Petang, Tasik Kenyir, Terengganu, West Malaysia
Operating hours🕘: 9am to 12pm daily
Website🌐: http://www.ketengah.gov.my/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/LembagaKemajuanTerengganuTengah/
Tuntung 🐢 Conservation Centre
1️⃣st time SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 has visited & learnt more from Pakcik Wazel Tuntung 👨🏽about this critically endangered river terrapins aka Tuntung 🐢 from this centre which bred & then released the Tuntung to replenish their declining numbers in the wild 👏🏻🙌🏻
You can hold, hug, touch & play with the baby Tuntung & adult Tuntung here 🐢🐢
Hmm….Quite heavy 💪🏻 to hold it (In black with long tail = male Tuntung in her hands) ya…She meant not the small baby Tuntung 🐢 of course
This centre definitely providing an educational experience for kids 👧🏻🧒🏻👦🏻🧑🏻 to learn, to grow to care for river terrapins 🐢 & help preserve this critically endangered species ☺️
Address📍: Pusat Konservasi Hidupan Liar Kuala Berang, 21700 Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, West Malaysia
Website🌐: http://www.turtleconservationsociety.org.my/ or do plan your visit by contacting the Jabatan Perhilitan Negeri Terengganu via 📱📞☎️ call +609-6124721
Culture & Craft
Janagor Village
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 & her media friends 👫👭👬 went to this village at night 🌃🌌 for a tasty 😋 dinner 🍽🍴 & its cultural show 🎤🎼🎶🎵 from 10pm to 12am every Fri 😉
Guess what❓⁉️
It’s the tradtion remained by wearing the Malay traditional clothing (including kids) before visiting it 🤩🤗
Pretty 😍 right❓⁉️
Not to be missed for an old Terengganu tradition experience for sure‼️👍🏻🙌🏻
Address📍: Kampung Jenagor, Terengganu, Kampung Jenagor, 21700 Kuala Berang, Terengganu, West Malaysia
Wow‼️ 😲Beautiful traditionalTerengganuHouse🏡🏠🏘😍🤩 at this Warisan Pahlawan Resort, Terengganu 🇲🇾
1️⃣ of its specialty of having either the natural holes of woods or wood crafts as presented in the short clip 📹🎥 below. Hence, natural air conditioning 🌬💨👍🏻✌🏻
This resort 🏠🏡🏘 with all old houses which gathered all from a massive years of researches & collections by the passionate 58 years old owner 👴🏻named Pak Tun about heritage & love 💗 to promote his home state ~ Terengganu , Malaysia 🇲🇾 to other states
Guess what❓⁉️
All houses 🏡🏠 are handmade ✋🏻🤲🏻 craft, can be built, dissemble & resemble after moving from a place to another. Ohh wow‼️😲
Impressive great effort for heritage love ❤️, bravo ‼️👏🏻🙌🏻👍🏻
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She 👩🏻 has enjoyed the Malay cuisine lunch 🍽🍴served here at Restaurant Warisan the most, especially 1️⃣st dining experience of edible fish scales of Kelah fish 🐟 …So so crunchy delicious 😋🤤
Address📍: No. 22, Kampung Pauh, 21700 Kuala Berang, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, West Malaysia
FB: https://www.facebook.com/Warisan-Pahlawan-ResortTerengganu-279002550185/
Nature
Little Amazon 🏞🌳🌳
A beautiful greenery 💚🌳🌳 along River Berang 💦💧with millionsss yearsss of trees 🌳🌳
Love 💚 the tree 🌳 roots captured 📸 along her cruising 🚤 journey
Definitely a peaceful cruising 🚤 experience to enjoy the greenery nature 💚🌳🌳 to unwind from any hectic city 🌆🏙 life ~ Awesome mind detox & re-energised 😎😌
1️⃣st experience to stay at a floating resort & it was awesome 👏🏻
