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Matang Kubah's Rayu Trail, Sarawak Rainforest Exploration

The details of my Rayu Trail Created by My Tracks on Android. Name: Rayu Trail to Matang Wildlife Center Total distance: 6.29 km (3.9 mi) Total time: 3:36:38 Average speed: 1.74 km/h (1.1 mi/h) Average moving speed: 16.32 km/h (10.1 mi/h) Max speed: 17.73 km/h (11.0 mi/h) Average pace: 34.42 min/km (55.4 min/mi) Average moving pace: 3.68 min/km (5.9 min/mi) Fastest pace: 3.38 min/km (5.4 min/mi) Max elevation: 394 m (1292 ft) Min elevation: 26 m (87 ft) Elevation gain: 2763 m (9066 ft) Recorded: 17/09/2012 8:06am start, 11.42am ends. Then lastly, enjoy the picture that I took during my trip. It was a fruitful day, as I can see different kinds of flora and fauna. Some highlight are a frog which is smaller than my finger, an iguana blending its body colour on the tree trunk, huge rattan next to the tree, and the feather of wild bird. Matang Rayu Trail, Sarawak Rainforest Exploration , a set on Flickr.

Trip to Silabur Cave, Tebakang, Serian, Kuching

I was invited by a group of close friends for a trip to a cave at Tebakang, Serian. The name of the cave is called The Silabur Cave (Gua Silabur). Tebakang, is a place with striking limestone hills with vertical cliffs. Start our trip at 7am in the morning, after an hour drive we reach a place called Tebakang at Serian. I haven’t been here for more than 10 years, I remember one of my uncle had an omni shop here, and each time when we’re at Kuching we will drove here and visit him. Tebakang is a place with just one row of wooden shop houses. And opposite the shop houses there is a river, my brother and I will always go and swim in that river with our cousin. That morning, I revisit that river again, and boy time sure flies. Now that row of wooden shop houses are nearly abandon. Next to the river, I saw a tree, my friend told me that it was the Kapok Tree, and the fruits is not for us to eat, but it will produce cotton. This is the first time that I seen a cotton tree. A...

Borneo Highland Resort, Batu Panggah, Penrissen Summit Trail. Post 2 of 2

Continue from the Previous Post, >> Read Post 1 of 2 read her e << After the rest, we continue on with our journey to the summit. The weather is a big cloudy, and we might encounter rain in the evening when we descend. 12.22pm. From this point onward its all ascending, and along the way there are a few places which have small stream water flowing down. I found this very tiny snail which I nearly step on it. 12.25pm. And also there are a lot of wild orchids along the way. Sometime we even can find more than 10 different species of orchid on a tree trunk. Good sign, as it shows that the forest on my home land are still rich with flora...must cherish it. So along the way, whenever I saw any plastic bags, or bottle I will take it along with me, and throw it when I reach the resort. 12.45pm. Leech, live in humid/wet places. And leech is a very fragile animal, so if you ever encounter leech, it means that the place are still in a good condition. There are 4 of us...