Team leaving home early in the morning @06:00hrs. meeting place as usual at Brunei border custom, and 4WD as our transportation. On the way to Lundu we have to stop several places for cars refueling and refreshing. After 14hrs travelling, we arrived Lundu National Park @20:00hrs and we were welcomed by the national park security. After checking in, we went to Lundu town to have our dinner as the the National Park staff said that open night market or "gerai makan malam" is situated in town. While we drove to town, we can see a lot of students were having their night classes in school and many people fishing river prawn or "udang galah" in the river near to town. Mostly people here travel by bicycles and motorbikes.
On the 25th April, the day climbing the mountain, we were greeted by Mt. Gading chief park warden Mr Chong Jiew Han. He is giving us a benefit introduction and safety while in the jungle. He also told about the mountain summit where its become the British base during communist era and evidence still can seen till today.
We are accompany by 2 park resort guides climbing to the summit, Mr Dahari & Miss Yolanda. One of our team member plan to stop at waterfall no-7 because he got ankle stain after football tournament. Half way up to the summit we met giant orchid "Rafflesia" and we didn't missed the change to take photos. Leeches are also found here. Talking on all trek trails, there are easy to find in this national park, which is marked with difference colours coding and each location marked with location levels. The first team to reach the summit took 1.5hrs. and the last took 3.5 hrs. We took about 1 hour at the summit for taking photos and having snacks. At about @14:00hrs we started decline from the summit and took 2 hrs to reach to the park. On arrival at the Park information center , we are told that the park has just started issuing the certificates and our team is the first to receive. At @16:00hrs we drove to Kuching town by using a road which used ferry to across the river. It only cost $1 per transportation. We arrive @20:00hrs at town and checking in at Somerset hotel.
On 27th April we are leaving Kuching town @05:45hrs proceeding Brunei. At @18:30hrs we arived at Miri and stop for dinner at the new restoran near to the sea. @20:30hrs we proceed to Brunei.
Many logging vehicles. Safety driving must important.
Pekan Serian.
@20:30hrs. check-in at Mt Gading National park.
Having dinner at open night market "gerai malam" at Pekan Lundu.
4 mountain at the Park and Mt.Gading is the highest amount of all.
Yaaa......Hooo......... 
Posing in front of Mt Gading resort before climbing 
Mr. Chong Jiew Han Chief Park Warden giving presentation
and safety procedure while in the park jungle. 
Brunei Mount trekker banner presented by Abdul Wafiy 
Park warden, Dahari and Yulanda as our guide. 
Location of waterfall no-7, where Zul plan to stop and visit 
"I don't want to miss this hahahaa..... so take my photo" as Azma said. 
Way up to the summit
Land leech. Awaiting who pass by 
Leech bites
12 members who arrived at the summit.
Abd Majid together with Dahari & Yulanda our guide.
Not only us at the summit, also Butterfly. 
Posing on the ferry, the way to Kuching Town.
On the way to Kuching town. Caught by the night.
Haaa...haaa.......look tired while check in at Somerset hotel. 
Kuching Town. Night view from hotel window 
26th April, at Sadikin, near to the Kelimantan boarder. 
At Sadikin. " Until i don't know, what I'm to buy." 
Lunch at Pekan Bau food court 
going to "Spring shopping center". 
lunch at sushi king 
Shopping at Kuching town.
Kuching Town 
On 27th April before going home. Leaving
@05:45hrs after prayer done. 
He is really exhausted having 2 ice-cream.
At seri Aman fuel station 
Lunch at gerai Pekan Serian.
Where is my order!!!!!!!. . 
"I want to buy all of this". At Pekan Serian. 
Resting after long journey. Miri 
Dinner at Marina bay seafood restoran, Miri before
going back home. 
Road from Negara Brunei to Lundu Kuching Sarawak 
2 comments:
Rafflesia is not an orchid, but a parasitic plant inside the climbers commonly found around Gading NP areas. But here we have Normah Orchid (or Lundu Orchid) actually, a very rare orchid species originating from Gading areas.
Tnks for the info
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