Hmm…Floating❓⁉️ How to check-in❓⁉️
Not to worry, a water taxi 🚤 is provided ya
Love 💗 the room in 2️⃣-storey within for 4️⃣pax 👭👭, she was at the upper storey. Shower 🚿 room (with towels & toiletries) is in the room, however a shared toilet 🚽 outside for all its guests ya 👫👭👬
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The beautiful 😍🤩 lake view 🏞💦💧surrounding, you may enjoy swimming 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏻♂️ , water sports 🛶🚤🤽🏻♀️🤽🏻♂️ etc. around this resort
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Why not for your stay 🛌🚿😴💤 too❓⁉️
Address📍: Tasik Kenyir, 21700 Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, West Malaysia
FB: https://www.facebook.com/excelladventurekenyir/
So, why not pack your bag 🎒💼 & book a flight ✈️ to Beautiful Terengganu, Malaysia 🇲🇾❓⁉️
Would like to end her long sharing here with a great clip 📹🎥 captured by IG: @GayaTravel, SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 was part of the clip 📹🎥 ya 😃✌🏻
Yeah‼️ This time SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 would like to share 👩🏻💻📝 here about her recent holi-stay at Perak state, Malaysia 🇲🇾
Yes✅, again she travelled to 1️⃣ of her favourite state in home country, Malaysia 🇲🇾 ~ Perak, it’s just so much more places 📍📍to exploring ya 😁😎
Guess what❓⁉️
She 👩🏻 was really enjoying her tube camping at Perak Agrotourism Resort (PATRO)🏘🏡🏘, her 1️⃣st experience to experience this slightly different from her norm 🆒 resort accommodation 😁😍
This was her 3️⃣rd accommodation after checked out from Casuarina@Meru 🏢 from her recent Perak trip. About an hour coach 🚌🚍 journey (approximately 3️⃣ hours drive from KL)
There are a total of 20 tube camps in this resort 🏘🏡🏘 & all named upon the town names within Perak state 🇲🇾 Upon arrival, she checked-in to her tube camp named Kampar with her roommate👭 Each tube camp for 2️⃣pax & RM100/night 🤗
As you observe from the captures, these are aka micro houses which all are made out of concrete water pipes 😊
— SiennyLovesDrawing (@SiennyLovesDraw) July 27, 2018
When 1️⃣st checked-in🔑, her roommate & herself 👭 felt a bit not used to its size & narrow, also its round foot 👣 ground, none flat. Subsequently, loves the stay then 💗, click in below for her photo album in IG ya 😍
She loves ❤️ her tube camp scenery 😍 ~ a peaceful beautiful tin mining lake 🏞 & greenery mango orchard surrounding 🌳💚🌳
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Not to worry as a proper shared toilet 🚽 & shower 🚿 facilities, including relax chilling area are provided 😌
Buffet breakfast served at its cafe dining area ☕🍽️
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Hmm…PATRO is a boutique resort 🏘🏡🏘 & launched since 14 May 2016. It combines both agriculture 👩🏻🌾👨🏻🌾🌱🌿🌳 & tourism elements aka agrotourism on its 670 acres land (Not to worry, tram 🚃/ truck 🚚 transfer/ buggy 🚘 available, no tiring walking) & providing a 4️⃣-star ⭐️ accommodation 🛌🚿🛀🏻🚽 to all guests 👫👭👬
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Highly recommended 👍🏻👆🏻 as another relaxing 😌place to visit whenever you are visiting to Perak state of Malaysia ya 🇲🇾
She 👩🏻 enjoyed this recreationally with her friends 👭👬 to explore resort areas 🏘🏡🏘 that are inaccessible by buggy 🚘 as well as a track 🚚 for its guests 👭👬👫 to have a closer look 👀 at the plants 🌱🌿🌳, insects/ animals 🐾🦗🐜🐥🦆🐰along the ATV ride 🚜
