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Published: September 23rd 2007
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Crocker Range National Park Crocker Range National Park are one of the 6 Park manage by Sabah Park. Crocker Range by far are the largest national park in Sabah covering 139,919 hectares (almost 1,400 square km ). It is extremely rugged and forms the backbone of Sabah, running south-west from Mt. Kinabalu very steep mountains averaging about 1000 to 1500 m in height. This area also been set-aside as a main water catchments for Kota Kinabalu and surrounding area ( west coast ). The lower montane forest and a lowland diptrocarp forest can be found here. This will be the first tourist trail in Crocker Range and is intended to be for the more adventurous, the trail 55km stretches from Inobong research center to the Southeast of Tikolod. The rural communities living within the national park are eager to welcome eco tourism by improving trail access to their isolated communities. Sabah Park also wishes to conduct bio-diversity studies in the park many unexplored areas.
The best thing about taking a trip hear is the people you live with, since the early 18 hundreds way of life has changed due to the introduction of lights, religion and transportation. I spend
3 days in a remote village known as Terian and live with a family who was really great at looking after me. the 1st day was a long walk up ridges along the way as always leeches accompanied making sure that we donated some of our blood...like paying tax. It took us 8 hours of trekking since we spend so much time taking photo of the beauty of the surrounding.
We even had to clear a few trails due to fallen branches along the trail it took a little work. That night a few guys and children went night fishing along the river we where invited but was really to tired to go anywhere at that time.
On the second day we visited the school, the hydro electric facility that was donated by a NGO and set up by the Raleigh International. We visited the medicinal trail that they have set up for visitor this is where much of the knowledge is being preserved. By creating the medicinal trail and the elders passing down their knowledge the younger generation can lern of the traditional medicinal heritage that may not exist in the future.
Third day started slow we had breakfast and stated off on a trail where our local friends use it to get to the market out in the town area. The trail snakes along rivers, padi fields and villages which was one of the best scenery during our travel to this remote area. but nothing prepared us for what to come next..we knew the road out of the area was bad but we didn't know how bad. it was a logging road that connected to a small village at the edge of the forest, we waited for our pick up about an hour or so by the time the pick up had arrive it was already raining.
Since it Raine the road got worse and we even had to push the pick up truck twice lucky there was about 6 to 7 of us. being the only mod of road and using the only transportation that can have an exit ot of the area i realise that the locals didn't have a choice. To sell their produce in the towns area they had to take the easy route out of the valley and what batter way than
taking a 4x4 picku truck that can make a fast run to the market.
I joined this blog was becouse of the vast experiance i have had over the years traveling from village to village and around Borneo. How do i share my experiance..well i thought this is a good way..i m blest being in the industry early in the 90 and getting to see much more than what is left now...i hope some of the info will help those who are planning to travel to my country.
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