Orangutan Conservation in Malaysia

We have arrived in Taiping here in Malaysia and spending the next few days volunteering with Orangutans!
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[@flyingthenest]

Happy Easter Monday/ Public Holiday everyone! Hope you are enjoying the time off! We need to know how many easter eggs you have already eaten!

[@melissajohnson9426]

Flying The Nest in Australia you get the Monday after Easter off??

[@flyingthenest]

+Melissa Johnson yes you get Friday & Monday off #longweekend 🎉

[@melissajohnson9426]

Flying The Nest nice! I am jealous we don't get either off here in the US 😔

[@lachlanneil8757]

Flying The Nest Too many eggs 'eats one' that makes around 50. Feels sock for the rest of the day.

[@alifsharifuddin7963]

Flying The Nest i

[@stefanhertzog]

I don't think orang utan is cute until i finished your travelog. And I don't think know there's such lovely place in my own country. Shame on me. Thanks Stev n Jess.

[@flyingthenest]

naww that makes us so happy! Orangutans are such incredible animals especially if you can get up close and just watch how 'human-like' they are!

[@ChasingaPlate]

Orangutan's are so special. We spent time in Malaysian Borneo earlier this year and got to see them. When we arrived at our hotel there was a wild one on the roof. It was totally crazy! We just had a Beauty and the Best date night here in Mexico city. Totally the thing to do haha!

[@flyingthenest]

+Chasing a Plate okay wild orang-utan on the roof? I might be a little scared to see that haha. They can be quiet powerful and dangerous. Woohoo what did you guys think of the movie?

[@ChasingaPlate]

It was crazy! We were just walking in with our bags and there she was. Ended up walking about 30cm from us as we just stood still like statues watching the whole thing unfold. I was so gobsmacked I didn't even get very good footage for our vlog haha.

[@ingridlloyd6332]

I'm living in Perth. I know westerners that plan to visit Malaysia for the first time often curious about our cinema, Malaysian cafe, night life, shopping mall etc... Honestly, not much different. Unless if you visit smaller town, or villages than yes it's different. Otherwise, Malaysian pretty much live in modern cities with whatever you can get or find in western countries, more more...

[@flyingthenest]

Definitely agree... except for your popcorn 😂 no one eats caramel popcorn in Perth's cinemas haha

[@hyuuganatsume2621]

really?? Caramel popcorn is the best we like it sweet ^^

[@chloerebeccatravels4572]

Absolutely loving these Malaysia and Southeast Asia videos guys! looks incredible!

[@flyingthenest]

+Chloe Rebecca Travels yay! Means so much to us Chloe thank you!

[@annecorey607]

Beautiful orangutans. Families in the world they love to be free in the park thank you for sharing your beautiful story very good friendly young animals friendly you for sharing your beautiful story

[@AlbertaCree06]

Jess covers his whole face with the mask Steve “Thank you...” That part made me laugh 😂👌🏼

[@racheleyre6581]

New to your videos! I love watching them, im going to Thailand and Malaysia myself in January and you've really made me want to document my travels the way you guys do

[@flyingthenest]

+Rachel Eyre thanks for joining the Fam Rachel! Yes you totally should document them even if it's just for your personal memories. Have you decided where you want to go?

[@racheleyre6581]

Flying The Nest I think I'm just going to start in the north in chiang mai and work my way down the west coast (with a stop in Bangkok) to langkawi then fly over to Kl. The plan is to finish the trip off with Australia Day in Perth. Super excited! Do you guys know if it's possible to volunteer at orangutan island just for a day or two?

[@appleraika]

you should try Sepilok next time. Such an amazing work to traveling and volunteering at the same time. You guys are amazing.. keep up the good work **THUMBS UP**

[@flyingthenest]

Thanks so much for your support :)

[@edayhashim]

OMG! Taiping is famous for its lake garden! the oldest in Malaysia i think. You should have gone there. And there are a lot of waterfalls around Taiping too. It's the wettest district in Malaysia FYI.

