Wednesday, 18 January 2017

How I Tahan-ed (Endured) Mount Tahan for 4D3N (Merapoh-Merapoh trail)

How I Tahan-ed (Endured) Mount Tahan for 4D3N (Merapoh-Merapoh trail)

Mount Tahan, literally translated as Mount of Endurance is technically the highest mountain in Peninsular Malaysia and the 6th highest mountain in Malaysia after Kinabalu, Trusmadi, Tambuyukon, Murud and Mulu. It’s been on my bucket list for quite some time since it was known as one of the toughest mountain to hike in Malaysia, being harder than highest...

Wednesday, 14 December 2016

Spending A Day in Gili Trawangan

Spending A Day in Gili Trawangan

When people talk about Lombok, there are two things which will come across their mind - Climbing the famous Mount Rinjani and the three Gili islands (Gili Trawangan, Gili Air, Gili Meno) ...

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Discovering The Hidden Gems of Medan In Not More Than RM660 / SGD220

Discovering The Hidden Gems of Medan In Not More Than RM660 / SGD220

"Air Asia is having promotion again. Let's go to Medan!" MJ, Richard and I have known each other for 8 years and despite having gone on several staycation and weekend road trips, we have never traveled abroad together. So when AirAsia was having their promo last year in June, we decided to finally do a backpacking trip to...

Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Conquering The Sleeping Beast - Mount Rinjani 3D2N (Part 2/2)

Conquering The Sleeping Beast - Mount Rinjani 3D2N (Part 2/2)

[...continued from Part 1] Day 2: Sembalun Crater Rim (2639m) - Summit (3726m) - Sembalun Crater Rim (2639m) - Segara Anak Lake and Hotspring (2008m) At 1am sharp, my alarm clock rang. I jumped out of my sleeping bag, unzipped the tent and rushed to the toilet. I haven't gotten even a second of sleep, having spent the...

Conquering The Sleeping Beast - Mount Rinjani 3D2N (Part 1/2)

Conquering The Sleeping Beast - Mount Rinjani 3D2N (Part 1/2)

"If I get over 100 likes for this profile picture, I'll start up a blog and blog about my Rinjani trip" And that's how we got here. 104 likes in a couple of days and I had to stick to my promise to produce this blog post. I haven't been blogging for years and I used to only...

Thursday, 1 September 2016

About Catchingtravels

About Catchingtravels

Catchingtravels Catching . Travels Cat . Ching . Travels Catherine Ching Travels Born in Kuala Lumpur but raised in Raub, Pahang, Catherine Ching was your typical small town girl who had only seen the world through television and textbooks. Like many other young kids of her generation, her goal in life was to study hard, graduate with a degree, get...

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