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The Quake

The Quake

I have never been emotionally involved in a tragedy ever before – more than I was when the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck a big part of Sabah – which I thought was not serious at first – until the news of casualties at Mount Kinabalu reached me. The final number of those killed – 18 – came to me as a shock; in fact, it devastated me more than I had thought it would. Mount Kinabalu is…

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Rinjani 2015 – Itinerary

Rinjani 2015 – Itinerary

Day 1    KL – Lombok International Airport                               Air Asia                  MYR 740 (return) Lombok International Airport – Senaru                       Taxi                         IDR 550 K Checked in at Pondok Indah              …

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I Left my Heart at Rinjani

I Left my Heart at Rinjani

I have come to find out that the beauty of Rinjani doesn’t lie on the mountain alone but it comes in packages. When I went up to the summit, I thought I had seen it all. But it was when I came down from the summit and descended further and further down to the danau (lake) that I found out that there was much more of Rinjani then the view seen from the peak – or even from the rim….

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