Some of the view that I’ve shoot when I visit to grandma house last Sunday.
This place is called Tapah Village, and is at 22nd mile of the Kuching-Serian road. Though this is not the place where I grew up, but each time when I visit grandma it give me a “home sweet home” feeling.
This photo is taken at the garden just in front of grandma house. That time I just finish my dinner, and I ate too much. Grandma just keep on telling me to EAT, EAT, EAT…
Share with you my experience and joy on the magnificient outdoor life in Borneo 和你分享我的探险故事与经验,带你一起探险婆罗洲
Volcano Eruption
When my friends are resting below the shade, I notice the clouds had form a shape that look just like lava erupting from the volcano.
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Very stress out by my work this lately. I love my work, but I hate them.
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Very stress out by my work this lately. I love my work, but I hate them.
Clouds collection 2006
View my clouds collection 2005
When Mother Nature start creates her masterpiece, I’m there to capture it into my camera :)
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ar!!! I wish I can go travel soon...
Bako National Park, Sarawak - Final Part
2006 Bako National Park Exploration Trip
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Usually I will not sleep well at others bed beside my own, but yesterday night I had a very good night sleep, I was too tired. Woke up at 7:00AM, brush my teeth with the reddish water and it tasted bad. We all had our breakfast at the one and only Kerangas Café when we’re having our breakfast, the Vacumm Cleaner (Bearded Pig) had come again, sniffing here and there looking for food. The café was crowded with foreign visitor, and some of them are very pretty. Before we start our trek, we saw a ground of visitor pointing at the trees. It was the silver-leaf monkey; they are eating the fruits at the trees.
Actually there are also longer tails into the more remote parts like Telok Limau and Telok Kruin trails, but it requires to camp overnight, so we choose the short trails. On day two, our group leader and P.E choose the Pandan Trail, they choose this trail because it is easier to view this rare and unusual primate – The Proboscis Monkey. We walk from mixed dipterocarp forest to peat mangrove swamp forest yet still no sign of the proboscis monkey. Compare with the three trails that I’ve hiked yesterday, this trails require a lot of climbing up, walking through tree-covered cliff, and down hills.
Just when we walk through the mangrove swamp, P.E suddenly stop us, he told us he smell the proboscis monkey!!! He asked us to focus the forest in front of us. I keep on looking but yet still no sign of the monkey. Then one of our team member start to “Oh there it is”, then follow by the second one, the third. Yes I saw it; the monkey is just behind the branch. OMG!!! What a beautiful animal, they have big nose, a big tummy and a silver white long tail. This is the first time I saw the proboscis monkey with my own eyes. Kenny then starts to make the proboscis monkey sound “oooowak, oooowak”, but the monkey look away *hahaha* they said that the monkey knows that this is the sound of an ugly female proboscis, so he is not interested.
On our way back to the HQ, P.E had discover a snake, he just walk to the snake and crab on it’s freaking tail. Oh man, this guide is cool or what! He let us hold the snake, I was afraid, but I wanted to try and it was fun. The trail ends with a happy and exciting ending. After the snake, we all went to our boat. It was noon, and is very hot. When I walk to the boat, I look back at Bako National Park. This trip was fun, exiting, tired, hot, itchy (mosquito bites), hungry, and scary. It also helped me gain a lot of knowledge as well. So thanks to my dear cousin brother Kenny and the gang that let me join in the fun, and thanks to P.E for the unforgettable experience.
----------The End of Bako National Park Trip----------
My breakfast, two roti canai with no curry, and two sausage
My Milo energy drink
Good morning Bako National Park
aw~~~a mother monkey carrying her child while looking for food, but we are advice not to give any food to the monkey
This is the vacuum cleaner, the Breaded Pig
The silver-leaf monkey, there are a few of them eating fruits on top of the trees
Rattan which can be use to make chairs, tables, and other furniture.
The mangroves trees
Try our best to spot the proboscis monkey, yet still no sign of them
Wild flower
We had a few minutes break at one of the beach, before we continue with our journey
Into the peat swamp
At last, the proboscis monkey. It’s very shy, it just stay on the tree branch while waging its silver long tail
Try to leap from one tree to another
Sea Hibiscus
P.E catching the snake!!! He’s the man!!!
