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Bario – The Valley of the Wind

Bario – The Valley of the Wind

So, I went to Bario recently. It has always been in my bucketlist for so long. I mean, I’ve always wanted to go there ever since I was still at the university when I first heard about a highland area near the Indonesian border on the Kalimantan side – about its high quality rice and pine apples and the Kelabit people with their unique cultures and traditions. When my job required me to return to Kapit for a few days…

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People of The Land

People of The Land

I’ve always been an avid reader of Air Asia’s in-flight magazine Travel 3Sixty. This article they featured on November 2015 issue is one of the best so far – narrating the experience of the magazine’s editorial visit to Tebedu near Kuching in Sarawak. The idea of a visit came about when a school teacher named Larrie Jessika wrote to Travel 3Sixty to apologize for stealing a copy of the magazine because he really wanted to share the stories about the…

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A Lil Visit to Tenom

A Lil Visit to Tenom

So, I have just returned from a short trip home – something that I’ve been doing every year whenever May comes, probably because the Harvest Festival is a good enough reason to go back to Sabah for – apart from the fact that I am from there. But of course, above all, it’s the family. In the end, it’s the family that matters most to me no matter where I am and what I do in life urang bilang. Even…

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