Langkawi’s New Groove
As a young boy, Irshad Mobarak often accompanied his father into the wilderness. “Those were the best times of my life, and the love for nature became ingrained in me,’’ says Irshad, the ninth child in a family of 10.
Going green in Langkawi
Parts of Pulau Langkawi just got greener, with fruit-bearing trees being recently planted to nurture wildlife. Three HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd staff members – Jennifer Leong, Leong Li Yim and Kee Thuan Lye – got the project off with help from Langkawi nature tour group Natural History Expeditions and Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)
Nurturing young environmentalists
From a seed planted six months ago, a group of young environmentalists are, today, taking charge of their island home. THERE were no stars that night but the children dazzled. Fully charged, 100 of them recited poems, sang songs and danced on the beach, marking the completion of an environmental programme and the start of a new chapter in their lives.
Students Fall in Love with Wildlife
They learn to plant saplings the correct way. About 100 primary and secondary students in Langkawi fell in love with the wildlife after spending their weekends jungle-trekking on the island with naturalist Irshad Mobarak. And this went for six months.
Sedili Kecil
He held the mud crab still with his bare feet whilst deftly tying up the claws with a length of pink raffia. Job done, the fisherman tossed his catch into a bucket. On our request the second fisherman sorted us out half a dozen choice crabs and a bargain was done. Our two boats parted company and we left the fishermen to their work.
Nature Through The Lenses
This video was directed by Nur Mohd Fadhil Asyaari when he take apart in the Langkawi Birding and Fotofest 2011 organised by Junglewalla.
Consumptionomics
"Green growth" has recently become a popular topic. Can we go "green" simply through a combination of technology, finance and free markets, or are we avoiding the real issues? Do "green" and "growth" always go together? Central to the notion of growth is "more". If we are talking about finite resources and its limitations, how can we pursue growth indefinitely? Shouldn’t we instead strive for development that is fair, sustainable and empowers the majority?
Langkawi: Heaven of Ecotourism and Travel Adventure
In Langkawi a nature adventure had a true-blue naturalist as their guide. The guides name is Irshad Mobarak. Dubbed the Jungle-wallah (Jungle-fellow) of Langkawi he is perfect for the job as he possesses vast knowledge about Langkawis wildlife, gleaned from years of trekking and observation of its jungles, mangroves and wildlife.
Travel: The jungles of Malaysia
A little luxury, a little adventure: that was what I wanted from a holiday in Malaysia. The country's appeal had taken hold years back when I had read about the "Jungle Line" train that runs north-east from Kuala Lumpur through spectacular mountains and rainforest.
Filled with Natural Wonders
“There are 10 hornbill species in Kedah,” he said, adding that five years ago, an astonishing 142 Great Hornbills were seen at one location, creating a national record for Langkawi. He said Langkawi boasted more than 226 species of birds and in the last decade, was popular among bird watchers from Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, England and Scandinavia.
Langkawi: Call of the Jungle
As the sun rises on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, the rainforest starts to talk. You can join the conversation during a 90-minute-long Rainforest Awakening Tour with Junglewalla, a local adventure tour company.
Resolving To Find The Beast Within
“After five years of banking I realized this is not what I want to do,” said Mobarak, whose sister is my friend in Maine. Mobarak concedes some people may want to be bankers and “that’s fine.” But Mobarak found “I had this connection to nature …I really wanted to get back to.”
Tourism in Malaysia :Tioman Island
The Andaman, a Luxury Collection Resort, The Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa, Sheraton Langkawi Beach Resort and the soon-to-be-opened Four Points by Sheraton Langkawi planted 1,000 trees that are native to the island. The activity, organised in conjunction with Earth Day 2011, was participated in by over 200 members of the management and associates of these properties.
