I AM THE BORNEO EXPLORER 婆罗洲探险者

Finally I’m back at my home (Kuching) sitting in front of my lovely laptop, and browsing the photos that I took throughout my trip from Kuching to Sabah. I had a wonderful trip with my family to Sabah, and the most important thing is that my parent enjoyed the trip. Haven’t went home for almost two years, I can’t wait to get back home. I’m having a bit sore throat, hope I’ll get well soon. Note to myself, Have to drink more water. Ok, back to my trip. I’ll be staying at Miri on my first night, saying with my brothers. That day a heavy down pour, but fortunately I manage to get to the airport on time, despite I have to work on that day. Air Asia plane taking off This is MAS Airline taking off, it moved too fast, so didn't manage to take the plane took off shoot. It was raining that day, when the plane is speeding on the track for taking off, and it leads a trail at the back and I think it is very astonishing. If my car can get that effect, that will be super cool. Kuching town was ...

View Larger Map Check out the place that I always wanted to visit. This is the Gunung Gading National Park , situated near the Lundu Distric, Kuching. I wanted to see the famous world's largest flower the Rafflesia Flower. But unfortunately, along the way to the waterfall, no giant flower to be seen. A bit disappointed though. So basically when we visit the park, we can choose either jungle trekking, visit the waterfall, or camp at the site. For me, I like jungle rather than the beach. I don't like to swim in salt water, more to stream water, cold and refreshing. So let's check out the waterfall at Gading. Is not as huge like what I had in mind. It just has a small space for us to dive in, and soak. Its a good place to go during the weekend, way nicer than facing my computer from 9 - 6 everyday. Have a nice weekend guys. Cheers Wilson

For photographer lover at Kuching, Buntal is the famous spot for Sunrise photography. And I had the opportunity to follow a few of my buddies to shoot sunrise photos last weekend. Reached the place around 5.50AM, and it was still dawn. But slowly I can see the sun climbing up, and releasing that powerful sun-ray, shine on us. A very magnificent moment. Here are some of the photos I took during before and after dawn. Enjoy :) Cheers, Wilson This is Buntal Village, it a fishing village, and have a few seafood restaurant here. One of the drawback are this place are full of litter. A LOT.... Looks like the sun starts to rise slowly, I'm getting ready my camera, tailor the settings to capture this moment. A fishing boat, this will make a perfect scene. Another fishing boat, and the time are now 6.47AM. Within just one hour, the sun have give brightness to all of us. Enjoying the scene with my buddies :) Last but not least The top photographer. Wilson Chin

I went to this yearly event, the lantern festive at Carpenter Street last week. With just a blink of an eye, this year marks the 9th mooncake festival. I’ve been visiting this place almost every year, and it brings a lot of joy and memory. The foods are delicious, and the number of stalls has been greater. I saw my friend Kenwy Ho performing at the event, and he also played one of my favorite song The Night Fairy. He is a music professional, who owns three music schools at Kuching. And his main passion is playing the “yang qing” a Chinese musical instrument. I don’t eat much meat and fried food now adays, so in this trip I bought a few snacks and a cup of drink. But I do enjoy the atmosphere; I took a lot of photos that night together with my friends. And composed it into a short clip, hope you guys like it. Cheers Wilson

click to enlarge A brother and sister. I took this shoot at a village near to the Borneo Highland, their mum is a dialysis patients, and have a small canteen just beside their home. Their were in the wooden canteen that time when I visited them. And I also visited their house, I notice something interesting is that there are puppies behind the house. And this is one of them... click to enlarge Isn't he adorable. A cute little pup staring at my camera curiously, while I took this magical shoot.

Click to enlarge An old lady was burning the soil to fertilizes it for the upcoming planting session. The rest of the village also do the same, they do not have any fertilizer here, so this is the traditional way for them to do it, passdown from generation.

