YeinJee's Asian Journal » Adventure Travel and Tourism http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Going to Kinabalu, Sabah http://yeinjee.com/2009/going-to-kinabalu-sabah/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/going-to-kinabalu-sabah/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:30:53 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=14782 Will be having an adventurous holiday in the Sabah State in East Malaysia; leaving on Thursday (Mar 5), followed by a trip to Penang State to visit my sister and nieces.

The blog will not be updated for at least a week, probably two depending on internet availability; see you all again then. Meanwhile, sharing some Flickr photos of Mount Kinabalu, a 4000+ metre mountain that I am going to climb in Sabah…

Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia
Mount Kinabalu from afar (Image by Austin)

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2009/going-to-kinabalu-sabah/feed/ 7 Mt Kinabalu, March 2009 http://yeinjee.com/2008/mt-kinabalu-march-2009/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/mt-kinabalu-march-2009/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:18:29 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=7972 Will make my second attempt to conquer Mt Kinabalu in March 2009.

Mt Kinabalu (Gunung Kinabalu) is located at Kinabalu National Park, a World Heritage Site in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. At 4,095 metres, it’s the highest summit in Malaysia and the fourth highest in South East Asia.

Picture of the peak of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia
Near the summit of Mt Kinabalu… (Image by Matthew)

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/mt-kinabalu-march-2009/feed/ 14 Kiwi skateboards 12,159km from Europe to China http://yeinjee.com/2008/kiwi-skateboards-12000km-from-europe-to-china/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/kiwi-skateboards-12000km-from-europe-to-china/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:45:49 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=5607 New Zealander Robert Thompson set out from Leysin, Switzerland on June 24, 2007 and embarked on a 12,159km journey of solo and unsupported trek by skateboard through Europe, USA, and across China.

His journey was completed in Shanghai on September 28, 2008 [via Shanghaiist]

Rob has unofficially broken the Guinness World Record for the ‘longest journey by skateboard’ currently hold by by Dave Cornthwaite with a distance of 5,823km. Rob’s attempt has been submitted to Guinness and is currently under evaluation.

Video below is a summary of his final 1,200km journey from Xixia to Shanghai; which kinda reminds me of Chinese movie “Getting Home”…

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Mae Kompong

Mae Kompong is a village in Chiang Mai Province. Once a poppy growing area, but now home to a small community of forest dwellers who cultivate tea and coffee plantations.

Mae Kompong is also home to the Treetop eco-tourism village where visitors can take an exhilarating flight (with zip line and slide) through a 1500 year-old rainforest in the “Flight of the Gibbon” adventure…

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