http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Pathfinder/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Pathfinder en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:50:28 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:50:28 +0000 This time my group of riders was smaller and wanted to experience a shorter visit to Sabah and visit village area and to test the life style of the locals. it was a 3 day ride going up north and turning east ward along the foot of mt Kinabalu. we where very lucky for the 1st day and the 2nd half day as it was sunny and clear by noon the rain started. This didnt break the spirit of adventure of the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-457627.html It always fascinates me when i go to maliau basin for trekking or just for a short trip recently i went with a bunch of riders for a 2 days 1 night ride. just to spend a night in the wilderness of the rain forest riding in the rain was fun slippery road mad it though but exciting. we didnt manage to spend more time as we arrived quite late in the evening. Trekking in maliau basin is also someth http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-455466.html The rain was heavy 0n the 21st Sept 09 morning and we waited while hopping the rain will slow down so we can start our long ride. as we load up our luggage the on the support vehicle the rain started to slow down and drizzled we didnt waist any time we sadled up and started riding towards south headed for brunei which was a 354km ride across the SabahSarawak and Brunei Boarders. we had lunch at http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-440631.html This entry is more on to places and advices you can visit when you rent a motorcycle in Borneo if you are not sure than take a guided motorcycle tour. Sabah provides soft and extreme motorcycle trails for the softy main roads are best to go for sights of scenery the road up Mt Kinabalu is best early in the mornings along the way food and fuel is not a problem. for those who prefer the winding roa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-425735.html Words cant express the satisfaction of this riders when they took the long ride every effort of calculation of fuel and food was taken in to consideration. few fell of there bikes due to overconfidence of handling there machine. It took us a total of 9 hours to make it to Maliau basin camp sight. The guys was hip and excited to explore the unknown freedom of riding through the rainforest of north http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Tawau/blog-425725.html 30th May 2009 on the eve of our national harvest festival a group of my buddy's set out on a 520km journey headed for a place not many have been to but have only heard of. The last time i was there was 10 years ago and wondered if it look like is does than. All preparation was done and riders was ready the waiting was unbearable as some was still organizing them self at the last minute.We set out http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-416366.html 04th April 09After breakfast and a short briefing we headed for a short easy off and on road trip towards the back roads of Kinarut area. along the way i gave pointers on how to ride on a gravel road since being on a flat pavement and being bounced around and trying to control your machine at the same time can be difficult. another reason why o take 1st timers on this part of the area..almost fla http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-390099.html The day looked sunny and bright Our tour this time was heading to a village at the foot of Mt Kinabalu just a short visit. We started out running at 130km heading for Tuaran and would stop by the last refuelling point for some spare fuel just in case. The road up Nabalu was one of the best even for an enduro bike as the curves and bends snakes up the Mountain the only mistake was not to take pho http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Mount-Kinabalu/blog-382374.html Try this out....i travel in 1 day from Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu on our enduro 150cc bikes and was accompanied by Mr Taichiro from Japan.We carried spare fuel just in case..our top speed was at 120130..from hill to valley and through local village's along the way. Mind you most of the ride was ascending to about 1500mtr....imagine that...what would it do to the contained petrol in the gerry cane http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-380451.html Down southhellip.that was on our mindhelliphow far Will figure it out when we get therehellipor somewhere.. Since it has been raining non stop the previous day we figure it would not continue to rain as the sun was already out. But down south it look gloomy and greyhelliprdquowill it rain todayrdquo.As we made our way across the south road we decided to take the ferry crossing a sm http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-371799.html Right..im back..........sorry i was out back to back on tour and just got back from my travels around North Borneo. My group had a great time we did encounter problems on our motorcycle but small ones so im down loading some photo's u can guess the places we visited. We travel around North Borneo on Motorcycle in 6 days we mad it all the way round we visited the Lost world rain forest The wild http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-361344.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-302637.html DAY 1On 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 boringn http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Sandakan/blog-290620.html Tour Report28th April 08Arrival of guest MH81 1830hrs I met up with the leader and proceeded to the hotel to check in and continued for Dinner. During Dinner we had briefing on the itinerary for the next days journey. I found out that one of them is 67 years old..that was a bit worrying.29th April 080830hrs after bfast we had a short briefing before heading out on our bikes mr Kikuchi the leader http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-274374.html 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-246418.html Faces of Borneo... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-239230.html 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 groun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Kota-Kinabalu/blog-208940.html 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. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Mount-Kinabalu/blog-206792.html 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 fro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-205345.html 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 139919 hectares almost 1400 square km . It is extremely rugged and forms the backbone of Sabah running southwest from Mt. Kinabalu very steep mountains averaging about 1000 to 1500 m in height. This area also been setaside a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/Crocker-Range/blog-204767.html