actually the trip to rinjani was planned when we just came back from lawu in august. Its gonna be a big group, consisting of mainly photographers. The trip will be in june 2009. hope i will be able to get a super wide lense and a video camera by then. The trip should consists of few days of shooting spree in bali. i guess, that would be my 2nd trip to bali and lombok.

 but before that, we are going to climb mount Fansipan of Vietnam in february 2009. At the same time, another group of us will be going for sightseing in the region of Dieng of Central Java, Indonesia. That will be another big group of photographers outing. I want to go but since it clashes with the fansipan trip, i just have to forgo the oppurtunity.

so, next year, ecotravellers will be going to 3 escapades. 2 mountains and 1 sightseing. And i think i might be going off for another trip, maybe all by my own since i’ll be getting a free airasia ticket. I dont think i will be using the tix for silk road in 2010. Anyway, silk road is still in planning stage. nothing concrete. hopefully can ask inci angie narina regarding her trip along the silk road. <– hopefully she had been there coz she told me that she will going there this year.

i will be detailing the info for silk road. The trip might be as short as 2 weeks and may reach 1 whole month. need to find out about Lhasa and stuffs. this trip was brought up by Mr Jass. We have to really plan since this is not a cheap trip. its gonna be fun. cant wait….

anyway, mr jamal and mr ali are planning for another escapades to down under. Oh…i want to go….i want to gooooo. never been to countries outside south east asia ( im lame ).  hopefully their trip would not fall on those days that i have to submit my projects/research etc.

for me, 3 overseas eco-vacation is a lot to consume in a year. Unless i have people to do the jobs for me…ooh gosh this is the time when i pray that there will be more people like me in this world. i hope to accomplish that as easy as this –> copy remi remi2, muahahahahahahahha

as for local event, i have been invited by todd to join him to climb a mountain near kampar, perak this weekend. I dont think i will be able to join him since my neighbour is getting married this weekend and my friend zani is having his open house too. I have to help zani with picking up the foods from pencala this sunday. oh gosh, i’ll be missing another trip.

nevermine…till next time, keep up the eco spirit in yaaaaa

hi all,

 it has been a long break since i last write on this weblog. Actually i had written 2 important posts after the jakarta-bandung trip, one is regarding the trip and the other is regarding asean contries local newspaper links.

but unfortunately those 2 posts have been lost. my hosting provider didnt even know that his main hosting company has changed their dns server ip again. And the best part is, my hosting provider website is no longer accessible. This is the price to pay for you to trust your friend who is very keen in getting rich quick. i hate him. personally and for eternity.

anyway, i managed to get the dns problem solved. fortunately the domain was registered by myself. due to the dns changing exercise, the 2 posts was not backed up. im going to try to get those posts up later.

anyway, i stumbled upon this news from bbc website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7658258.stm

‘Tourists die’ in Nepal air crash

Twelve German tourists were among 18 people killed when a passenger plane crashed in Nepal’s Everest region.

A total of 14 foreigners are believed to have died, airport officials said.

Only one Nepalese passenger survived as the Yeti Airlines plane crashed during landing at Tenzing-Hillary airport in the eastern town of Lukla, they said.

Nestling on a mountainside at 9,380ft (2,860m), the airport is popular with mountaineers and trekkers heading for expeditions in the Himalayas.

The plane reportedly caught fire after crash-landing and hitting the perimeter boundary at the airstrip.

“Twelve German and two Swiss people were on the passenger manifest,” airport official Mohan Adhikari told AFP.

In fine weather, there are daily flights between Lukla and the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.

Lukla’s runway is just 20m wide and is set on a slope, with a steep 700m drop at one end. 
 

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 hope the news above will not deteriorate our determination to climb the Annapurna Base Camp in the next 5 years.