For the first time me holding a snake, while taking photo. Snakes are cool blooded reptile, so they asked can I feel the snake body temperature. I was so afraid and happy that I had forgot all about it
Farewell Bako National Park, I’ve end my journey with a happy and fun ending
Our boat to take us back to Bako Village
One for the album
L-R: Mr Lok, Azaha, Joe, Kenny, Justee, and Wilson Chin (me)
Actually there are also longer tails into the more remote parts like Telok Limau and Telok Kruin trails, but it requires to camp overnight, so we choose the short trails. On day two, our group leader and P.E choose the Pandan Trail, they choose this trail because it is easier to view this rare and unusual primate – The Proboscis Monkey. We walk from mixed dipterocarp forest to peat mangrove swamp forest yet still no sign of the proboscis monkey. Compare with the three trails that I’ve hiked yesterday, this trails require a lot of climbing up, walking through tree-covered cliff, and down hills.
Just when we walk through the mangrove swamp, P.E suddenly stop us, he told us he smell the proboscis monkey!!! He asked us to focus the forest in front of us. I keep on looking but yet still no sign of the monkey. Then one of our team member start to “Oh there it is”, then follow by the second one, the third. Yes I saw it; the monkey is just behind the branch. OMG!!! What a beautiful animal, they have big nose, a big tummy and a silver white long tail. This is the first time I saw the proboscis monkey with my own eyes. Kenny then starts to make the proboscis monkey sound “oooowak, oooowak”, but the monkey look away *hahaha* they said that the monkey knows that this is the sound of an ugly female proboscis, so he is not interested.
On our way back to the HQ, P.E had discover a snake, he just walk to the snake and crab on it’s freaking tail. Oh man, this guide is cool or what! He let us hold the snake, I was afraid, but I wanted to try and it was fun. The trail ends with a happy and exciting ending. After the snake, we all went to our boat. It was noon, and is very hot. When I walk to the boat, I look back at Bako National Park. This trip was fun, exiting, tired, hot, itchy (mosquito bites), hungry, and scary. It also helped me gain a lot of knowledge as well. So thanks to my dear cousin brother Kenny and the gang that let me join in the fun, and thanks to P.E for the unforgettable experience.
My breakfast, two roti canai with no curry, and two sausage
My Milo energy drink
Good morning Bako National Park
aw~~~a mother monkey carrying her child while looking for food, but we are advice not to give any food to the monkey
This is the vacuum cleaner, the Breaded Pig
The silver-leaf monkey, there are a few of them eating fruits on top of the trees
Rattan which can be use to make chairs, tables, and other furniture.
The mangroves trees
Try our best to spot the proboscis monkey, yet still no sign of them
Wild flower
We had a few minutes break at one of the beach, before we continue with our journey
Into the peat swamp
At last, the proboscis monkey. It’s very shy, it just stay on the tree branch while waging its silver long tail
Try to leap from one tree to another
Sea Hibiscus
P.E catching the snake!!! He’s the man!!!
For the first time me holding a snake, while taking photo. Snakes are cool blooded reptile, so they asked can I feel the snake body temperature. I was so afraid and happy that I had forgot all about it
Farewell Bako National Park, I’ve end my journey with a happy and fun ending
Our boat to take us back to Bako Village
One for the album
L-R: Mr Lok, Azaha, Joe, Kenny, Justee, and Wilson Chin (me)
Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak - Part Two
2006 Bako National Park Exploration Trip
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
P.E said: ”Look over there” When I look down the cliff, there is a boat coming towards us. So P.E leads us down the cliff, to the beach. Our group leader went to bargain with the boatman on the price to bring us back to the park HQ. We aboard the boat, there are another three foreign tourists just arrive. We did ask them to join us, but they prefer to walk back. The boatride took us about 15minutes (if we walk it would takes two hours) to reach the park HQ, and I am starving. We all had our lunch at the Kerangas Café, that’s the only café available on Bako Park. I had fried rice + fried noodle + sausage + and chicken. My plate of food is just like the Mount Santubong, I seldom eat this much but I had use to much energy today.