She 👩🏻 has ride on Aliya, a horse 🐎 from Argentina 🇦🇷 as introduced by the friendly trained officer 👮🏻♂️ who had welcoming her friends 👫👭👬 & herself 👩🏻 for the horse 🐎 ride that evening 🏙 during her stay 😊
PATRO’s Horse 🐴🐎 Riding Club is open from 8.30am to 11am & 4pm to 6pm (Tue to Sun, subject to weather ☁️☀️ condition)
She 👩🏻 was learning from the brief lecture 🗣👥👤👥 on how the fertigation technique works during her farm tour. This farm uses a controlled application of water 💦💧 & fertilizers to maximizes the chilli 🌶 crop yield. Also it’s using several solar 🔆 plants to creating an ‘edible garden’ 👍🏻🙌🏻
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The chillies 🌶🌶 here are huge…oppsss…bigger than her face 😝😜
— SiennyLovesDrawing (@SiennyLovesDraw) July 27, 2018
Tips 📌💡learnt for sharing: If you are gonna cook dishes today with chillies 🌶🌶 , pick the total red ❤️ one. If you wish to cook with chillies 🌶🌶 in dishes within a week or slightly longer, pick the chillies with some greens 💚 ya
1️⃣st, she paid attention to a lecture 🗣👥👤👥 about the stingless bee 🐝 , the nutrition value of its honey 🍯 contains/ health benefits, as well as the farming & harvesting methods 👍🏻👆🏻
Then, the exciting 😃 moment, she got a straw & tasted the fresh honey 🍯 directly from the bee hive. Hurray‼️ Yummy 🤤😋…Yummy 😋🤤…
This was an interesting ✌🏻experience for her as she learnt about the process of making the salted egg 🥚 , including the tools/ equipment required 😉
All guests 👭👬👫 were being briefed by the guide 🙋🏽♂️ regarding the ducks 🦆🦆 in the farm, how to grade the salted eggs 🥚🥚etc.
Ohh…She 👩🏻 wanna visit the duck 🦆 farm & handpick the duck eggs 🥚🥚 , however due to the big group size, it wasn’t encouraged by the farm guide 🙋🏽♂️ Reason being the ducks 🦆🦆 will get stressed 😩😫 & then disturbing they lay eggs 🥚🥚 schedule 🗓
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Must buy the salted eggs 🥚🥚 from this farm as it’s hygience, all duck 🦆 eggs 🥚🥚 will be washed 💦💧& cleaned 1️⃣st before proceed for salted eggs making 👍🏻
But….but…She didn’t managed to buy a box, all sold out 🆙 due to high demands from her group of friends 👫👭👬 during this recent trip. Cry 😢😭…cry 😢😭…
Other activities including cycling 🚴🏻♀️🚴♂️ , petting zoo 🐥🐰🐒, paintball 🔫, mango farm, duck 🦆 farm, herbal garden 🌱🌿🌻etc.
There is a lotus 🌺🌺 pond outside the horse riding 🐴🐎 club, don’t forget to taste the fresh lotus seeds ya 😋😋
— SiennyLovesDrawing (@SiennyLovesDraw) July 26, 2018
So, why not plan a metime trip❓⁉️ Family trip❓⁉️ School trip❓⁉️ Educational trip❓⁉️
Address📍: Perak Agrotourism Resort, A15, Tanjung Tualang, Perak, West Malaysia
Operating hours🕣: 8.30am to 5.30pm, except till 6.30pm for Fri-Sun & Public Holidays
Website🌐: https://www.patro.com.my/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/PATROResort/
Update: 18.8.2018 9am
SiennyLovesDrawing 👩🏻 really proud that her home country has started this innovative concept for recreational, while Hong Kong 🇭🇰️ actually uses it for city 🌆🏙 living 🏡🏘🏡 It’s named OPod Tube Housing by the James Law Cybertecture (🌐http://www.jameslawcybertecture.com)
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