Put-in @ Sg Abang : Emma, Azmi, Yang Jian, Alexander & Greg. 8th October 2007
Yang Jian (from Tianjin, China) and Alexander Zyik (from Germany) booked our trip through Borneo Interland Travel Sdn Bhd leaving the kayaking trip for the last day before catching the 6pm flight out of Kuching this evening. And Emma Taggart from Melbourne, Victoria emailed us the night before and managed to rope in Greg Peonia from San Diego, California to join in the
fun and adventure of kayaking through the tranquil rainforests of Borneo Highlands this morning.
Kayaking rocks! Just ask these folks.
Talk about doing things in the last minute! But they are all glad they did with pleasant memories of their time on the waters of Kuching. Here are some snaps from Azmi and Juri; edited by FH2o. Wouldn’t you rather be outside doing this on a Monday instead of being cooped up the entire day inside an office building? *sighs*
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Mr Dennis Van Eijsden, journalist from Travelution magazine, Netherland, was in town and was assisted by Sarawak Tourism Board (who contacted us) in planning his visit around Kuching for his write-up and photo shoot session. Thanks to STB (thank you Gracie!), our rainforest kayaking adventure was part of the activities planned for him on the 26th September 2007.
With so many things to see and do in such a short stay here, Azmi and Dennis paddled non-stop from Bengoh to Kg Semadang in record time where he was immediately picked up for what was planned for him next - a home stay at Anah Rais longhouse. Phew! Is this what you call paddlelution? Whatever lah.
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Azmi outnumbered by 3 ladies from Malacca @ Sg Abang put-in, Borneo Highlands
Tan Swee Yin, Ng Moey Yoy and Tan Swee Sim, 3 lovely ladies from Malacca were holidaying in Kuching staying at Carpenter Guesthouse decided to have a bit of adventure here and signed up on our Rainforest Kayaking Adventure trip on Monday, 24th September 2007.
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HoSung You from Seoul, South Korea and compatriot Kim were travel marketing consultants who specifically flew in to Kuching just for the day to check out our kayaking trips together with travel consultant Andy from KL. Wow.
You had chanced upon our Kuching Kayak website and this blog and was thrilled that there’s more to do in Kuching than the usual boring and stale same-old same-old tourist ‘attractions’ offered by the local agents here, year in and year out.
Kiwi and Masters student (on nature conservation) Charlotte Fletcher was in town too for the 4th Borneo Tourism Conference 2007 and was staying at Singgahsana Lodge when she spotted our flyer there and being a keen (whitewater) kayaker decide to check us out as well and excitedly rang us the night before to sign up for the trip.
Charlotte Fletcher from Christchurh @ Secret Waterfall, Borneo Highlands
So on Saturday morning we disembark at Sg Abang, Bengoh but unfortunately Andy’s frozen shoulder has not healed yet and Kim in his excitement has forgotten to dress for kayaking and decided to sit it out. As such HoSung You decided to only do a short portion of the trip and take-out at Kg Danu so that his fellow travellers would not have to wait too long for him.
Charlotte hanging on and getting wet 0n Sg Sarawak Kiri, Borneo Highlands, 15 September 2007
I carried on with Charlotte after Danu and who throughout and at the end of the trip find the experience to be simply “AWESOME”! HoSung You is of the same opinion and on the 12th of next month would be bringing in a group from Korean; and this time he and Kim would be doing the entire trip. Awesome! Trusting that your Saturday and weekend has been too!
Charlotte had an “awesome” time on 15 September 2007, so did HoSung You!
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Errol Ross, James Newman, Johnny Lawson & Azmi @ Secret Waterfall, Borneo Highlands 3rd September 2007
It had been raining almost the entire night before and the rain just managed to ease briefly when Azmi set off for Borneo Highlands on Monday morning with the 3 Scottish Errol, James and Johnny, who signed up for the
Kuching Rainforest Kayaking Trip, whose spirits were not dampened in the least. Perhaps they had downed some good scotch spirits the night before?
Getting high up on a vine instead of a bottle of scotch!
Photo by Azmi
Just take a look at the photographs of the splashing fun they had on a wet Monday! Sure beats sitting inside an office like I did. Darn!
Soaking Scottish @ Sg Sarawak Kiri!
Photo by Azmi
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Group photo at the put-in @ Sg Abang. Notice how the first timers do not like to get their feet wet!
From left - FH2o, Shaun, Mr Sia, Winnie, Roy and Jimmy.
Winnie together with her colleagues Jimmy and Roy from
Pearl Holidays in West Malaysia are checking out the attractions of Kuching with Mr Sia, the ever affable Managing Director of local travel agency,
Pin Sing Travel who promptly suggested that they get their feet wet by taking
our rainforest kayaking trip on Sunday morning as one of the “must-do” adventure activity while visiting Kuching. Mr. Sia having been ‘baptised’ on earlier trips with us;
is now quite an ‘expert’ paddler and wants to try all our other trips!
Shaun picks up a fig from the river and wants to eat it! (It’s edible lah!)
An unforgettable experience for Shaun and Winnie on Sg Sarawak Kiri, 2 September 2007
Winnie’s plucky eight years old son who tagged along was all excited and eager to get onboard the kayak with me even though it was going to be a short ‘sampler’ trip from Bengoh to Kg Danu. Except for Mr. Sia, this was their first kayaking experience ever and though they did not know what to expect; they were unexpectedly and pleasantly surprised at what a wonderful experience it was to be floating through the beautiful rainforests of Sarawak. And they as seasoned travel agents thought that they “had been and done it all already”. Well.
Roy & Jimmy - “Beats seating on a tour bus anytime!”
Winnie, Shaun, MM and NN had a great time and the experience now to show and share with the future guests of Pearl Holiday (M) Travel & Tour Sdn Bhd a wonderful kayaking adventure through the Sarawak rainforests in Kuching. They even asked me to issue them a certificate for having ‘conquered’ Sg Sarawak Kiri! Hmm.
Team ‘Pin Sing’ and team ‘Pearl Holidays’ teams up on Sg Sarawak Kiri, Borneo Highlands
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Feeling nationalistic and looking sissy on the waters of Salak Bay, 31st August 2007.
What a better way to spend Malaysia’s National Day than to be on her beautiful waters. Here’s wishing you all Happy Merdeka Day!
Reflecting on boleh-land and bodoh-island … hmmm
Pulau Bodoh with Gunung Serapi in the background. 31st August 2007
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Heidi was all smiles for Kalle on Sg Sarawak Kanan, Bau 19 August 2007
Kalle and Heidi from Vantaa (near Helsinki) , Finland are on a honeymoon and instead of taking a cruise as most
boring people do; opt to do our rainforest kayaking trip on Sungai Sarawak Kanan on Sunday, 19th August 2007 in the Bau area. Kalle booked our trip by email after chancing on
www.kuchingkayak.com while googling for information on Sarawak.
Love as timeless as the rainforestSo how did the Finnish couple find our trip? They absolutely loved it especially Kalle who had been on an ice field mountain in Norway just two months ago. It was an “incredible experience” for them so I didn’t want to spoil the magic by pointing out that the ‘misty fog’ was in fact the onset of our infamous haze! *ahem*.
Not your typical finnish landscape right Kalle?
Now that we have honeymoon kayaking - how about a kayak wedding on the waters in our rain forest? Takers anyone? The wedding photography on the waters is complimentary!
The magic of our rainforest - minus the haze
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Put-in @ Sg Abang : Emma, Azmi, Yang Jian, Alexander & Greg. 8th October 2007
Kayaking rocks! Just ask these folks.
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