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Hose Mountain - Pancur Gelanggang Waterfall Exploration Ulu Kapit - Part 2 of 2

好山行记 - 加帛内陆, 高 三百米的 GELANGGANG 瀑布 - 下篇 I get to know about Hose Mountain when I was searching in YouTube on the mountain expedition in Borneo, and saw one of the search results are " Hose Mountain Expedition " it was a documentary by Mr  Stewart McPherson , he has his own expedition company called  Redfern Natural History Productions . I actually follow his work few year ago on the pitcher plant of Borneo. He had travel to many parts of Sarawak, Sabah, Borneo than any other local does.  It trigger my curiosity to search where is this mountain located, so I start to dig deeper, and later found out that it was in Kapit, Sarawak.  The town of Kapit is currently difficult to access by land, and the only easy way in is by boat. I start to collect information on how to get there, where to stay, and who to contact. It took me quite sometime to collect all the information, I'm very lucky that I get to know a few people who been there before, and manage to collec...

Hose Mountain - Kuching Sibu Kapit Tunoh Mabong - Part 1 of 2

好山行记 - 从古晋到诗巫到加帛到内陆的 TUNOH MABONG - 上篇 My journey starts from Kuchin bus terminal at 10pm, where my fiends and I took the night bus to Sibu. The whole journey is about 391km. 我的行程在晚上10点开始,我和战友们在古晋中央车站用长途巴士一路从古晋到诗巫。路程 391 公里,大概 6 个小时到。 4:00am, reach the jungtion of Sarikei Sibu, where here we will be going right to the town of Sibu, we still have about 60km to go until we reach the Sibu Wharf Terminal. I'm so hungry that time, keep on thinking the kampua noodles at Sibu... yummmmmmy.  凌晨 4 点,到了泗里街,诗巫路口。我们是向右转到诗巫市,然后再到诗巫的码头乘船。还有 60 公里,大概 1 小时就会到了。肚子好饿,想着诗巫的干盘面 *肚子在敲鼓当中* 5:00am, finally reached the Sibu Wharf terminal. We unload our bagpack form the bus, and went to the coffee shop near the wharf for breakfast. I ordered a plate of kampua noodles, and its very tasty.  凌晨 5 点,到诗巫码头。我们从巴士取了背包后,就到码头对面一间咖啡店吃早餐。我叫了一盘干盘面吃,很好吃。。。可能是太饿了吧  5.30am, the express boat ticket counter open. Many people are queuing up for ticket. I quickly follow t...