Gunung Jagoi (1,162 feet)

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The trail to the summit of Gunung Jagoi is not challenging at all. The trip was much more relax & easy compared to my previous trek.



Heavenly views from Gunung Jagoi:





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pix 3 : Bau limestone hills






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Pix 6: The trail





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Pix 9: Inflorescence of unidentified species of terrestrial orchid:





Pix 10: same species as above:

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Pix 11: Unidentified species of Diplocaulobium orchid:





Pix 12: Flower is going to bloom:





Pix 13: Pineapple, Ananas comosus





Pix 14: Impatiens sp.




Pix 15: Opened seed pod of Impatiens.

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Pix 16: Nepenthes hirsuta




Pix 17 Nepenthes hirsuta






Pix 18: Spider





Pix 19: Beetles busy eating the mushroom:






....to be continued.

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Orchid, Bulbophyllum sp.




Unidentified species





Leaves of tree fern





Natural mineral water...





At around 12pm, we reached the summit:

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Around 900 feet, we arrived at an abandoned village called Kampung Jagoi Gunong. I had an eerie feeling when entering this "ghost" village. Somemore I saw the Human skulls in a small hut!!!


The dense tropical jungle.





Welcome to the abandoned village.





Where is everyone?





Am I entering into another dimension?





Looking around...but we still couldn't find anyone.

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The Human skulls!




Human skulls found in this small "storage hut":





Decoration on an empty house:





"Ghost" village...





Old longhouse:







When we're walking towards Baruk(a house for ceremony) , we saw some clothes hanging on the cable.






There, we met the last family in the village. According to a young Bidayuh villager, everyone was moved down to the foothill since long time ago because the elder people found inconvenient to move around in the mountain area. This last family will join them soon once their newly constructed house at the foothill is completed. At that time, this village will consinder an abandoned village.

The Human skulls are the skulls of their ancestor. Every August, all the villagers from foothill will hike to their old village to celebrate Gawai Antu and the skulls will carry out by villagers from the hut to the Baruk for the Gawai Antu ceremony.



THE END.

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Woah can imagine your goosebumps as you stumble upon the skulls! Love your village shots!

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Woah can imagine your goosebumps as you stumble upon the skulls! Love your village shots!

Thanks....

[luenny]

Wow, you call this no challenge at all? Hmm ... next time if I go Sarawak hiking I'll make sure I tell my guide I want to go on a trail that's no challenge at all. Hopefully I'll be able to make it to the top that way.