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The Extreme Hike from Gunung Gading to Rock Well (Batu Berkubu)

Gunung Gading National Park, the Lundu Water Treatment Plant its just before the main entrance to the park. This means the water here are crystal clear, and good for consume.  Its been a while since my last visit, so that morning I woke up at about 5am, after freshen up myself, I depart at about 5.30am, and reached Lundu town 5 minutes to 7am. After meeting up with friends for breakfast, we are then here at the Gading NP. The entrance its RM10 per person, we will need to paid at the registration office. Remember to sign out after your hike, so the person in charge will know you are safe.  08:00am, It started off with a slow inclination, there is also a water pipeline next to the trail A total of 7 waterfall open to public, Waterfall No.1, No.3 and also No.7.   8:14am, reach the junction of Waterfall No.1 08:24am, reached a pile of big rocks stacking between each others, and also a small DatoGong altar is being place here for wors...

Mount Sentah A Local Village On Top of The Mount

The Sentah Village situated at Siburan town, my last visit was at year 2010, where I hike up with my aunts. Read the post here . So 9 years later, I revisit the place again, this time, not with my SLR (it was broken in one of my hike to Santubong), with my Olympus TG-5 compact camera, and my Mavic Pro Drone. This is the base of the mount, and there is a stream nearby, I saw many litters there. And strong smell of urine too 😖 After I used my Olympus for more than a year, I still can't really get over with the image quality if I where to compare with my old SLR Nikon D90. But I know the both of them can't be compare like so, but I just can't help it. Really feel the need to get a SLR again, yet my hike most of the time are rugged, humid and damp. SLR still not a good idea, and its heavy too. Coming back to Sentah mount, the big Tapang trees can still be seen, some additional handrail are installed along the trail up to the mountain.  Still c...