Bako National Park, Kuching, Sarawak - The Inaugural Journey

The gang decided on a trip to go to Bako National Park a few weeks ago. Mr P decided to join us.

Bako National Park is famed for it's rock formations, treacherous trails and it's colonies of monkeys, gibbons and wild boars. Suffice to say, the island was beautiful. We were blessed with a sunny day, the waters were clear and our pre-determined trail took us on a boat ride from the mainland to the park entrance and a 1.5hour trail to a beach named Pandan Kecil.

Arriving on the island, it was clear that there have been some marked improvements made to it's facilities, including a new jetty. Took a pic of the old jetty that was supposedly destroyed by a rogue wave. 

Bako National Park's rock formations are majestic, for lack of a better word. One cannot help but feel small standing to such magnificent structures made by the hands of God himself; or years of corrosion if you're a non believer.

Took a short break before heading on with our trail, it was long and arduous, all 2 hours of it (1.5 hours for the more experienced and fit). Devoid of trees, the trail was not difficult, but on a hot day like this, it was painful. Came home with a sunburn (!@%$@&!) But towards the end of the trail, when you can just about hear the lapping of waves, the trail opens up to a flat rocky cliff overlooking the beach, Pandan Kecil. It was beautiful! 

We made our way down to the beach carefully, there were man-made steps and ladders but I have an inate fear of falling down rocky surfaces and stairs. It was very steep but the journey down was well worth it.  

On facebook, the picture above was captioned "Hello? McDonald's?" by my hiking mate. It was her way of teasing me and my inability to live without my cell phone. LOL  

Took some pictures with some of the structures at the beach as well as some of the inhabitants (the crab, cause we couldn't get hold of the monkeys and wild boars).

***NO ANIMALS WERE HURT/KILLED/SLAUGHTERED/EATEN IN THE MAKING OF THIS POST***

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Potluck at Khoon and Linda's

 



End of the September marks the end of summer for most people, but to us in Kuching, to my friends, it marked the end of a horrendous heatwave. We were blessed with beautiful weather that evening, with a thunderstorm earlier in the afternoon which in turn brought a cool and breezy evening, which was perfect for the potluck hosted by our hosts Linda and her husband Khoon at their recently acquired and renovated apartment.

 

 

 

Linda must have been really busy that day because she definitely cooked up a storm for the lot of us. My friends and myself included, enjoyed a lovely dinner ranging from braised pork knuckle, chicken kacangma and chicken curry cooked by the hostess herself. I myself made a Thai green papaya salad and our photographer, of whom took the above pictures, cooked up some pretty awesome mixed vegetables.

 

 

Linda even had time to whip up a non-bake Oreo Cheesecake. I reckon her Oreo Cheesecake is better than those made by the more commercialized bakeries because she took into account our health needs and the cheese filling wasn't as sweet as its store-bought compatriots.

 

Dinner was wonderful and of course, swift because none of us wanted to waste any more time; alcohol does not wait. Like any other good party, the night ended up with us drinking a lot of beers and 2 bottles of vodka with Ribena. No, we didn't get that drunk. Infact, we were so sober that we were still able to go out to the balcony overlooking the south side of the city of Kuching and cam-whored a little bit with the girls.

 

 

See? Still sober. Told you so. xoxo