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The evil stepsisters with pink and lime-green tresses tugged at ‘Cinderella’ under scrutiny by the fat, wicked stepmother. As she aspired to audition for the role of the perfect mate for Jason, she was trapped by her sisters who then locked her up in the old, quaint cupboard. This captivatingRead More →

‘Fine plateau shut in by lofty mountains’ was how William Cameron described the area in his discovery of the place as a British surveyor in the map-making of Perak/Pahang in 1885. It wasn’t until Sir George Maxwell visited the mountains in 1925, that led to the building of this hillRead More →

When I thought about doing something radical this year, I decided to embark on my annual expedition to ‘anywhere.’ Anywhere must be somewhere I hadn’t been before. And anywhere must be authentic. Anywhere must be affordable. So I searched everywhere to find anywhere to see. With last years spectacular RoyalRead More →