Its been a while since we been kayaking anywhere. So, with plans made as early as two months before, we headed to Sungai Perak for a kayaking adventure.On the way there, we decided to stop and try the famous Kampar ‘Chicken in Bread’ at a restaurant called Yau Kee. How did we [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/08/yau-kee-chicken-in-bread-at-kampar-sungai-perak-kayaking-trip-part-i/feed/ 4 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/04/smoking-bidayuh%e2%80%99s-traditional-bamboo-pipe-part-vi/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/04/smoking-bidayuh%e2%80%99s-traditional-bamboo-pipe-part-vi/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:50:06 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=1638 Never felt more at home in a stranger’s house

The hospitality of the Bidayuhs in Semban is overwhelming. They shared with us the bountiful produce of their land, made sure we saw & experience all the things we wanted to and even had the doors of their home open for us to spend the nights.  [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/04/smoking-bidayuh%e2%80%99s-traditional-bamboo-pipe-part-vi/feed/ 2 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/03/hill-rice-blow-pipe-and-traditional-fire-starter-of-the-semais-in-kampung-kenip-final-part/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/03/hill-rice-blow-pipe-and-traditional-fire-starter-of-the-semais-in-kampung-kenip-final-part/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:38:40 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=1541 ‘No nails’ step ladder into the villager’s hut

We were ready to head back when some of the Kenip villagers asked us to join them for lunch. This ‘detour’ gave me a firsthand experience with the Semai’s hill rice, blow pipe and traditional fire starter.

It is impolite to decline so we made our way to [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2010/03/hill-rice-blow-pipe-and-traditional-fire-starter-of-the-semais-in-kampung-kenip-final-part/feed/ 4 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/10/palm-heart-or-%e2%80%98umbut%e2%80%99-as-jungle-food-lessons-from-a-sarawak-jungle-trip/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/10/palm-heart-or-%e2%80%98umbut%e2%80%99-as-jungle-food-lessons-from-a-sarawak-jungle-trip/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:30:37 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=1175 Our guides harvested the palm heart for the group’s dinner

I have heard a lot about harvesting the heart of palm, locally known as ‘Umbut’ as jungle food. This umbut has often been listed as one of the survival food in the jungle. In my years of traveling, I have not come across this Umbut, [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/10/palm-heart-or-%e2%80%98umbut%e2%80%99-as-jungle-food-lessons-from-a-sarawak-jungle-trip/feed/ 4 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/sweet-tasting-lembeh-curculigo-jungle-plant-food/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/sweet-tasting-lembeh-curculigo-jungle-plant-food/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:40:40 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=909 The Lembeh fruits at the ‘armpit’ of the plant

An Orang Asal guide once told me that jungle plant Lembeh (the Curculigo species)  bears fruits that once eaten will make plain water taste sweet (through drinking) for hours later on. I did not have the opportunity to taste the  Lembeh fruits back then because all [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/sweet-tasting-lembeh-curculigo-jungle-plant-food/feed/ 2 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/tapping-water-from-wild-bamboo/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/tapping-water-from-wild-bamboo/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:26:02 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=869 There's 'em water in the bamboo grass

“Bamboo is another sure source of drinking water in the jungle”…well, that’s what people say anyway. So, we decided to give it a go to see how true it is during a recent walk in the jungle. We found an area along a river that is literally littered with [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/07/tapping-water-from-wild-bamboo/feed/ 0 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/04/enjoying-fish-in-the-jungle-part-ii/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/04/enjoying-fish-in-the-jungle-part-ii/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:54:17 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=611 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/04/enjoying-fish-in-the-jungle-part-ii/feed/ 1 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/cooking-fish-in-the-jungle-the-orang-asli-way-part-i/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/cooking-fish-in-the-jungle-the-orang-asli-way-part-i/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:05:14 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=594 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/cooking-fish-in-the-jungle-the-orang-asli-way-part-i/feed/ 2 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/community-cooking-at-an-orang-asli-village/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/community-cooking-at-an-orang-asli-village/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:29:33 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=566

Cooking food using natural wood

Coming together on big occasions and helping each other out seems to be a norm in most small, tightly knit communities. Such is the case of one particular Orang Asli in the Bera region in the state of Pahang.

I was fortunate to be part [...]]]> http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/community-cooking-at-an-orang-asli-village/feed/ 0 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/lake-fishing-in-malaysia/ http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/lake-fishing-in-malaysia/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:57:51 +0000 Keong http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/?p=503 http://www.my-rainforest-adventures.com/2009/03/lake-fishing-in-malaysia/feed/ 2