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Actor Lisa Chappell travels to Malaysia at the edge of South East Asia, and starts to wonder if she might be an inside-at-home, rather than intrepid, traveller. The geographically-impaired, self-confessed snake-phobic, Chappell journeys into one of the world's oldest rain-forests, meets the nomadic Orang Asli people and enjoys a walk, 45 metres above the forest-floor. Things go downhill when she injures her back on a boat trip and tries to finish the trip early, before rediscovering the travel bug shortly before flying out of Kuala Lumpur.

 

Background

Series Perspective by Paul Stanley Ward 22.05.2009

The inspiration for Intrepid Journeys came from Jam TV's Melanie Rakena's passion for adventure travel. Having experienced the exhilaration of backpacking to far flung ...

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 Dean Cornish
 Melanie Rakena
 Lisa Chappell

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 Tiffany

Tiffany

This reminds me of my home, Taiwan - the mosquito net and all - tropical islands have their sense of tranquality - but watch out for the giant caterpillars.

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