On 14.12.2006, we bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Tagal Paran, the owners of Apple...
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Not only was our checked-in luggage weighed, but each of us was...
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The small plane afforded us a bird’s eye-view of the villages in the...
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Our flight from Buduk Nur to Bario took only 10 minutes! It’s the...
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Bario Airport’s terminal building which was officially opened on 12.05.1998
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We met an elderly Kelabit couple in the terminal building waiting for their...
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Even the man’s ears had a hole, not in the lobe but at the top, once...
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A pick-up belonging to Bariew Backpacker Lodge took us to the village about 5...
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Bariew Backpacker Lodge would be our home for 3 days
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The Lodge owner has a collection of colourful Kelabit woven baskets
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After lunch, our Kelabit guide Langup took us to visit Bario Asal, the old...
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On the way to Bario Asal we passed by the Bario Primary School and the Bario...
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We visited a longhouse in Bario Asal. Facing one end of the longhouse is a...
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The longhouse is the oldest in the district. Behind each door is a room which...
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Some portraits on the wall depict interesting union of traditions and western...
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Every family has a stove like this in the longhouse. In a wooden...
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A man with long ear-lobes was working the ground beside the longhouse.
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As usual, I looked out for interesting plants……….
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……….and beautiful butterflies.
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Leaving Bario Asal, we paid a brief visit to Bario Secondary School nearby.
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The school has comfortable quarters for the teachers.
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We climbed the hill behind the school to have a panoramic view of Bario. The...
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t’s so pleasant to just sit down, relax and enjoy the views and the breeze.
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Back in the village, we paid a courtesy call on Mr. Henry Jala...
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Henry Jala was expecting his son Idris Jala (Malaysia Airlines managing...
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On the following day, some of us trekked to Pa Lungan, another Kelabit...
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Reddy’s son Jecken came along. He was on school holidays and would be in...
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Bariew Backpacker Lodge’s pick-up sent us to Pa Ukat about half an hour...
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A curious Kelabit woman saw us off.
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The trail was initially quite muddy and slippery.
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The trail conditions improved later.
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We were in no hurry, stopping to rest whenever and wherever we...
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……….enjoying the views……….
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……….and looking out for interesting plants, flowers and insects.
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We came across farmers working in the fields……….
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……….and a man taking his “vehicle” (a...
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Nature’s beauty always bewilders me……….
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……….leaves of peculiar colour or shape……….
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……….patterns of symmetry……….
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……….beautiful curve and lines……….
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……….red rhododendron flowers……….
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……….white rhododendron flowers.
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Insect-trapping pitcher plants (Nepenthes sp.) were found in abundance in a...
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Another Nepenthes species
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Flowers, fruits or modified leaves?
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Tiny bulbs to light up the forest at night?
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Flourishing mushrooms
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Big migration of ants
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A pair of mating damselflies
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A spider waiting for unwary prey at the centre of a cobweb
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A cricket with long hind legs and feelers
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A spotted green frog
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Beautiful butterflies
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Another beautiful butterfly
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We reached Batu Ritung Lodge in Pa Lungan at about 14:00 hrs, after spending...
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The owners of the Lodge, Mr Chew and his wife Supang Galih, welcomed us. Chew...
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Chew and Supang have a pretty good collection of wild orchids in their garden.
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They also have planted some waterlilies in the pond next to the dining...
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The Chews’ paddy field next to their house has been declared by the...
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Top spinning seems to be a popular pastime among young people in Pa Lungan.
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After we ate our packed lunch and had a short rest in the Lodge, Mr. Chew and...
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Batu Ritung is a megalith (a monument) believed to be some 200 years old....
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Our short walk exposed us to things that city folks do not normally...
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……….or mushrooms like miniature bus shelters for the...
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……….or Nepenthes flowers (I haven’t seen one...
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……….or green orchid flowers.
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Our high spirit was somewhat dampened by a drizzle, but it was soon...
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After the drizzle the air was particularly crisp, the water so clear...
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Pa Lungan is simply charming. Pa Lungan is named after a river by the...
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At about 17:00 hrs, Chew took some of us for a climb to the View-point...
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The villagers had erected a stainless steel cross at the View-point about one...
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We only spent about 5 minutes at the View-point as we had to get back to the...
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We got back to Batu Ritung Lodge at 18:25 hrs just before it started...
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Low Yew Ling trying out a Kelabit headgear
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In the following morning, I explored Pa Lungan village. The village was still...
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With the distant mountains partially shrouded by the morning clouds,...
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A Chinese brush painting? Nay, just Pa Lungan’s mountains with their...
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A little Kelabit girl looking out of her window at a passing stranger
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A Kelabit woman on her way to the paddy field
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Christopher, a Iban man who speaks Mandarin. I met him in front of his...
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Back in Batu Ritung Lodge, some of Supang’s relatives were preparing a...
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Here’s my wife eating a barbecued “kelatang”. I ate one...
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A group photo in front of Batu Ritung Lodge before we bid farewell to...
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We left Pa Lungan at about 09:30 hrs. Each of us had 1 kg of Pa Lungan...
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We met this man on our way in to Pa Lungan. We met him again on our...
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Some of us walked pretty fast on the return journey, worried that it...
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Langup picked us up at Pa Ukat at 13:15 hrs and we were back at Bariew...
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At 21:00 hrs, our landlady Nash drove us to the hall behind the market...
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Some of our group members joined in for fun.
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On the last day (17.12.2006) in Bario, I explored the village in the...
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A spectacular passion fruit flower
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Although our flight to Miri was scheduled to depart at 13:45 hrs, we...
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Women like this enjoyed the singing as much as the younger people.
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Some of our group members also went on stage to contribute a little on the...
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