[DAY 2: ESCAPE TO KUCHING, SARAWAK]

WO JIA LODGE -- BAKO NATIONAL PARK -- TEMPLE -- WO JIA LODGE -- JALAN PADUNGAN

Left room about 7.30 a.m., passed by the foodcourt at Carpenter's street. Went to try out this kueh chap.

~ Kueh Chap, RM 6.00 ~

Cooked by a middle age lady. I don't think is that special as there's nothing much but cost RM 6.00.

Check out the one below later which is tastier and more things inside.

~ Pork Porridge, RM 3.50 ~

~ Old Courthouse ~

Has converted into a western restaurant, but was a little run down as attractive from the exterior but not the interior.

Finally, it's time to travel to the jetty.

Bako National Park.

Bako is a unique place where nature combined with spectacular landscape of steep coastline cliffs and eroded rock formation.

~ The jetty, becareful of crocodile ~

~ On the way by speedboat ~

~ Reach, it takes about 30 minutes ~

~ Entrance from the Bako lobby ~

~ The Jungle trail tracks ~
Image from: Bako National Park

~ The wild boar roaming around the chalets ~

~ Special dragonfly ~

~ Different kind of pandan leaf ~

~ Pathway to start the trail ~

On the way along the tracks, you can see natural scenery, habitats, plant life and wildlife.

~ Uncle Billy is showing us where are the Proboscis Monkey ~

~ Other than that, hitting the tree hard and loud also another way of S.O.S, because the sound is loud and clear from far ~

~ Swarm area ~

~ Small stream for the fishes, tortoise and soft-shell turtle (Family of Trionychidae) ~

~ Proboscis Monkey ~

~ They are taking their afternoon nap ~

~ Flying Lemur ~

~ Red Dragonfly ~

~ The small restaurant for our lunch ~

Food wasn't that good, but just to make sure our stomach has something so we just ate a little since it's covered in the tour fees.

~ Continue another side of the trail ~

~ Able to find Hermit Crab around here (but difficult to find) ~

~ Also able to find a lot of Fiddle Crab ~

The crab which has only 1 side with large claw (Male),

claw with both same sizes (female)

~ Looking at it, it's scary ~

~ We are going to climb thatttttt ~

~ Finally reached the other side of the mountain - Telok Paku Beach ~

~ The Beach scenery ~

~ Little shells ~

~ The sea is so rough, kinda scary ~

~ The Sea Stack, signature Icon in Bako ~

~ Different angles create different images ~

It depends on you imaginative imagination to derive what does this stack portrays

** If you feel like tracking the jungle, appreciate the nature as well as looking out for strange things in the jungle, you seriously need an experienced guide to show you around.

Or else you gonna missed a lot of things that you wouldn't know or thought off if you track alone.

Next, very kind of Uncle Billy to give extra service to us to this Temple.

~ Muara Tebas Temple ~

~ Such amazing scenery from the top ~

After finishing the trail, went back to Kuching City for food.

~ Small: RM 6.00, Big: RM 7.00 ~

~ The Carpenter Street ~

This is nice, only opens in the evening (cooked by a man).

This is to separate the North Kuching and South Kuching.

Uncle Billy said North Kuching are more to Malays while the South Kuching is more to Chinese.

The below restaurant is the so called famous kolok mee descendent.

Wasn't able to taste as it closes early.

Shops in Kuching closes at about 6p.m. plus.

~ Kolok Mee (Chinese style), RM 3.00 ~

The Chinese one is better than the Malay Kolok Mee.

~ The 9 Cats in the night ~

Whole day tracking is seriously tiring. Ouchhh.. Finally is time to get some rest before another tracking the next day.