Journey to Bubot waterfall

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March 28-29, 2009. Last week was my first time to over night near a waterfall at Sarawak-Kalimantan border. The journey took us almost 5 hours to the waterfall....and the whole area was infested with blood sucking leeches. It was a bit tough for me especially carrying a big backpack but it was a good place to train myself before carrying backpack to climb higher mountains in Borneo. This area is a good place to relax & enjoy the mother nature created by God.




We have to criss-crossing the river for 9 times!!!

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Pix 2: The water is mixture of blackwater & clearwater.






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Pix 6: A small cascade.

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Pix 9: No time to look for fish, so no picture of any fish in this trip.





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Pix 13: Bubot waterfall....hiden deep inside the jungle of Borneo.





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Pix 15: It is a beautiful waterfall!!!






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Pix 18 Trying this double exposure in the jungle hut at night.....I was firing my flash twice & asked my friends to pose for me in 2 diffirent position.....all set to manual mode.








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Pix 21: The night sky





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Pix 23: The temperature suddenly drop below 18 degree Celsius after midnight....and I forgot to bring sleeping bag, so I woke up in the middle of the night & used my raincoat (poncho) to cover my legs.






Pix 24: light painting






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These few shots were taken at night. It's much easier to shoot insects at night compared to day time as they will not run away even your macro lens is less than 10cm away from the insects....



Pix 26: Tiger beetle (Cicindela aurulenta)





Pix 27: Katydid





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Pix 29: Grasshopper





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Pix 31: No idea what is this?





Pix 32: spider





Pix 33: Mosquito & the caterpillar





Pix 34: All the moths come to lick my wet shirt & trousers.....

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Pix 38: The mating spiders





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Pix 40: Cricket

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Pix 41: preparing food in the kitchen.




Pix 42: BBQ chicken wings.






Pix 43: BBQ pork.





Pix 44: The most delicious food prepared by our guide: bamboo chicken mixed with ginger!






Pix 45: Cooking the bamboo chicken (meats are kept inside the bamboo & burn the bamboo under the fire)

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Pix 46: BBQ potatoes...





Pix 47: Supper time in a jungle hut:





Pix 48: Kitchen





Pix 49: Good morning, Borneo!





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Pix 54: Blood sucker, leech vs Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)





pix 55: Few minutes later, the leech "melt"!





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Pix 57: Blood sucker, leech.




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To be continued......

[ranmasatome]

Woot.. great pictures!! looks like you had fun!

and isn't that insect an ant?

[kuching]

Woot.. great pictures!! looks like you had fun!

and isn't that insect an ant?

Thanks for viewing....

[MrTree]

nice leech!!!

ahaha

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Pix 59: flower of a species of ginger.




Pix 60: First time found this species of aroid, Hapaline appendiculata which is one of the rarest aroid in Borneo.





Pix 61: The inflorescence is white in colour. (same species as above)





Pix 62: Some of the leaves of this aroid are greenish coloured. (same species as above)




Pix 63: Flowers of a scrub.

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nice leech!!!

ahaha

Ha!ha! yup....

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Pix 64: Unidentified species





Pix 65: A saprophyte plant (no leaf):





Pix 66: a species of Pandan (Pandanus sp.) which got bluish-dark green leaves!!! It is growing together with Homalomena sp. (aroid)






Pix 67: Schismatoglottis wallichii (aroid).






Pix 68: Fern leaf

[Captain Telecredible]

bro,
Can you kindly confirm with me cause im going Kuching in 19 of June for hiking. Intend to make you as a tour guide for us.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Kenneth

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Pix 69: Probably is a Hibiscus ??





Pix 70: Dendrobium anosmum (orchid).






Pix 71: Close-up of Dendrobium anosmum (orchid).







Pix 72: A big clump of Coelogyne orchid.






Pix 73: Hill paddy field





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bro,
Can you kindly confirm with me cause im going Kuching in 19 of June for hiking. Intend to make you as a tour guide for us.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Kenneth

I already sent an email to u.