Location : Kampung Kiding & Sapit, Padawan District, Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia.

We organised this private trip specially for Mr Ng an adventure operator/guide from Kuala Lumpur. With the intention of marketing it to the world of course. The drive to the trailhead got me quite confused with the ongoing construction of the new road. Overshot and landed in Kampung Parang instead. Must have wasted an hour trying to get back on track. Lack of trekking the last couple of months had me puffing all the way up the 7km trail. After the heavy dose of durians I chosed to stay back while Ng and Siyut headed for Gareg Fall. After dinner Bakas, Ng and I had a very fruitful brainstorming session on how to improve the tour package for Ng’s future clients. Impressive ideas generated. Really looking forward to implement these ideas for Ng’s clients.

Kampung Kiding

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The friendliest boy in Kiding insisted I took a photo of him and his fav cat
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Small but lovely kitchen..
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Gourds & corns
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Proud Bakas with his biggest cucumber ever @ 3.2kg, comparing with the ordinary one on the right
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A fruit that has to be cooked to be eaten. First time ever to see it fruiting
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Squirrel tail collection
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BBQ squirrel
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Ijok hair to be made into ropes
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Borneo bamboo bong
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Bee hive
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Mhurus seeds

At 12 noon the next day we started to trek towards Kampung Sapit. A new trail which I had always wanted to recce but put off for more than half a year. This trail started on pretty flat terrain with fruits like durian and apple manggo strewned across the jungle path. As we got farther from the farming area life started to get difficult with overgrown grass or completely covered trails. Some spots were blocked by fallen trees or bamboos. Much time was wasted in clearing all these.

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Nice scenery from Manggu here

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Cucumbers growing everywhere

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New Testament Church (NTC) retreat
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Organic farm

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Piped in water

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Rocket stoves for mass cooking when hundreds or thousands of church followers visit
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With the Mr & Mrs Jeffersons & Siyut

We could have stayed longer than the 30 minutes we were there. This church and retreat is too beautiful to miss out. Reluctantly, we bade our farewell to the Jeffersons as our Sapit friends had been waiting for our arrival since 2 hours ago! My cellphone had been ringing mad. Half an hour more to go. Very steep steps on the way to Kampung Sapit.

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View of Kampung Sapit from NTC
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Very very steep steps to the Sapit village

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