Kampong Kerangan, Malaysia

Travel Blogs from Kampong Kerangan (4)

Waterfall, Kampong Kerangan, Malaysia travel blog
Waterfall
May 24, 2009

Back into the longboats for a second exhilarating ride across the lake and up one of the tributaries to the waterfall. The waterfall itself was no big deal in the end, but the stroll up the creek to it, surrounded by tropical jungle, was fascinating. The ...

A travel blog entry by geoffnsteph
Jungle trek up
Jungle trek up 'orrible hill
May 25, 2009

We volunteered to do the 'orrible hill trek. The Binoculars and Mr Tenko (67 years old, retired fireman) joined us for the start, a 90 minute longboat ride up a different river. Having turned up a shallow creek we reached another small Iban longhouse. We ...

A travel blog entry by geoffnsteph
Batang Ai Hilton Resort, Kampong Kerangan, Malaysia travel blog
Batang Ai Hilton Resort
May 22, 2009

We set off early for our 4+ hours drive to the Hilton Batang Ai resort, out in the jungle. First stop was at Serian, a brief pit-stop for toilets and tour of the local market. Lots of cheap local fruit and vegetable and an assortment of tourist tat and ...

A travel blog entry by geoffnsteph
Iban longhouse, Kampong Kerangan, Malaysia travel blog
Iban longhouse
May 23, 2009

Same old Hilton breakfast, but not upto Kuching standard! Down to the jetty to board our longboat for the hour's journey up river to the Iban longhouse settlement. A brilliant journey sitting back watching the jungle as we zigzagged trhough river ...

A travel blog entry by geoffnsteph