[@flyingthenest]

+Eday Hashim ah this is where we need recommendations before we go haha!

[@megatmuazamsyahbinabdrahma1283]

taiping lake garden is just a few hundreds meter from Taiping Mall...thanks for stopping by at my home town..miss it so much...

[@MartintheMetalhead]

How Lovely, I was in Taiping last year. There are allot of Australians, New Zealanders troops who were buried in Taiping at the end of WWII.

[@flyingthenest]

+Overland Metalhead where did you stay in taiping?

[@MartintheMetalhead]

Oh I was only there for a few hours. I caught the train from KL Sentral.

[@yccccccccccc]

You both are such a cute couple, I keep smiling throughout the video. Many thanks for the love to Malaysia!

[@aidanlasombra]

there are many KZbinrs out there making traveling videos, but you guys are my favorite. cuz most of them just visit the main city like Kuala Lumpur and all, but you guys really go inside of Malaysia and exploring the country side and all. you guys are amazing! come to Pahang next time and explore the national park, or Cameron Highland, or Tasik Chini. Don't forget the beaches and Island too.

[@geoduckling3598]

OMG I love orangutans! You guys are so lucky to be able to travel and contributing to the world at the same time :) Also, love the cinematography in this. Keep it up! :D

[@flyingthenest]

+Aiman Azmi volunteering is one of our favourite ways to travel!

[@hafizr8788]

my hometown is the coolest place on earth...

[@alfiananuar3083]

omg.. u guys are so close to the Taman Tasik Taiping (taiping lake garden) about 10min walking from the hotel. the most beautiful lake garden in malaysia and its not even in your vlog?.. btw. just follow your vlog around malaysia. its so good to see u guys enjoy it so much.

[@sitinuramalina]

It's really funny seeing Jess getting sad for not getting her savoury popcorn. As a Malaysian studying in the UK, I'm always distressed with all the savoury popcorns here because I'm so used to caramel popcorns.

[@sogekingable]

I've been to Perth on January this year and went to watch cinema. They only have butter popcorn unlike here they sell caramel popcorn and it was good actually.

[@muing7847]

so proud of you guys! Really make a good video and good to know this place. would like to check, do not know do we hav a chance to use your video for a kid program? mainly highlighting the orang utan and their activities

[@sogekingable]

The island is situated in bukit merah lake town resort. It's just north of taiping.

[@Alinakaur]

Ahhh I love Emma Watson too!! she's my favorite actress! The Orangutan's are so cute!

[@lachlanneil8757]

They may have been popcorn smuggling in to the cinema. another great vlog.

[@flyingthenest]

+Lachlan Neil when they don't offer the goods, we smuggle them in.

[@fatinnadia7088]

Omg this is my hometown !!!! I just started watching all of your old vlog then im so surprised to watch yr vlog at my hometown

[@penanlab]

great fun in Taiping with the org utan island. tq for sharing!

[@organicgreenpeace6360]

Hahaha Jess's face. What a gorgeous place to take care of the orangutans. So sad that all these beautiful species are barely making it.. Stay safe! Love you guys!

[@nuruladilah3474]

hi.. welcome to Malaysia.this is my first time watching your video..and the first video kept me non-stop of watching another and another.. such a fun and interesting video you have... i will recommend you to go to Pulau Langkawi or Langkawi Island..in Malaysia..its interesting places and paradise to see..

[@mawardahnizar5237]

the orang utans look happy im glad

[@ariefdaniel6485]

welcome to my hometown. hope you enjoy your stay there.

[@lalalulilula9570]

Awww you guys are such a cute couple ...

[@flyingthenest]

+Lalalu Lilula ❤️

[@desull26]

Loved the orangutans. So awesome to volunteer!

