Muara Tebas

Muara Tebas is a small malay fishing village near Bako village about 40 minutes drive from Kuching City. Even a small fishing village, it is still busy with life: Fishing boat, ships coming in and out of the river mouth. Fishermen upload their catch of the day at the jetty. Fresh seafood are serve at the seafood restaurant. The price for a nice seafood meal is reasonable.

For those anglers, they can rent a boat to go out fishing.

A nice scenery taken on the boat during my way back to the jetty


A fishing boat going out to sea.

Some visitors will visit the beautiful temple just situated at the hill of Muara Tebas village. The view of the temple was taken from the river. A view that are seldom seen by others.

KL : A Different Perspective

Kuala Lumpur, have been widely known by all as a central of administrative in Malaysia. For those who loves shopping, it is a paradise. How true is the term 'shop till you drop' for this group of people. I have always project the nature of Malaysia surrounding thus here i shift my perspective toward city.

Hance, here i am portraying KL as through the lense of my camera.

The Petronas Twin Tower at night from my hotel room.

Another famous tower that you can see clearly. Usually at night.

A hectic down town, near bukit bintang. The forest are replaced by another type of forest: buildings.

The beer garden where I relax myself. A few bottle of San Migual beer should do the trick after a hard day shopping.

Love this place, in bukit bintang. Sitting and listening to the live band. The waiteress are friendly especially if there know you are from Sabah or Sarawak.

A view toward bukit bintang.

TOURISM SPOT: FAIRY CAVE, BAU

Bau Town, what is there to see? some people commented.

Through history we know that Bau was a gold quarry town before and are full of interesting place to visit, namely the fairy Cave and Wind cave, the traditional Bidayuh village, its lime stone forest which are diverse in orchid, and plants. Picnic should be in the itinerary or just walk around the busy and rustic Bau town itself (some part of the town). You will find the jungle produce market an interesting place to visit.

If you fancy shopping at the border town: Serikin is the place. What can you get? Rattan mat and everything except KFC, McDonald.

Hance, here I highlight the fairy cave and wind cave. I have no pictures of the cave itself as this trip i did not go into the cave. The recreational facilities provided are excellent for picnic at the side of the cave. Here are some of the pictures for you to judge if it is worth the time to visit this place.

The ample parking space just at the mouth of the fairy cave and it is line up with trees.


A model of Baruk (traditional Bidayuh warrior house) which is the office used by SFC. Yes, you need to registered to enter the cave. The beautiful limestone on the background. Limestone have a high density of orchids.


The BBQ pits and picnic spot for families. Don't worry about the sun as it is shaded by the trees.


Another resting place.



The stream running besides the cave. It a heaven to BBQ and at the same time you can dip in the nice cold stream.

Fishing Trip at Tanjung Datu, Sarawak

As my friends are preparing to celebrate Gawai. I spend the weekend, fishing at Tanjung Datu, Sarawak. The trip was planned by my good friend, Mr Chai and it has been a while i went out fishing with him. Mr Chai had been fishing at Tanjung Datu for 30 plus years using the same boat captain. He have scheduled and booked the fishing trip for the whole year.

We boarded the boat at 1 pm and on our way we go. with the sea breeze blowing and the sun baking on us. Fortunately, the boat have shade for us.

The destination for this trip is at the tip of Sarawak. If we go any further, we will be illegal alien in Kalimantan. The target fish for the afternoon is Great Travelly and parrot fish. Then at night, the targetted fish are snapper and jew fish... hopefully travelly using jig.

Picture above show where we are heading to.

During the journey, Mr Chai using a red head rapalla trolling lure or the local called it Marlboro (cigarrete). Why? Because if you look at the top of the box, it is red.
A view of the Tanjung Datu after we pass Teluk Melano. The sea was calm and the water was crystal clear. Hopefully, have fish.
I used prawn as bait thus i caught this parrot fish at 5.45 pm. after waiting for a period of time as a few of my friends hooked a few fish before me hooking at this parrot fish. It is always a feeling of either i am using the correct bait or cashing my line at the correct location when my friends started to hooked fishes in.
We spend the night fishing away and also caught squid. If you are fishing for red snapper, we advice you to use fresh squid.
A view during the day break early morning at 6.06 am. love this time of day. A small boat was fishing not far from us. Will write more on fishing trip.