My trip to the Annah Rais hot spring Before reading, watch this video. Is pretty amazing to see this phenomena, but Sarawak is truly a hidden treasure. I have heard of the Annah Rais hot spring before, and this is the first time I visit the place. As I know geographically hot spring exist is because of ………and……….so that the water will …………..! ok, I forgot my geography, and I didn’t get good marks in Science . But in a small land like Kuching, Sarawak we have hot spring here. More info on Hot Spring here The Annah Rais Longhouse , and hot spring is situated here, near to the Borneo Highland Kuching. And is one of Sarawak tourist destination, they have home stay, local food, jungle tracking. Is a medium stream, with calm water rapidly flowing downstream. When I just reach there, I began to look for this hot spot. Couldn’t find it, then there is this area with rocks circulating them. This might be it, immediately I jump into the water. It was very shallow, and cold. I walk towards th...

click to enlarge Visited the Dunuk Village 30 min drive from Borneo Highland ( map here ). I saw kids gather around at one corner, they are looking at the fish that they caught. I ask them to show me where they get it, and they bring me to their daily playground. The river behind the village. At first I tough they going to use a pole, or fish net to catch it. All of a sudden, they start to jump into that river o_O" wow~ kids stay in the city will never do this. Quite happy to see them having fun in that river, catching fish, splashing water at each other, discussing plan to catch fish. I had a wonderful afternoon, can you picture the scene from my photo?

This is the stray dog stay near my neighborhood. She has fluffy fur, a fat body, a cute face, and a tame character. She has this milky white fur, so I name her "niu nai" in Chinese, and translate to English it means Milk. Is quite pity sometime see her rounding on the neighborhood. She looks so cute and adorable. She likes to be pat on the head. Everytime when I'm back from work, she just lye in front of my gate resting. And when I call her name, she will come and bow down her head to let me pat. Lols what a cute little doggy. I tried to keep her inside my garage few time, she just keep on barking and wanted to go out. So maybe she's already get use to the freedom, and don't want to have serious commitment. I then just let her go....

Our last hope for getting a boat to the Sampadi Island.... Well, it was around 1PM when we reach this village, and yep we manage to look for a boat alright, but it went off to the island already. And for the ticketing stall, it had close early today due to the fasting month for the Malay people. *both hand slap face and deep inhale* OMG~~~ there goes my Sampadi Island trip for today. Guys, lesson learn today is Must make proper arrangement before go for a trip :P I will get to that island in the future!

After failing to go to the Pulau Sampadi, we have try our luck to look for boat at another village nearby. And we reach the Rambungan Village, as this is another village with lesser house than the Sampadi village. But there is a very long jetty, and there is a group of people fishing there. We went ask for direction, but they have no clue at all, as they are from Kuching (just like us). They are here for the sake of fishing only. Check out the view at the jetty, breathtaking right. Mangrove tress can be seen just right next to the jetty. Just look at that blue sky... and the island nearby. It would be super good that able to go visit the island. I'm imagining jumping into the sea for a swim, drinking coconut drinks, taking a nap under the tree shade. well, look for another boat - FAIL But we didn't give up that easily, so we proceed to the Telega Air, this is another small village, where I went to the Talang Satang Island last time. ------------- So read on baby ----------

Went to the Sampadi Island last Sunday~~well almost there, cause we can't find any boat to sail us over to the island. We can only enjoy the magnificent view of the island on the Sampadi beach. However, this time I have took a series of HDR photos to share with you guys. Feel free to download it. Cheers This is the Sampadi village, where only a few houses available here. A bit disappointed, cause according to the village there, the island is just 15 mins of boat ride. The island is just there in front of us, with no boat available, this will be just a dream. So beside the Sampadi Island, there are still others small island. One of the island that I visted before are the Talang Satang Island Read it here Frankly speaking my friends and I are quite disappointed, as we already equipped with our camera, food, drinks. We try our luck again, as we head for another village nearby to ask for more information, ----------------- read on my next blog ------------

View Larger Map Visited Sematan not log ago, and took a few sunset photos there. I made some panorama photos, dear reader hope you guys like it. Shoot this at the Jetty, the police boat deck there. (click to enlarge) Fisherman left their boat near the jetty. (click to enlarge) Same view, but different angle. (click to enlarge)

I'm having sunburn, and my skin are pealing off... From this angle, guess what did I shoot? check it out here.... This is a long way down, and a local guy actually jump from there. Is very cold sitting at the edge, the mist which came from the fall are all over us. Check out my diving skills And check out my somersaults skills After the swimming and jumping, I was totally exhausted. And go back to photography again... Now guess what I'm shooting? I've shoot this and this :)