Travel Tales

A daughter revisits her mother’s hometown and is reminded of why the Khasi people of North Eastern India are known to be loyal, humble and true to themselves.

One traveller did the ultimate to conquer her fear of heights and lives to share her story.

How a frequent business traveller deals with her slipped disc, including surviving a 200km bike ride.

Jetlag and nightmarish traffic were among the challenges Marina Mahathir faced when she travelled almost nonstop for a month.

Travel Tales: A lone girl learnt a very important lesson in safety after a harrowing taxi ride in Jordan.

Zafigo's very own designer Xin Lee shares her most memorable moments in Cambodia, including an unexpected 'live entertainment' in the hostel.

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I heard about the Pertubuhan Tindakan Wanita Islam (Pertiwi) Soup Kitchen when I was volunteering at the Free Tree Society (FTS). Just from meeting for the...

I found  Katzen Cat Sanctuary through the Malaysian website  Do Something Good. It  is a no-kill cat rescue center.  No-kill meaning they do not practice...

The Free Tree Society is a group of volunteers who aim to green KL from their communal garden. They take seeds, sprout and nurture them. They...

It was the sound of flapping that woke me up that night. Wings, somewhere in the dark. It wasn’t anything large, for that would have been terrifying. It was a small insect, but the silence and the darkness amplified the sound of its wings.

I do not think I would be the same person I am today if I had not travelled. The conversations I have had with strangers and experiences I have

It was my second time in Beijing, and something had changed. The city was different. I don’t like it that much anymore, I thought. I’d done all the major sights, even done the Great Wall again but Beijing had done nothing for me this time around.

The trick to having an adventure of your lifetime doesn’t require you to purchase expensive flight tickets to obscure places nor to put yourself into dangerous situations where only luck could get you out off.

An honest observation of Egypt, from fresh Malaysian eyes.

There are some things we take for granted when travelling abroad, especially to first world countries. One is that our luggage won’t get lost.

They say travelling in Sri Lanka is the safer, easier version of risky India. Camilla, a Brazilian girl whom I met one night in this little island ferociously nodded at how true this statement was as she had just spent six months in India on her own.

Take the sleeper train to Singapore and save yourself enough money to buy more chicken rice.

Each time I held a conversation with friends who lived in either bustling Bangsar or distinguished Damansara, one sentence dripping with jokey sarcasm (if there is such a thing) would inevitably emerge: “But you live in Ulu Tembeling!” After a few such episodes, I took it onto myself to research this exotic- sounding location.