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Tanjung Rambutan is a site for the adventurer who likes the idea of a rainforest to reef experience with a ‘twist’:

I prefer to stay in the treehouse (not camp) and experience the riverine habit situated deep in the rainforest!
I want to explore the river mangroves in a very unique way by snorkeling with a mask as well as snorkeling the beautiful undersea world off of Pulau Pangkor!

Link to our webpage: https://sites.google.com/a/iskl.edu.my/mw/home/tanjung-rambutan

Tanjung Rambutan promises to be very exciting this year. We will get to know each other during our site meetings and have some input into what we want to do on this site - we are all about collaborating and being as sustainable as possible (conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources). Let's tread lightly in our environment this year. Take a look at this silly video - with a great message! We will communicate with you on this blog and on our webpage. Our idea is to add all of you as contributors to this blog, so that you can add postings here. Always title your post as your name. Things to do before the next meeting...Look at the questions below. Add a post on this site. Use your name as the Title of the blog posting. Look at my example below. 1. Describe yourself in 5 words. 2. What does sustainability mean to you? 3. What types of behaviour do you think would be sustainable on our site? 4. What are you really looking forward to? 5. What would be your 'perfect' Malaysia Week experience? My example: CLAIRE My name is Claire and I am vivacious, determined, optimistic, compassionate and plucky. To me, sustainability means that we need to use resources carefully and make sure that we leave enough for future generations. On this Malaysia Week site, I think that we should try to be respectful about plastic, trash and water in order to behave sustainably. I am really looking forward to getting to know new students, make friends, have fun, eat delicious Malaysian food, snorkel in the mangrove, get covered in mud, battle some leeches, see amazing fish and marine life, not get sunburn, make connections with Orang Alsi people, listen to the rain forest noises from my tree house, take a rest from the hustle and bustle of city life and really enjoy myself. I would be so excited if we could ride bikes, hike a bit, snorkel in the sea and mangrove, have BBQ's, swim, plant some trees, meet the local people, laugh a lot and sleep well!

My name is Doug, and I am energetic, passionate, curious, athletic and reflective. Sustainability is to be able to keep things in balance and maintain resources at a certain level that allows our children to use them. When fishing, we don't deplete the natural stocks, and when we build we don't scar the natural landscape. On our site, it would be a dream if we were able to leave zero impact -- if we had very little plastic, glass, or consumables that we used -- and what we did need was recycled.

I am really looking forward to being the pioneers on this site and figuring it out for future years. It sounds too good to be true that we are going to experience a bit of rainforest AND a bit of ocean. I'm hopeful that we can do a bunch of snorkeling and also some kayaking and hiking through forested areas, taking time to be quiet and breathe in the forest sounds.

I wonder if this could be the perfect Malaysia Week site? If we also get to do some bicycling, tree-planting, and spending time in an Orang Asli village, it could be pretty close to perfect. Though I would admit it's hard to imagine Malaysia Week without a tent!