I AM THE BORNEO EXPLORER 婆罗洲探险者

View Larger Map Now class, today we will learn some history about the Peace Park in Labuan. Its situated near he Kampung Layang-Layang, again near to the beach. The Peace Park was built as a memorial and renunciation of the horrors of war. It is dominated by the memorial mound which is surrounded by landscaped gardens and pavilions. Small ponds with stone bridges and park seats are all Japanese-inspired. A bronze plaque commemorating the Surrender is mounted on a stone slab near the entrance. On September 9, 1945, the Japanese officially surrendered Labuan to the Australian. The commander of the Japanese 37th Army, Lieutenant General Masao Baba was flown to the shores of Layang-layangan Beach in the Tachikawa K154C (HICKORY). And in a small wooden shack under the shelter of the coconut trees some 50 meters South-west of the Surrender Point, the handover signing ceremony took place. He surrendered his sword formally to Major General George Wootten, commanding office...

I visited the University of Sabah before when I was travel to Sabah. And this is another University of Sabah, the Labuan Campus. The top Photogapher. Wilson Chin Was expecting to be able to see some young university girls, but very disappointingly no students are around that time... silly me, its almost Chinese New Year that time, so I guess most of the students are back for the holiday already. I asked the guide if I allow to take picture, so they only allow me to take the pictures at the hall, and I'm not allow to go further up as well. So not much interesting thing happen here. I then continue on with my journey, and next stop is to the peace park, where we can learn some history about the Labuan island. -- to be continue -- Full Trip Reports: Labuan Trip - From Limbang to Labuan by Boat (Post 1 of 12) Labuan Trip - Chinese Temple, Buddhist Temple in the Labuan Island (Post 2 of 12) Labuan Trip - Fishing at Sungai Kinta Benua, Kampung Belu...

The Labuan island surrounded by beaches, and I just follow the map, and visited most of the famous one. And also visited some which is not mark in the map. One thing good about riding the scooter is that I can go into any turns I want easily.  I didn't realize the weather is hot, not until I felt something is burning on my both arms. And by the time I knew, I got this sunburn on my arms already.  Jalan Kiamsam, The Labuan Crude Oil Terminal I am riding down the Oil And Gas industry zone, this is at the south of Labuan island. The Labuan Grude Oil Terminal is there, not much to see there expect the building for the O&G industries. One my way out of that area, I saw this small road which lead to the beach, so I ride in. Saw another bike parked there, after 5 mins the owner came back. We say hello to each other, and the guy told me he was taking a dump there, and now he want to go back to work already...hmmm, its good that he told me that,...

View Larger Map When I checked back the Labuan map, I notice this maybe is the only place where they have fresh water. The name of the river is called the Kinta Benua River (Sungai Kinta Benua). And there is a restaurant on the riverbank, from the look of it, not much people will come to a place like this. Nothing special, no special attraction, only river and trees.  I walk closer to the riverbank, and saw two guys there fishing. I went closer and chat with them, they told me that they are there since morning. And one of he guy also showed me his catch, and it was a big white fish. They called is Siakap fish.  Then I bid good bye and continue my journey. In this area it has a vast of high land, and the people here plant a lots of fruits and vegetables. I stop by at one of the stall, that stall is a place where they will collect all the vegetables from the people there, and sell it. Its somehow related to the agriculture department of Labuan. I saw ...

When I start ride my backpack scoter around, one thing that I notice its this small island has quite a number of Chinese temple. The Chinese temple opposite the backpack hotel that I stayed, this is the “guang fu gong” a direct translation will be huge wealth palace 广福宫 . Then I came to this Guan Yin Pusa Association “ 观音寺 ” (Buddha of mercy) the guy in the picture is the person who look after the temple. This temple is on top of a higher ground, and I saw a huge lizard at the back of the temple where the bushes are. This Chinese temple is called the “ 清水祖师 ” a direct translation will be the Shimizu Patriarch. What unique about this temple is that it has a very huge pillar outside, and on top of the pillar it’s the Buddha of mercy. This is a huge Chinese temple, with a total of 3 stories. When I’m there, the people there are busying hanging the red lantern for Chinese New Year. For this place, what so unique about this temple is that it has a Hell Temple. The entrance ...

View Larger Map If you browse the map, you will notice that Labuan is located near to the Borneo Island. Apparently it’s not part of either Sarawak or Sabah, but it’s the federal territory in East Malaysia. The capital for Labuan is called Victoria, and the island has a lot of oil and gas companies so to name a few like Halliburton, Carigali,  Shell, Schlumberger and etc. If you are at Limbang like me, the boat is the only way to get there. One thing good about Labuan is that it’s a duty free island. You can get liquor, fragrance, and chocolate with a duty free price. So is cheap… a chocolate lover like me, this is heaven. The fees now are cheaper, forth and back trip cost RM29, cause the government subsidies a part of the fees. Back then it was RM60. The boat is a fully air-condition express boat; you can get your ticket right in front of the Limbang custom office. The depart time is 8AM, and after you get the ticket, you need to get the ticke...

I’ve climbs quite a lot of mounts in Kuching, like the Santubong, Matang, Sentah, Gading, Singai, and etc. Some of the mount was really challenging when going up to the summit, but non of the mounts are as tough as the Lambir Mount. By far that’s the toughest one I’ve ever climb!!! When we go hiking on mountain trails, normally its just ascend, then descend. But if your at Lambir, its not consistent, you may ascend at start, then descend until the foot hill, then have to ascend again. Just when we tough its flat trail ahead, it surprise us with some hidden trails, some rope climb, some river crossing, or ascend a steep and long trail. I was at Lambir Hills National Park on the start of Feb 2013, that’s just when my long Chinese New Year Holiday started. It’s a place that I always want to visit, so I asked my younger brother “Jye” to come along. He likes jungle trekking like me, so both of us make the perfect team. We started our journey at around 7.15AM from Miri t...