[@fahdimnida6633]

Just to give you some tips if you consider to explore Putrajaya precisely as for me, me and my family decided to stay for one night because we do not want to rush to explore the city haha. okay, let me give you my whole itinerary while staying in Putrajaya. on the first day: -we check in to the Everly hotel , which is located just next to the shopping mall -then, we walk ( you can consider to take grabcar ) to have some famous and authentic malaysian foods as well as wonderful deserts in a traditional food court called 'TAMAN WARISAN' ! (you should consider to take a 'grab car apps' from the hotel to go there cuz it's hot!) and please eat Roti John and drink Coconut shake -then we ride a cruise which is located below the Putra mosque!THIS IS THE MUST . -then we went to Putrajaya wetland by using grabcar and enjoy our afternoon there with nature ! -then we take grabcar to the ''Taman Putra Perdana'' which is located inside the biggest roundabout in the world , and we did some walk and explore the garden -then we take grab car to have our dinner at the famous and modern food mall at Ayer@8 by the lake , please go to this restaurant that we tried (Slero d timur (for its mud crab maggie noodle)) and( Shell out (for its seafood)) . -then we WALK from the food mall Ayer@8 to the famous and gigantic bridge at night (Wawasan Bridge i think) , and from there we walk again to Putra Mosque and it is so beautiful at night! -then we head to the hotel second day : -we woke up in the morning , very early . after having breakfast, we take hotel taxi or grabcar to the Botanical Garden or the locals call it as 'taman Botani' .THIS GARDEN IS HUUGE AND FUN . -Then, we take grabcar or the bus to the 'masjid besi' or Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque ., and explore the mosque tour, and we walk from the mosque straight to the gigantic Palace of Justice ( which is a court).THIS IS THE MUST . -then we take the Hot air balloon for the view -then we went back to hotel and check out -We go to KL sentral and book a bus to go to Malacca for RM10!

[@david6700]

Orangutans are so amazing.

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

AWESOME video kids!!!! Are you using a new camera or something? Your picture quality was awesome very sharp and crisp great picture quality!!!!! Thanks for sharing this fun filled video...

[@flyingthenest]

+Bobby Baldeagle same camera ☺️ but thank you for your kind words!

[@wanmuaaz]

I would love to see more from you guys! 💕

[@flyingthenest]

We don't plan to stop :) bunch more Malaysia videos and also more videos from South East Asia!

[@wetdedstuocm]

I just had 3 eggs one was chocolate, if that counts..you both do good work.. nice to see the involvement.

[@flyingthenest]

THREE EGGS!! that's a good effort :)

[@rhsduekip7908]

like your vlogs a lot. giving me infos about my country as I myself dont have that much time to travel... thanks

[@sherifaziz2002]

come and visit sarawak, east malaysia on the island of borneo, for our caves and cultures. you should visit sarawak cultural village, mulu cave, niah cave, to name a few and see it in person the largest flower in the world, rafflesia. :3

[@flyingthenest]

+FarFoot Eyelash sounds like you just planned out our itinerary ☺️

[@sandyj4766]

Looks like you guys are having a wonderful time here in Malaysia! But as I can see,are u guys here mostly to do volunteering work rather than for casual travel?But anyway what u guys did was amazing and loved ur video 😀

[@flyingthenest]

+Tan Jiayi every trip is different. This one is mostly for volunteering with a little bit of casual travel added in. However after this trip we won't be doing volunteering for a few more months so there will be a lot more travel type vlogs coming out!

[@cekelathersheys]

butter popcorns are unfortunately not very popular here. the only cinemas that do sell it wld be within kl district. cant wait to see more videos from u guys! ❤❤

[@flyingthenest]

+cekelathersheys KL District makes sense! Jess was not a happy chappy not having her buttered popcorn haha.

[@VanLeoBabe]

you guys are just amazing and great editing of the vlogs.. :)

[@hanahan3114]

such a sweet couple ! i love you guys

[@doseofdanish3392]

Hello Stev and Jess!i recommend you guys go to sabah borneo if you guys got time ✌🏻.

