I had never been to Perak despite having spent so many years in the Peninsular of Malaysia. I mean, I did drive across Perak on my way to Penang at least a couple of times but I didn’t really stop to explore any further than its RnRs. So when a friend of mine came up with the idea of joining the Taiping International Marathon 2012, I jumped at the idea and registered myself almost right away. Taiping would be hosting…
Before you read any further, you may want to check out my previous post on Weekend Dash-away to Fraser Hill. Now, due to some work commitment for which we had to go back to KL before midday, we planned to get up early in the morning and be at the starting point of the trail before sunrise. Then we thought may be challenging the trail with an empty stomach was not a good idea after all so we decided to…
Another weekend didn’t just slip by without me doing something quite out of the ordinary. This time, I went to Fraser Hill to do a little bit of trekking, something that I’ve been quite crazy about doing since – well – not so lately. As one of those names that I kept hearing about when I was still a school kid, I had always wanted to go there, together with the likes of Penang Hill (checked!), Cameron Highland (checked!) and…