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Mount Climbing @ Sentah Village

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I played the google earth few months back to check out is there any mount nearby the the Kuching Serian road, and I notice located about 3KM inside the Siburan Village (17th Mile) of the Kuching Serian road, is a mount called the Sentah Mount. Some local guy took a bunch of photos and upload to the google earth. And I was stunt by those photos; this is definitely a place that I wanted to go.

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So last Sunday morning I was equipped with my D90, together with 2 of my aunts. We all drove to mount Sentah, they wanted the morning exercise and I wanted the scenery. It was a cloudy morning, and the fogs are all over the woods, which gives a refreshing feeling. Along the way there are a lot of bamboos, while some part of the mount there are also coco trees. The local villages even used the cliff to plant white pepper.

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It took us around 50 minutes to get on the very top of the mount, and surprisingly there are people live there. No wonder I saw some local walk to the mount top, at first I tough they are just like us who came for the walk. Never would have guessed that they actually live here! There is also a church on top of the mount, I recall my memory as I had visited a lot of local villages at Kuching, and notice that there are church in almost every villages. This is a good sign as with the power of religion, it can educate the young one on what is moral, which is better than the kids who had never been to church.

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My photography trip ends at the top of this beautiful church, I wanted to take more photos but I can’t, because it started to rain few minutes after I reach the top. So I had to RUN down the hill >_<


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The beautiful red leaf plant I shoot when I reach the top of mount Sentah. Click to download :)
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Red Leaf (with watermark)

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cooknengr said…
Hey kid, nice hand gesture, but hoh, don't touch your eyes, ear or nose lah....the last time I came across the 成語 : "摸耳撓腮" was describing the 猴哥. :)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 1:54:00 PM GMT+8
Wilson Chin said…
taiko - I just realise it after u told me...
but er...I was born in the year of the 美猴王 :D
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 1:59:00 PM GMT+8
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