Borneo Highland Penrissen Summit Exploration 婆罗洲高原朋里逊峰登山之旅

One of the most prominent highland in Sarawak is the Borneo Highland, its famous for its close to nature resort, the beautiful Indonesia border view point, the Penrissen Mount Summit trail, the misterious Batu Panggah, and its beautiful landscaping near the resort.

砂劳越最著名的高原非婆罗洲高原莫属。这里有一间度假屋，里面的食物只有提供素食。这里也有一个可以遥望加里曼丹边界的景点。还有一座神圣而且神秘的大石头"班亚石"，有一片漂亮无比的大草原，还有很多很多。。。

This place also has a few magnificient waterfall, like this Simangas waterfall which can be seen on the way up to the highland resort.

瀑布是我最喜欢的景点之一，这里有几个瀑布可以参观。这个“氏墁卡斯”瀑布就是在你要去高原度假屋的路上就可以看到了。

The Kalimantan viewpoint 

如果天气好，没有起雾，你可以看到印尼加里曼丹边界

The different between a millipede and a centipedes is that millipedes have paired legs, while centipedes don't. For this picture, can you tell its a centipede or millipede?

千足虫有两种，第一种是它的脚都是双配双对，而第二种的就是密密麻麻的脚。

Wild orchid on our way to the Penrissen Summit.

在未到达山顶的路上，巧遇这朵漂亮的野胡姬花

Found this gorgeos orchid at the steep cliff, its very danger to go over and take a close up picture, I've already zoom to the max with my SLR and this is what I get.

而这朵胡姬花就长在悬崖的旁边，我有点胆小，不敢爬过去拍近照。只能用相机的放大功能来拍。这朵非常的美。

The Border stone between Sarawak and Kalimantan

砂劳越与加里曼丹的边界石

This place are full of leeches, prepare some mint oil to get ride of this nasty little thing when it latched on your skin.

除了风景漂亮之外，这个地方也超多水蛭。一定会有一两只咬你，吸你的血。来这里时，记得带一瓶气凤油，水蛭特别怕这个味道，很见效。

The breathtaking view on the mountain range of Sarawak

砂劳越山脉的风景

Tanjung Rhu Bako National Park Exploration 巴哥国家公园，禺海角风景，砂劳越婆罗洲

Some of the famous cliff view that I know

1. White Cliffs of Dover, part of the English coastline facing the Strait of Dover and France.
2. Beachy Head, chalk headland in East Sussex, England.
3. Bunda cliffs, at the Eucla Basin that spreads from the western part of South Australia
4. Uluwatu Temple, perched on top of a steep cliff at Bali

and now in Kuching we have..

Tanjung Rhu, Bako National park

My team and I camp there for one night, when we just reach the place, there is this wow factor. As we can't believe in our own homeland Kuching have such beautiful place. Such breath taking views of the cliff, and the scenery on the edge of the cliff are magnificient.

在世界各地都有比较署名的悬崖海边，就如我所知道的是：

1. 位于多英国海岸线及多佛和法国海峡佛白色峭壁
2. 英国在东萨塞克斯郡，白垩陆岬的海滨头
3. 南澳大利亚西部的尤克啦盆地
4. 巴里岛的乌鲁瓦图寺坐落在一座漂亮的悬崖边

而在我的家乡砂劳越，古晋也有这类的悬崖美景。就是在巴哥国家公园，禺海角。

This Tanjung Rhu, a small penisular on the cost of the beach near Teluk Pandan Besar. A small headland can be view just not far from the rocky beach.

这是一个小半岛的海岸，最接近的海边叫 TELUK PANDAN BESAR (大斑斓海湾)，还这个石海湾对面还有一座小小岛，如果退潮相信应该可以步行到岛上。

We can enjoyed non stop sea breeze here, my hammock its at the trees there, can you see it?

我与队友们在这里露营一晚，有看见在树丛里我的吊床吗？

One of the problem here, is that there is no river for us to get fresh water. So if you plan to visit this place, make sure to bring enugh fresh water for drink, and bath.

在这个地方唯一的问题就是没有淡水，如果你要拜访此地，切记带够水来洗澡及饮用。

This little rest house had turn into a camp for my team to sleep that night.

这里唯一的凉亭，当晚变成了我队友们露营的地方。

Look at the cliff, its pretty scary to stand at the edge 😓

当我站在悬崖边时，我的脚开始发抖，你呢？

such a beautiful scenery, my homeland is awesom!!! 