[@flyingthenest]

Hello! That is a great idea ;)

[@rphotographyofficial]

Damn , i saw you both in taiping and I didn't realise you both were vlogging ... i could have joined and brought you both places in taiping that is more interesting such as a river that has fireflies for like 5 kilometres and its just RM50 , my friend owns a boat

[@rphotographyofficial]

Taiping is a small town and that is why i got to see you both but its sad that i drove passed you both

[@ahmadzarina9065]

heyyy,no wonder you guys look familiar! i saw both of you walking around the mall that day. maybe if you guys come here again i can recommend other cool places 😉

[@chrisford6018]

The mask part just seemed normal in 2021... Lol. Like, "You're only wearing it in the enclosure?" Haha

[@nazrulikmal95]

As always, amazing video

[@flyingthenest]

+nazrul ikmal ahh thank you ❤❤

[@triplezack2115]

Reminds me of chewbacca from starwars oh welcome to malaysia guys come visit pangkor island in perak 😁😁

[@tanganbabyrosak]

Malaysian never change language in movies.we just put subtitles underneath

[@aa.r2588]

Never knew theres an island for orang utan in taiping. 😱

[@lessilu9104]

Guys we must be some kind of twin couples! ahahahah we went too to the orangutang center (in Borneo though and not like volunteers) and we are sooooo longing to see Beauty and the Beast, for next week we booked an rbnb for a week in KL to live like "locals" and go to the cinema to watch it! the cute date night are much needed now and then when you travel so long and whats better than an hipster cafe for a start? ahahaha I swear while watching your video I was like: "wait, is this us?" XD

[@afiftatsuya6682]

Taiping, my hometown 😄

[@zulhelmi1996]

I think you guys spend too little time in Kuala Lumpur. Visiting Aquaria or Petrosains is a must when spending time in KL. Btw, Both places are very near to the twin tower.

[@flyingthenest]

+Zulhelmi Rozmi we need to to back someday!

[@chocolatepotato4378]

What's the song at the end of the vlog?! I love all of your videos! And your editing!

[@lapizaini5218]

i hope you will be visit Malaysian Borneo and make a video about it .

[@flyingthenest]

Where would you like us to go see ;-)

[@lapizaini5218]

so many place that you can go .. Island..mountain..jungle you name it ... just go to Kota Kinabalu and you can go to nearest island. after that you can go to mount kinabalu

[@flyingthenest]

Oh wow! There's just so much to see! I think we will have to plan a return trip to Malaysia!

[@lapizaini5218]

yes you should visit us .. thats only little part that i mention about Malaysian Borneo.. "sorry for my bad english"

[@flyingthenest]

+Lapi Zaini your English is great ☺️

[@preciselyavri7944]

I wish i could do what you guys do!!! Oh god please take me with you!😍

[@yggdrssil00]

i had no idea we have orangutan in the peninsula

[@winnieheart]

The orangutans looks so cute! :)

[@flyingthenest]

+winnieheart they are seriously adorable!!!

[@gracebutterfield1649]

hiya steve and jess please keep doing the videos could you please give me some info on how to volunteer to help out with the orangutans in malaysia please look forward to seeing more videos

[@flyingthenest]

Hey! We are here volunteering with Go Eco! www.goeco.org

[@melissajohnson9426]

When we went to the movies while over in Thailand before the movie started you had to stand up to pay respects to the king. Did you have to do anything like that in Malaysia before the actual movie started?

[@flyingthenest]

+Melissa Johnson wow really? No we didn't, I think because Thailand is still hurting from the lose of there recent king. Malaysia does have there own King but they didn't talk as much about him as the people in Thailand do

[@melissajohnson9426]

Flying The Nest It was before he passed away. We were there May 2016. But we found that interesting! we were a little confused when everyone started standing up even before the video of him started playing.

[@sitiaishah3488]

Hi. I'm just wondering, how do you get in contact with people that are responsible for the volunteering stuff? I'm really genuinely interested. Cool vlog btw!

[@syaukiismail8842]

Nice vid bro!

