My trip up Mt Kinabalu on a motorcycle just to take some photo's and have fun at the same time check out whats there to create for my biking trip. It took less than an hour to get to the national park i estimated if your not stopping to take a piss on the way up. It was a clear day and i took many photo's...well my friend did for me anyway. It was much easier to take the trip as traffic was not a problem,..using a car will take at least 145min. My next trip will be an off road [View Full Entry]

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DAY 1 On the 12th Jun 08, i flew to Tawau to meet up with 2 of my clients who was doing a recce of Maliau Basin for Filming shooting. I arrived at 0745hrs they where on a flight from Kuala Lumpur and was only arriving at 1005hrs, since i was early i went for breakfast and called up the an old friend who i always use to transport me in to Maliau basin. After the waiting and going through the boringness of being at the airport finally they landed and i met up with Mr Joshua who i found out [View Full Entry]

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Location visited 1) Kota Kinabalu - Keningau 131 km 2) Keningau - Maliau basin 278km 3) Maliau Basin - Tawau 238km 4) Tawau - Batu Putih 249km 5) Batu Putih - Ranau 370km 6) Ranau - Kota Kinabalu 128km Touristic location visited. 1)Crocker range rafflesia center. Visit most active rafflesia site in Sabah 2)Sub station crocker range national park. 3)Maliau basin conservation center. Wildlife experience, natural rain forest and Motor cross challenge. 4)Tawau Best Sea food experience. 5)Batu Putih Home stay Cultural experience in the natural village. 6)Seplilok Orang Utan experience. 7)Poring Hot springs Relaxation Tour Report 28th April 08 Arrival [View Full Entry]

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If you love biking than you will love ridding in borneo, Sabah provides one of the best scenic views along any roads towards touristic places. However this demands on the location you would like to visit, roads are mostly sealed but to have a more adventure i suggest maliau besin using a duel purpose this is one of the most exciting places for a bike tour. Make sure you are insured though. Borneo Cross Country Biking 6 days 5 Nights. Bike: dual purpose scrambler 150cc Made: Malaysia Engine: 4-strok air cooled. Top speed: 120km/h Fuel capacity: 8.5ltr / not incl 2.5 [View Full Entry]

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Faces of Borneo... [View Full Entry]

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I was woundering on what to give the title of my next travel write up but cant find to name it as I went along brushing through places that I would think best to visit I remembered that the city of Kota Kinabalu came in varies of names in its past. What use to be known as Jesselton, Api -Api, Deasoka and singga mata is today shorten to be known as KK after Kota Kinabalu. Looking at the back ground of Kota Kinabalu at one time it was known as API-API after the avicenna tree which was abundant around costal kota [View Full Entry]

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Mt Kinabalu has always been referred to by the natives as an ancestral resting place which the word Aki meaning grandfather and nabalu means big boulders connect the words and you get akinabalu. To date Mt kinabalu has gained it popularity from being the highest Mt in south East Asia, easiest mt to climb in the world and among all the most naturally divers in its collection of plants in the world. Mt Kinabalu was established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its [View Full Entry]

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One of my favorite place of visiting is the Maliau basin also known as the "Lost world of Maliau Basin" for the past 15 years as a guide i have seen places in Sabah that is tranquil and full of wildlife. My recent visit to the Maliau falls was about 2 months ago and was as it was 10 years ago. Wild buffalo and bearded pigs roam across the beaten road frequent. I was with 2 of my client who was from the USA and wanted to experience the outdoor rainforest's. The 1st time i was hear was in 1993 when [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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Trekking is one of many activities that sabah ( Borneo ) provides some are created base on the salt trail used by locals and missionary in the old days. But many has been establish base on hunting trail by the native. Camping out and trekking is one of my hobbies it gives knowledge of survival and Independence to me. There are many people who goes out in to the wilderness trekking and roughing it out come back with wild story's of their experience whether its spiritual or just cultural shock for them its always fun as a dinner story. Crocker Range [View Full Entry]

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