That morning I had learn that the Bako Park contains “Seven” type of lowland tropical rainforests…
1. Kerangas or heath forest
2. Beach forest
3. Cliff Vegetation
4. Mangrove forest
5. Mixed dipterocarp forest
6. Grassland vegetation
7. Peat swamp forest
After lunch we went back to our hostel and I had nap for almost two hours. When I woke up, just in front of our hostel a bearded pig was having a mud spa o_O…. pig likes mud. We proceed trekking on the next trail Ulu Asam, which rich with different flora and fauna such as Pandanus, mushroom, fungus, hermit crab, and if lucky we even can see the famous proboscis monkey. Most of the trees here had their name label. When we reach the end of the trail there are still no sign of the big nose monkey, and I was a bit disappointed. Next trail is Tanjong Sapi which will lead us to a breathtaking viewpoint. It requires a lot of climbing, the trail is 0.5KM but for me, climbing up is like 5KM. But when I reach the viewpoint, is all worth the climbing and walking. We stay there for a while, and head back to our hostel for dinner. The sunset nearly 7:00pm, and the tied was low during sunset. I went to the beach to enjoy that fantastic view, the sunset just between the seastack and mount Santubong. It was an art of nature.
After the dinner we went for night trail at Ulu Asam again, the main highlight is the fungus that can glow (at first I don’t believe 100%, but when I saw it myself…), and fireflies. If I am lucky enough I might see other animal as well. P.E had sharp eyes, he shows us the fungus which glow at night but it was so tiny all I can see is just ….hey I can’t see anything, but when asked to turn off our torchlight, a very tiny dim light right in front of us. I rub my eyes for few times to confirm, and yep it really glows. Then we went to the Lintang Trail to see fireflies, along the trails, though I’ve use insect repellent, but the mosquito still keeps on biting me, and Kenny and the rest of the gang. The fireflies had transformed the mangrove tree into Christmas tree, blinking on the tree branch. We all sat at the jetty, while enjoying the night view. The moon was full, the night sky is full of starts and it was very quiet. Kenny and I lie just on the jetty and look up to the starts, the moon and the mangrove tree which block my view. We went back to the hostel around 09:45pm. After bath, I check on my toes, and I had one bleb on the left and one on the right…
(to be continue in my next post)
The beautiful beach
The boatman, and P.E pushing the boat from shore
This is a close up on the seastack that symbolize Bako Park, but this is not a good angle to shoot the seastack
Mount Santubong. Was planning to climb mount Santubong as well, but no one wants to go with me
It only took us about 15minutes to reach the HQ, compare to a 3 hours walking under the hot sun. Which one you prefer?
The Kerangas Café
My lunch, fried rice + fried noodle + sausage + and chicken
The bearded pig having it mud spa
Naughty monkeys around, watch out!!!
To Ulu Asam
This is an abandon termite nets
Wired twisted tree trunk
Look at the size of the Pandanus.
This is the Asam fruit. It can be use to cook asam fish head.
Teluk Delima, left
Slip rocks
Mangrove and swamp
The hermit crab
Mangrove roots
To our next viewpoint Tanjong Sapi
Into the woods we go
We need to keep on climbing, I seldom exercise so is a tough climb for me
wild mushroom growing on a rotten tree branch
A wired fungus, it had a slimy liquid cover all over it. There is a hole on top of the fungus, Kenny use a stick to touch it and it spray some white powder out from the hole. I hurry cover my nose, who know it might contain poison
The viewpoint, all of us are very tired when we reach here. There is a place for us to sit-down and rest. I can see a lot of people had carved their name and date on the rocks, and on the chair. P.E was very disappointed on this, and I notice that most of them are local people name. I feel ashamed as well, cause there are a lot of foreign visitor came here, and this will lead a bad impression to the local people
Wilson Chin (Me), and P.E
6:52pm, the beautiful sunset
Pit viper
A signboard “Watch-out for falling coconuts”
A big size pit viper, it is very poising. With one bite, it will be bye bye. And that crazy P.E actually touch the freaking snake
We saw monkey on the tree
There are glowing fungus, but it only glow a very dim light. My camera is not powerful enough to shoot that light
I am holding the glowing fungus; it is very tiny so I can’t see it. But when switch off my torchlight, I can see tiny dim light
The dark water
My right foot, with a bleb on it
Sames goes for my left foot toe
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Kenny had told me a very good phrase “Take nothing but photograph, leave nothing but footprints” So DO NOT crave your name and date on the trees, or rocks, or chairs, or any other place at the park this will only spoil the nature beauty of the National Park. If you want to prove that you have been there, just do it like me TAKE PHOTOS.