很开心我的家园给我这么漂亮的地方

Both of my friends are enjoying the view as well. You can imagin the scale of the whole place.

要知道这个地方有多大？看看我在对面的两位朋友，你大概就可以看到那个比例了。

That night, my friends are cooked dinner with firewood that we collect nearby. And the yellowist watrer in the bottle are the fresh water that we collect on our way here.

那天晚上，我们的晚上时用柴火烧的饭，而食水是在巴哥国家公园一路上的小溪捞的，色泽有点黄，这是因为渗透枯叶的关系。

We all just lye on the cliff surface, and look up to the starts and moon.

我们当晚就一起躺在悬崖上，谈天说地，看星星和月亮。

Batang Ai Exploration with Wilson Chin and Friends 婆罗洲探险者巴当艾游记

Batang Ai, Borneo Paradise...

This is the longboat that we use to one of the traditional longhouse along the Ai river (Batang Ai)

这是我们的乘坐的长舟，看来虽然窄小，但是很舒服。

The view along the Ai river (Batang Ai) 

巴当艾的风景宜人，水坝里的水面风平浪静

This is our boatman, a very fiendly person. He share with us many of the culture and history here

这是我们的船夫，在这趟旅途中和我们分享了许多关于巴当艾的历史与文化

A bost ride to one of the traditional longhouse along the Ai river (Batang Ai)

巴当艾的溪流上，长舟是唯一的交通工具

Iban longhouse to be seen along the Ai river (Batang Ai)

在巴当艾的溪流上随处都可见到依班族的长屋，多数都是现代化了

Travel upriver to visit more longhouse

船夫带我们到上流，去拜访更多的长屋

According to the locals, the water is yellow because there are logging camp on up stream

根据当地人的解说，溪水是黄色，这是因为上流有伐木公司不断的在开发森林伐木

Manual paddling with bamboo against the water current

当地人利用手力来推动他们的长舟

no electronic here, no mobile reception. Swimming is one of the entertainement here at the Ai river

巴当艾的其中一个乐趣就是游泳，这里的水很深，要当心

A group photo with the chief of the longhouse (in blue pants), and our boatman (2nd right)

长屋的酋长（右一）船夫（右二）酋长夫人（右三）和我的队友们合影

5 Tips For Hiking In The Rain

01.   CHOOSE THE RIGHT TRAIL

On a raining day, there is no point for us to hike a few hours to the summit and in the end, not being able to enjoy the view. Most of the view will be heavily cover by fog that time.

I will not recommend you to hike on a trail which require you to cross over a stream, flash flood usually occur during this time.

Riverside trail, waterfall trail is good choice, the water volume will increase hence greater the view.

Forest hike will give you breathtakingly view when the fog comes.

02.   CHOOSE THE RIGHT CLOTHES

layers that keep you warm even if you do happen to get wet, starting closest to your skin and working out:

• ·         Non-cotton underwear
• ·         Non-cotton long underwear
• ·         Non-cotton insulating layer
• ·         Waterproof shell layer
• ·         Wear a kampung addidas, it’s a Borneo local folks plastic shoes, which they use for farming. Its good to use on a raining day, or on a waterfall hike, don’t have to worry about getting wet.  

03.   CHOOSE THE RIGHT GEAR

Use trekking poles when hiking in the rain, this will be great for balance, crossing streams, and brooks and going up and down hills.

Use self-locking plastic bags to keep such items as lighter, food, camera, first aid kit, books, maps, journal, and mobile phone dry.

Use waterproof stuff sacks for your gear, especially clothing. Use them in different colours to indicate what type of gear is in each.

04.   FOOD AND WATER PREPARATION

Bring food that can eat on the go like cereal bar, chocolate bar, keep snacks handy in your larger exterior pockets, for easy to access.

Drink from a water bladder, so you can have food and water on demand. No hassles on cooking the food, or getting that hard to reach bottle out from backpack.

You will need your energy while hiking in the rain. Body and outside temperatures changes require more energy while hiking and staying warm.

05.   KEEPING YOUR STUFF DRY

Make sure your backpack comes with a rain cover, if not always carry a big black plastic garbage bag to put all your dry clothes in. 

If you have extra cash to spare, you can get a quality dry bag, always put your gear inside your daypack in dry bags, pouches or ziplocks.