March 2, 2018
Posted by ramon in Broadleaf Rainforests, Camping, Caves, Caving, IUCN Protected Category 5, Malaysia, Pahang, Tropical Rainforest
Author: Ramon Fadli
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March 1, 2018
Posted by ramon in Broadleaf Rainforests, Camping, Caves, Caving, IUCN Protected Category 5, Malaysia, Pahang, Tropical Rainforest
Cave Fauna
The Senyum Cave Complex is surrounded by an ecosystem that supports the greatest diversity of living organisms on Earth--the rainforest. These rainforests are lowland dipterocarp forests, which are just one type of many, and alone can have up to 2000 different species of plants and trees. There is one species that can be found next to the trail on the north-eastern sector of the Senyum cave complex, that Read more
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February 28, 2018
Posted by ramon in Broadleaf Rainforests, Camping, Caves, Caving, IUCN Protected Category 5, Malaysia, Pahang, Tropical Rainforest
Senyum Caves
Senyum Caves (Malay: Gua Senyum) are a network of large chambers and caves that lie scattered around the periphery of a fairly large limestone complex. The complex is one of two, the other being the Jebak Puyuh cave complex, that lie within the north-western limits of the Jengka Forest Reserve. The two complexes are surrounded by palm oil plantations and have a swath of lowland forest separating Read more
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December 1, 2017
Posted by ramon in Broadleaf Rainforests, Class 1, Day Hike, Hiking, IUCN Protected Category 6, Malaysia, Selangor, Waterfalls
Chiling Waterfall
Chiling Fish Sanctuary was established by the Selangor Fisheries Department in 2005 in order to create a protected area for several species of carps (family Cyprinidae), including the Malayan mahseer (Tor tambroides), known as 'Ikan Kelah' in Malay, and the near-threatened Copper mahseer (Neolissochilus hexagonolepis), or 'Ikan Tengas'. Both these fish fetch very high market prices (the 'Empurau' for instance Read more
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November 18, 2017
Posted by ramon in Broadleaf Rainforests, Camping, Class 4, Day Hike, Forests, Hiking, Kedah, Malaysia, Mountains, Tropical Monsoon, UNESCO
Langkawi's Giants
Langkawi is occasionally referred to as 'Malaysia's Legendary Island' due to the many legends that surround its sights. The legends that visitors to the island are most likely to encounter are Mahsuri's seven-generation curse and the fairies of Telaga Tujuh waterfall. There are far more, however, one of which is the legend of Langkawi's ancient geological formations. Legend has it that the mountains of Langkawi used Read more
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July 19, 2017
Posted by ramon in Astronomy, Class 1, Coastlines, Day Hike, Diving, Hiking, Indonesia, Islands, IUCN Protected Category 2, Looped Hike, National Parks, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Reefs, Tropical Coral Reefs, Tropical Savanna, UNESCO