Durian harvesting at Pasir Pandak, Borneo Sarawak

The durian season starts now in Sarawak! I follow my cousin to the place where they supply the durian called the Pasir Pandak. This is my second visit to this place, the owner have a very big land, and planted a lot of durian trees.

Read my first visit here, and it was 5 years ago (click to read)

We need to use a basket, and carry the basket all the way to the hill top. Cause there are a few types of durian, and the good one are at the top. Along the way up hill, there are durians all over the place. So I just pick it up, and dunk into the basket behind me. Yet to reach to the top, my basket are full of durians already. Its very heavy, as both of my shoulder are painful because of the straps.

We manage to get a few hundred durian back to the hut, and bring is back home. That day I had durian for lunch and dinner O_o"

Visitation to the Spaoh Town, Borneo Sarawak

Spaoh is a small town and district in the Betong Division in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia, formerly known as Saribas District. I was driving all the way from Kuching to there, and the journey took around 4 hours.

This is the first time I visit this place, as previously I only heard about Betong. And Spaoh is the town after Betong. From the main highway, to the entrance (the Puffer Fish statue), and into the town it took around 20 mins, the road to town are like snake, with turns here and there.

The Spaoh town is famous for the puffer fish (ikan Buntal in local), and yes as we all know that this fish is poison. But if you know the way to handle, this is actually a supreme dish for them. So this place will also organise a puffer fish festival to cheer the small town up.

The time I visited was the Muslim fasting month, so during the evening I am in luck for some delicious local food. The muslim are getting ready for open fast so food are everywhere :)

A small town like this, they have a police station, school, and few rows of old wooden shop. The owner told me that the age of the shop is around 70 years old, and was passdown as a family business. I saw some picture of his children in their graduation gown. The children will not stay here again as they have a better opportunity in the big cities, but the old folks no mater how sick they are, this will still be the place that they chose to spend the rest of their life.

After a few hours stay, my friends and I then drive back to Kuching again. Another 4 hours drive :)

Taman Tumbina Jungle Trekking at Bintulu, Borneo with Wilson Chin

Created by Google My Tracks on Android

Name: Jalan Bakeri Ting
Activity type: walking
Description: Bintulu
Total distance: 1.75 km (1.1 mi)
Total time: 40:33
Moving time: 31:38
Average speed: 2.59 km/h (1.6 mi/h)
Average moving speed: 3.32 km/h (2.1 mi/h)
Max speed: 26.04 km/h (16.2 mi/h)
Average pace: 23:11 min/km (37:18 min/mi)
Average moving pace: 18:05 min/km (29:06 min/mi)
Fastest pace: 2:18 min/km (3:42 min/mi)
Max elevation: 108 m (353 ft)
Min elevation: 62 m (202 ft)
Elevation gain: 393 m (1291 ft)
Max grade: 12 %
Min grade: -84 %
Recorded: 03/05 5:06 pm

When I visited the Bintulu town, my friend is kind enough to bring me to this jungle trekking park, and this is at the city area. Its a good place for an evening exercise after work







There are a lot of small tracks in this park forest, however we must be careful, walk with a team or at least a friends, so when unpredictable incident happen, we still have someone there to help.

The Borneo adventurer Wilson Chin

Coconut Drink and Farm visiting at Bintulu Town

I landed in Bintulu that morning, and my friend picked me up at the airport, so happy that he remember my arrival time, and on our way to his farm. We pass by to the place where the local village people sells the fruits and vegetable. We stop by and have this delicious coconut!!!

The juice extremely delicious, mix with some pandan flavor. The lady is kind enough to split the coconut into half, and let me eat the coconut. The also use the hard skin, and make it as a spoon to let me dig the coconut to eat.

I then proceed to my friend's farm, and he told me that he just finish harvesting the previous bath. Now waiting for the new batch of veggie to grow. He used two years to make this place what is it now, and there are still a lot of work to be done.

This little devil lives on the farm, hehehe so tame and likes to be pat.
To make the soil good enough to starts planting. The planting, watering, and harvesting are all still manual labour work.