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Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak - Part One

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2006 Bako National Park Exploration Trip Part One Part Two Part Three I’m now at open-air along with my cousin brother Kenny, and his friends waiting for Bus No.6 to take us to the Bako village. This is the first time I visit the Bako National Park, and I’m looking forward to it. When we almost reach the village, it starts to rain. “Rain or Shine” this is the respond given from our group leader when asked about the rain. After our group leader arranges the boat and guide, we then start our journey. We hired a local guide name P.E to company us, so on our way to Bako National Park P.E told us a little bit about Bako National Park. It named Bako because of the Mangrove trees, in Malays mangroves was called “Bako” . This park was established in 1957, and is the smallest park among the national parks in Malaysia. Along our way, there are a lot of this “Platform” the local people here used it to catches “Bubuk” (shrimps) , to produce local food like Balacan (shrimps paste) . After

Bako National Park, Sarawak - Final Part

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2006 Bako National Park Exploration Trip Part One Part Two Part Three Usually I will not sleep well at others bed beside my own, but yesterday night I had a very good night sleep, I was too tired. Woke up at 7:00AM, brush my teeth with the reddish water and it tasted bad. We all had our breakfast at the one and only Kerangas Café when we’re having our breakfast, the Vacumm Cleaner (Bearded Pig) had come again, sniffing here and there looking for food. The café was crowded with foreign visitor, and some of them are very pretty. Before we start our trek, we saw a ground of visitor pointing at the trees. It was the silver-leaf monkey; they are eating the fruits at the trees. Actually there are also longer tails into the more remote parts like Telok Limau and Telok Kruin trails, but it requires to camp overnight, so we choose the short trails. On day two, our group leader and P.E choose the Pandan Trail , they choose this trail because it is easier to view this rare and unusual