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Post 1 of 3 - The Journey | The Telang Usan Tableland Exploration

The Usun Apau and Linau Balui proved that these two distinct volleys of volcanism were presented long ago. Other than an old volcanic site, the Usun Apau tableland also contains many mega waterfalls that spill over its rim on the edge of the tableland, and it is also believed to be the headwaters of the Barams and Pelagus-Rejang rivers. On my hiking journey, I meet many people with the same interests as me. There is a senior of mine which equipped with rich knowledge of the flora fauna and geography of Sarawak. Told me about the highest waterfall of Sarawak, the Julan waterfall at the Usun Apau plateau, it is located in central Borneo. This immediately caught my attention, and I told myself that I must go and see it myself because is in Sarawak, my beautiful homeland. I started to research about this place and stumbled upon two books one “Sarawak on the island of Borneo/Malaysia” Published at the year 1986 by Robert Hoebel, and written by Yeoh Siew Hoon on page 195, it briefly me...

Exploration to Mount Sadung at Serian Sarawak

I would like to share my experience in exploring Mount Sadong at Serian Sarawak. The journey up to the summit was not as hard as I thought it would be because the trekking trail is not too difficult but is rather steep so take extra care when walking on slippery surfaces around each turn of corner throughout your climb up. My friend and I were all meeting at the parking space near the coffee shop at 13th mile as early as 6.30 am, we all had our breakfast, some of us had our kolo mee while some others had our kuih tiao and a cup of coffee to energise ourselves.  As we drove off, I look outside the car window and can see the sunrise, it was so peaceful and beautiful with no clouds in the sky. We arrived at Mount Sadung at around 8:00am . The view from Mount Sadung was spectacular, even though there were some clouds coming in but they didn’t stop us from having fun! We arrived at Kg Sadung village at 8.10am and parked our car near the school. Then we also check that we have all the ne...