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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 wildlife along the Kinabatangan river, the best sea food in Sabah and the best new year party in the middle of no where. Some of the guys [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 8th 2009 | 164 Views | [diary=361344]

Map breifing
Canopy at Maliau Basin
After the rain

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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Published: July 21st 2008 | 123 Views | [diary=302637]

Kinabalu from a distance

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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Published: June 24th 2008 | 343 Views | [diary=290620]

STILL A LONG WAY UP
STAIRWAY TO CAMEL TROPHY HUT
TEAM BRAVO

Tour Report 28th April 08 Arrival 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 08 0830hrs after b,fast we had a short briefing before heading out on our bikes, mr Kikuchi the leader gave the road rules and regulation and showed a traveling map on the days activity. We stop at Gunung emas for a short [View Full Entry]

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Published: May 9th 2008 | 359 Views | [diary=274374]

Photo by Koguchi Takashi
Photo by Koguchi Takashi
Photo by Koguchi Takashi

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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Published: February 21st 2008 | 372 Views | [diary=246418]

Kawasaki KR150
DMX150
The trak that we took

By Pathfinder
January 25th 2008
IN GODS COUNTRY Asia » Malaysia » Sabah
Faces of Borneo... [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 15th 2008 | 91 Views | [diary=239230]

Water  world
Children of the rainforest

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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Published: February 15th 2008 | 243 Views | [diary=208940]

Step in lodge
Orang KK as we are known
Borneon Gibbon

By Pathfinder
September 30th 2007
Mystical Mt Kinabalu Asia » Malaysia » Sabah » Mount Kinabalu
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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Published: September 30th 2007 | 224 Views | [diary=206792]

Mt Kinabalu from Inobong
Up the peak

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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Published: September 25th 2007 | 1115 Views | [diary=205345]

Maliau gate
Aghatis camp site
Camp site accom

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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Published: September 23rd 2007 | 154 Views | [diary=204767]

Crocker range
Trail blazing
The truck that got stuck.



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