[@toddlucas1550]

Can you guys speak about what a Flanged Male Orangutan is and how they morph into a Flanged male

[@flyingthenest]

+Todd Lucas I think it's a dominance thing. So when the male is ready to lead he grows it. But I don't think there is scientific proof!

[@toddlucas1550]

I understand it is the greatest metamorphoses in all Mammals. A male Orangutan becomes the Alpha male and morphs into the Flanged Male. At some point later for reasons not clear they will change back and look like other male Orangutans while a different male from the group will assume the roll of the Flanged male. Seems I have done just that a couple of times in my life. You two are surly having the time of your lives. I have to ask if it is not to personal; what made miss Jess look mad at the end of the vlog. :)

[@zaimin92]

Did you travel the entire Malaysia? Waiting for upcoming video in Sabah and Sarawak.

[@flyingthenest]

I think we saw quite a lot of Malaysia! KL, Perhentian, Taiping, Merapoh... maybe Borneo ;-) you will have to wait and see!

[@flyingthenest]

is there anything else you recommend we should see?

[@MrGergasikuat]

In Borneo Sandakan where all conservation center located, in Kota Kinabalu there is famous mount Kinabalu and Marine Park just next to city. In Peninsular have you done Cameron Highlands, Taman Negara, Tioman and Melaka? Anyways Taiping is such a cool city too, just have your time discover there :)

[@zaimin92]

I was in Sabah last month. Too bad I didn't get the chance to climb Mount Kinabalu. Never mind because the view and panorama there were so breathtaking. I was lucky enough to see a Rafflesia in full bloom at Poring. And you should go to Kelah sanctuary too.

[@kimiederps4189]

that was so freaking cute

[@DutchNomadFamily]

Did you find regular popcorn in the end?

[@flyingthenest]

No :( Jess was very sad and bought some chips instead - #naughty

[@DutchNomadFamily]

To bad, and a feel a little bit sorry for the other cinema visitors because of the noise of two Aussies eating some crispy chips 😂

[@farrahd8399]

caramel popcorn is life WHAT ARE U TALKING ABOUT

[@albertguntinas1897]

Interesting! I didn´t know that orangutans take iron like humans, but to me there is no place like Kuala Lumpur, the CITY, civilized by humans. Natural does not always mean good or healthy, it can be just wild, dangerous and crazy. I love artificial cities and food. That´s the future and the result of centuries of human research.

[@markeysimon]

Where's the free movie?? Y u no record it?

[@flyingthenest]

Free movie?

[@jariristiranta9163]

I thought it's an actual island. :)

[@azlannizam4507]

explore Borneo please hahaha

[@flyingthenest]

+Azlan Nizam stay tuned ☺️

[@alfiqabdaziz]

Are you guys still in Malaysia? Lets chill out!

[@flyingthenest]

+Alfiq Abd Aziz we left 2 days ago 🙁 sorry! Maybe next time?

[@alfiqabdaziz]

Alright! Roger me after this and i bring you a fun location!

[@marisaspiller3017]

buety and the beast is an amazing movie

[@danielbarboss177]

Orang utan originated from Borneo

[@sangpenghujam5137]

caesar approve this..

[@flyingthenest]

+sang penghujam 😅😅

[@aimankamil99]

hi... so handsome cute 😍😍😍😘😘

[@mohd.hanifah2746]

those orang utans have better diet than me

[@justdeleted5266]

12th

[@NK_Khoo-Malaysian]

Why you guy visit this evilous island? They are not supposed to keep orang utan from Borneo for tourism. Lonely Planet did not include this place in the travel book for the park owner anti animal conservation practices. Sabah and Sarawak refused to accept any orang utan babies for release back to jungle from this park due to over proximity contact with human.

[@farhsa4714]

first !!

[@flyingthenest]

You were quick on the draw tonight!

[@skunkc1]

Are you guys even being sponsored? someone should seriously pays you guys...

[@ynahchinembiri4889]

hahahaha