Happy fishing! Be an angler and not a fishermen.

Bintulu a beautiful town with full of Tourism potential

It have been ages since i visit Bintulu. It have turned into not a so small town anymore. Bintulu still is an oil and gas town with huge infrastructure development.

Driving is easy in Bintulu town as the street are properly planned and i love especially the road next to the old airport (Picture below). The old airport use to be situated in center of town but now have moved to the new location which is 30 minutes drive from Bintulu town.


My friend drove us to Tanjung Batu for a few cups of coffee, love the area as it have a nice coffee area and leisure area for family. The old temple in front of the Kemena River. The temple is situated in center of town.

Every where i travel, i always go along the river as to see how can i charter boat for fishing. hance, here a boat for hire for those anglers.

After an hour of going around center of town, we stop at 'Popular Cafe' shop to have some breakfast and coffee. The food is average. In Bintulu, i will recommend you to try fried mee in gravvy. Situated next to the coffe shop is a small landscape.

I will keep posting new things about bintulu as i still have much to say especially on travel.

BBQ and Steamboat in Kuching, Sarawak

BBQ and Steamboat

Travel and sightseeing have always been an exciting things to do. A quote by a friend is "Travel will exposed you to new experiences, reading a page in a book will only give you a page of knowledge".

If you travel, you need to eat too. Hance I highlight an eatery place near RH Plaza in BDC next to Four Point Hotel. It clean and cheap especially for those who love BBQ and steamboat and have big appetite. Why? Because, you pay RM 18.00 and eat all you can.

The informal atmosphere, open space dinning at the same time enjoying, laughing and eating. The best part is eat all you can, a variety of ingredient you can choose from for your BBQ and steamboat from lamb, beef, chicken, prawn, crab, fish ball, beef ball, vegetable, egg, friend rice, ice-cream etc.

Varieties of vegetables on the counter for you to choose from.

If you love seafood, fresh crab, prawn or fish. You can cook it using the hotplace or in the hot soup. You can choose either chicken soup or tom yam.

The picture above shows what is BBQ and steamboat. The size of lamb meat and prawn during my diner at this place.


Bon appetite!!! Do try it once if you never have BBQ steamboat.

Nice Place to Stay at Lundu

It was early this year that we had our train the trainer course at a Resort called Bank Union Retreat in Lundu, Sarawak.

For those who are seeking a retreat for a short holiday. I proposed you to go to this resort. It have nice facilities that makes some of the 5 star resort look like a 4 star. You have a choice to choose from for accommodation. They have a few nice banglo for families and for those who can't afford the banglo, they do provide hostel like accommodation facilities. This resort do have a nice caffeteria which offer a wide range of foods and drinks. Some of us love black coffee and some of us love to drink beer.

The view to the sea is always a welcoming sight especially I looks forward to sunset and sun rise. The activities that we did are playing pool, swimming, photography, leisure walk and went to the Lundu town to taste the local delicacies by the local communities.


Some of my friends hobby is phototaking, thus you can see his camera at hand. It a nice place to take pictures.

We are on the bar counter watching a movie at the same time having nice hot coffee and chit chat.

A swimming pool is welcoming sight for those who loves water. The facilities also include a small pool for kids.
The swimming pool started to get full in 15 minutes as most of us just finish our course.

It in the evening that we started to sit around the pool to enjoy our time with friends.

There are a couple of resort around this area but not as modern as Union Retreat Resort. The nearest national park is Gunung Gading National Park that are always welcoming the visitors. One of the things that you must see during your trip to Gunung Gading National Park is the Raffesia flower. Some of the flower grow as big as 1 meter in diameter.