Juara, Malaysia

I just climbed Mount Kajang on Tioman island outside of Juara village. We initially took a 4x4 on this windy road across the island barely big enough for 1 car. Pretty freaky when I'm sitting in the back. The car was going to drop us off at our guide's ...

... called Rainbow Chalets. And yes they were multi-coloured. The big man who runs the place was really sound. Beautiful beach in Juara, and practically no-one on it. It's a difficult island to get around, so very few people go to the east side. ...

... I ask back. "I think so," he says, scratching at yet another mosquito bite. "Things keep biting me." Here we are in Malaysia, in a secluded village on a tropical island. This is the beach reward we promised ourselves for three years in China, when all of ...

The last couple nights I've been at the Juara turtle project - a facility where turtle eggs are protected from predators and egg thieves. They have a resident turtle named Jo, who was born totally blind. The first night we went on patrol along the beaches ...