That morning I had learn that the Bako Park contains “Seven” type of lowland tropical rainforests…
1. Kerangas or heath forest
2. Beach forest
3. Cliff Vegetation
4. Mangrove forest
5. Mixed dipterocarp forest
6. Grassland vegetation
7. Peat swamp forest
After lunch we went back to our hostel and I had nap for almost two hours. When I woke up, just in front of our hostel a bearded pig was having a mud spa o_O…. pig likes mud. We proceed trekking on the next trail Ulu Asam, which rich with different flora and fauna such as Pandanus, mushroom, fungus, hermit crab, and if lucky we even can see the famous proboscis monkey. Most of the trees here had their name label. When we reach the end of the trail there are still no sign of the big nose monkey, and I was a bit disappointed. Next trail is Tanjong Sapi which will lead us to a breathtaking viewpoint. It requires a lot of climbing, the trail is 0.5KM but for me, climbing up is like 5KM. But when I reach the viewpoint, is all worth the climbing and walking. We stay there for a while, and head back to our hostel for dinner. The sunset nearly 7:00pm, and the tied was low during sunset. I went to the beach to enjoy that fantastic view, the sunset just between the seastack and mount Santubong. It was an art of nature.
After the dinner we went for night trail at Ulu Asam again, the main highlight is the fungus that can glow (at first I don’t believe 100%, but when I saw it myself…), and fireflies. If I am lucky enough I might see other animal as well. P.E had sharp eyes, he shows us the fungus which glow at night but it was so tiny all I can see is just ….hey I can’t see anything, but when asked to turn off our torchlight, a very tiny dim light right in front of us. I rub my eyes for few times to confirm, and yep it really glows. Then we went to the Lintang Trail to see fireflies, along the trails, though I’ve use insect repellent, but the mosquito still keeps on biting me, and Kenny and the rest of the gang. The fireflies had transformed the mangrove tree into Christmas tree, blinking on the tree branch. We all sat at the jetty, while enjoying the night view. The moon was full, the night sky is full of starts and it was very quiet. Kenny and I lie just on the jetty and look up to the starts, the moon and the mangrove tree which block my view. We went back to the hostel around 09:45pm. After bath, I check on my toes, and I had one bleb on the left and one on the right…
The beautiful beach
The boatman, and P.E pushing the boat from shore
This is a close up on the seastack that symbolize Bako Park, but this is not a good angle to shoot the seastack
Mount Santubong. Was planning to climb mount Santubong as well, but no one wants to go with me
It only took us about 15minutes to reach the HQ, compare to a 3 hours walking under the hot sun. Which one you prefer?
The Kerangas Café
My lunch, fried rice + fried noodle + sausage + and chicken
The bearded pig having it mud spa
Naughty monkeys around, watch out!!!
To Ulu Asam
This is an abandon termite nets
Wired twisted tree trunk
Look at the size of the Pandanus.
This is the Asam fruit. It can be use to cook asam fish head.
Teluk Delima, left
Slip rocks
Mangrove and swamp
The hermit crab
Mangrove roots
To our next viewpoint Tanjong Sapi
Into the woods we go
We need to keep on climbing, I seldom exercise so is a tough climb for me
wild mushroom growing on a rotten tree branch
A wired fungus, it had a slimy liquid cover all over it. There is a hole on top of the fungus, Kenny use a stick to touch it and it spray some white powder out from the hole. I hurry cover my nose, who know it might contain poison
The viewpoint, all of us are very tired when we reach here. There is a place for us to sit-down and rest. I can see a lot of people had carved their name and date on the rocks, and on the chair. P.E was very disappointed on this, and I notice that most of them are local people name. I feel ashamed as well, cause there are a lot of foreign visitor came here, and this will lead a bad impression to the local people
Wilson Chin (Me), and P.E
6:52pm, the beautiful sunset
Pit viper
A signboard “Watch-out for falling coconuts”
A big size pit viper, it is very poising. With one bite, it will be bye bye. And that crazy P.E actually touch the freaking snake
We saw monkey on the tree
There are glowing fungus, but it only glow a very dim light. My camera is not powerful enough to shoot that light
I am holding the glowing fungus; it is very tiny so I can’t see it. But when switch off my torchlight, I can see tiny dim light
The dark water
My right foot, with a bleb on it
Sames goes for my left foot toe
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Kenny had told me a very good phrase “Take nothing but photograph, leave nothing but footprints” So DO NOT crave your name and date on the trees, or rocks, or chairs, or any other place at the park this will only spoil the nature beauty of the National Park. If you want to prove that you have been there, just do it like me TAKE PHOTOS.
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