Our first post-Covid overseas journey was our October 10 day trip to Malaysia, where we went with guides Lee and Liew, both from Endemic Guides Malaysia, to a number of interesting birding hot spots. These included Ulu Langat Lowland Forest and Kuala Selangor Mangrove Forest, Fraser’s Hill Montane Rainforest, Air Hitam Dalam Forest around Taiping, Merapoh and Sungai Relau National Park and Bukit Tinggi Sub-Montane Forest.
The birds we saw and photographed were in general wonderfully coloured – however getting clear pictures through dense forest foliage with sometimes very dim lighting conditions was certainly a challenge.
Disaster struck halfway through the last day for me as my camera shutter jammed half way across the image field and the lens refused to be able to be uncoupled. Now back in Melbourne both lens and camera are being repaired at quite a cost (but cheaper than buying a new kit!).
I have separated the posts of the journey into the four main regions, the first one being forests around Kuala Selangor, the second is Fraser’s Hill, third being around the Taiping/Ipoh region and the fourth being Merapoh and Bukit Tinggi.