I AM THE BORNEO EXPLORER 婆罗洲探险者

10:10am, going to the old Padawan Road to Kampung Kiding. The new road had mudslid since January 2015 this year, and the authorities did not do anything after that. The old road to Pasawan outskirt is like riding a roller coaster ride. the road is narrow, and a lot of sharp bends. 10:34am, going up to the hill. unbalance road, with mud and rocks a long the way. Steep road to go up, and saw a few village people are also walking up the hill with us, but they are fast. 10:50am, with road condition like this, its impossible for normal vehicle to drive up. No wonder I saw a lot of cars parking at the foot hill. Only trucks, and motorcycle can ride up. 10:56am, finally reach one of the village. The Kakas village (Kampung Kakas), it was really hot that day. I hope my 2 liter of water are enough for me to drink later. 11:05am, reached a waterfall. I felt very tired, the road are too steep for me. My friends and I stop for a rest.  11.05am, the 4WD ...

The Borneo Explorer's record. I'm traveling around Sarawak, and reached a small town called Pantu. 65 kilometres from Sri Aman (Simanggang) division. I'm standing behind the Chinese school in Pantu. Read more about Sri Aman click  link no.1  and  link no.2 Every year, the Pantu Festival will held here, it falls before the Gawai (Harvest festive in Borneo, Sarawak) which is around end of May, and before begining of June. Gawai festival in Borneo, Sarawak falls on the 1st & 2nd of June every year. Close to the Benak festival in Sri Aman. 40 mins drive into the Pantu town, you will cross a river the Semulong River, the Semulong River is famous for the Tapah fish. After that if you drive deeper, you can also reach the Bukit Lingga. Can hike to the summit and witness the magnificient view. This small town have two row of wooden shops, which operate by the Chinese. Most of the shop sells daily groceries and coffee shop. Each time when...

The Skrang River was one of the first areas settled by Iban immigrants in the 16th to 18th centuries. On my exploring trip to Sri Aman, I saw the signboard saying Skrang river safari, so I decided to go in and have a look. Upon reaching the village, I can see a yellow colored river next to the village, and a lot of cars parked there. Only I notice that it was the harvest festive, and all of the people went back to their longhouse for celebration. I saw two kids riding a bike there. I stop them to ask about what do they have on upstream, the kids told me that there are many traditional Iban longhouses along the Skrang River. Borneo Explorer was here ;) Wilson Chin

Unwritten history about Engkilili Engkilili town is 156.1 kilometres east-south-east of the state capital Kuching, my friend had shown me a picture of a stone in a cylinder shape, and have some yellow stripes on the rocks (in the end they told me is was the locals who colored it). On one end of the stone, the shape looks like the snake head. The locals people called it the Batu Nabau, the Chinese called it the Spirit Snake valley. The word Engkilili belongs to a name of a tree which grows there, the tress glow along the river. The Engkilili trees are mostly discovered in the Engkilili, and Lubok Antu area. So with this special gift, the people just name the town to be the same as the tree. The river plays an important roles back in the old day as the only source to connect to other small towns in Sarawak.  Another name for Engkilili for old generation of Chinese is called " 上梯頭 ", means "up the staircase" there are such name is because back in the ol...