On the topic of remote places. Papa was taught, way back, that Mt Kinabalu was the highest mountain in South East Asia. Papa accepted that to be true. After all, one can lie about history and twist facts, but how can one lie about geography and quantifiable measurements right?
Uhm..Malaysia boleh?
Mt. Kinabalu -4094m. A tad over 4000m.
How do the other countries compare?? Indonesia, although an achipelago, has got lots of land mass (like in Irian Jaya-west of the Wallace line-[but Papa digresses]), so surely Malaysia tak-boleh right??
Ahh. the truth.
Puncak Jaya- 5030m
Trikora- 4751m
Mandala-4701m.
So, Malaysia textbooks are not very truthful. But this is not the end of the story. How about elsewhere???How about Burma, ranging up nearer to India and Tibet?
Taaadaaaa....
Hkakabo Razi- 5881m. Deserves a picture here.
Now THIS is a mountain. The highest mountain in SEA (really).
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