tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13904042823238292552024-02-07T04:58:24.201-08:00Lok-chiak "落甲""Lok-chiak" - a phrase in Fujian dialect, describes a state of fishing where every angler dreams of, simply translated as "once dropped, they were taken"Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-77769779847087366452022-05-21T06:07:00.003-07:002022-06-03T07:45:43.495-07:00你的孙女<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGl3CEDns5zVeoUEQXj6VbrWjjkM4fz9kIz5-tp8cRtEh-ULchEcm_nafNSq8wU6jTjUtbWUUtPoErpmGZV8ii_48VIa8j9pkeqpMZIZGE6IHR8ytMgjkBqpBsrejynImNaTIE5FTOgGCZpY6v_T3HC2DsO8cmjTDXwmAKJeJG6RbYpf4dbYyMohgdQ/s4624/20211011_214612.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="4624" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGl3CEDns5zVeoUEQXj6VbrWjjkM4fz9kIz5-tp8cRtEh-ULchEcm_nafNSq8wU6jTjUtbWUUtPoErpmGZV8ii_48VIa8j9pkeqpMZIZGE6IHR8ytMgjkBqpBsrejynImNaTIE5FTOgGCZpY6v_T3HC2DsO8cmjTDXwmAKJeJG6RbYpf4dbYyMohgdQ/s320/20211011_214612.jpg"/></a></div>
在你离开5年之后, 她报读了在新山的一家医学院, 并在2020年毕业了。 <p>
2021年的清明,她复印了毕业证书,在你的灵位边烧祭给你。让你看看, 她说。<p>
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她常和我说,在大学里的那5年里,临考试时常常梦到你。 问她说你在梦里都和她说了什么,她说你都是不说话,就望着她,微笑着。<p>
平日里每每吃到你以前曾煮给她吃的食物时,她会说你以前常煮这道菜给她吃。她说你准备了大半天的食物, 就老爱坐在饭桌上看她一口一口的吃饭,不说话。<p>
2020年3月始, 新冠肺炎蹂躏全球。种种变化之后, 2021年7月, 在新冠肺炎肆虐当中, 她只身到英国追逐她要当个好医生的理想。 <p>
今天是2021年8月7日,她刚刚发简讯来, 说她入境英国的最后一个病毒测试已过关了。<p>
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我只是想, 让你知道关于她今天的这些,你应该会很欣慰。
Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-44665047488987435002014-09-24T22:11:00.002-07:002021-08-07T00:53:40.526-07:00Summary - Fishing and AllAlong with age, perhaps, I am feeling less enthusiasm in writing here. Been to and fished at few places, local and abroad, since my last penning down here in my blog.<br />
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<b>Hanzhou</b><br />
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This trip to Hanzhou took place early of year end last year. Route was Hanzhou-Shanghai-Hanzhou. We took a tourist van from Hanzhou and spent an evening only in Shanghai, with primary intention to try some authentic Shanghai food, and to visit The Bund. <br />
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My first visit to Shanghai was in year 2007 and I visited The Bund too. I recalled historical events that those buildings had witnessed in the last hundred years, and the sentiment was simply lamentable. <br />
I did not really like Shanghai, even then. I told my tour guide that day, who was my former colleague and good friend, that Shanghai was too metropolitan to my liking. <br />
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<i><b>A rare photo of my second brother and myself, with The Bund at the back.</b></i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi246ZWeWB6VHlBCjm8sDOSRwu21eNBSMFlKi7TY5A3_IUIPznxhjp_Xpq6wFfIkxTp3WggObdwMYvxuL33j5uohM_SkR833oLemLDjR7zu_X7YkaCX6Sqk_D3nbLi0pMBdVoLlnRCVxAkZ/s1600/20131206_150604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi246ZWeWB6VHlBCjm8sDOSRwu21eNBSMFlKi7TY5A3_IUIPznxhjp_Xpq6wFfIkxTp3WggObdwMYvxuL33j5uohM_SkR833oLemLDjR7zu_X7YkaCX6Sqk_D3nbLi0pMBdVoLlnRCVxAkZ/s200/20131206_150604.jpg" /></a></div>We visited 2 cities that were rebuild for the ancient effect of it; Shao Xing (绍兴) and Wu Zhen (乌镇). <br />
We hired a tourist MPV that took 5 of us comfortably and visited Shao Xing on our way from Shanghai back to Hanzhou. The driving took some an hour or so, if I remember correctly. <br />
This detailed engraved art piece at pillar of a traditional vinegar factory captured my attention. <br />
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Xian Heng was built in year 1884 and closed down couple of years after. In year 1981, the authority rebuild it and launched it as a major tourism attraction in Shao Xing, along with other tourism introduction Shao Xing as the home town of the great Chinese writer, Lu Xun (鲁迅). <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WlJfYacl6EQygvceATD03I9Yyd4ePgFqiGgov-iuuOWTXkIbD5Dg-pr6oBAvXlrEGMOTmUh_rzxifCq15gMkJFuiRh2ur4wu1cVN0d8RE0a3I03ydH6awk3Q7s1vNhJrjYPAiI00PVI0/s1600/DSC_0712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WlJfYacl6EQygvceATD03I9Yyd4ePgFqiGgov-iuuOWTXkIbD5Dg-pr6oBAvXlrEGMOTmUh_rzxifCq15gMkJFuiRh2ur4wu1cVN0d8RE0a3I03ydH6awk3Q7s1vNhJrjYPAiI00PVI0/s320/DSC_0712.JPG" /></a></div>While in Hanzhou, we visited Westlake (西湖), the famous garden built since Chinese Emperors time. I was told that Westlake is ranked top ten tourism attractions in whole China. A huge fresh water lake with islands, plants and flowers on nice landscape. I was rather interested if there is some nice exotic specie in here that I would return for some interesting fishing here, but only small idunnowat white fish was sighted. <br />
Leaves turned yellow and mostly were dropped as it was end autumn. I thought Westlake should be greener and therefore nicer during spring. <br />
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Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-67359465927265989692012-10-18T06:14:00.002-07:002012-11-26T20:55:06.587-08:00Last Minute Fishing Trip to Jarak WatersMy fishing buddy called me and asked me if I want to join a jigging + bottom fishing trip to Jarak waters on a new boat that we have not charter before. I got few things arranged after I hanged up his phone and call him again to say we shall go ahead.<br />
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I met trip organizer 2 days after, and after he shown me the photo of the boat we are going to board, I realise the boat is not completely new to us as we used that boat some 4 years back, with a somewhat terrible catch. I remember the trip where 3 skippers were trying hard to park the boat correctly in order to have our baits drift to a shipwreck, without success. It was obvious the estimation of skippers then to settle at a point with compromise between wind and tide were never succeeded.<br />
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Later we were informed that the skippers that took us out few years back is not working for the new boat owner anymore and we thought we should just proceed. <br />
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We tried jigging at a coral area some 8nm South of Pangkor Island, and one of fellow fishing mates got awarded with a beautiful 4-kgish golden snapper. All other jigging anglers register no bite at all. <br />
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Got this small kerapu in one of the spots on fresh squid. Since catch is small size, I clean and cut it into 4 pieces for 4 servings ;-)<br />
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JT got this mama groupa at 4am I think, weight about 20+kg.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-32352557007720343642012-09-30T23:18:00.002-07:002012-10-04T20:17:47.018-07:00Comparison of GT Fishing in Oman and Seram WatersWas checking with fishing charters in Seram Waters and Oman on fishing trip arrangements and got the information tabulated as below. <br />
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With the table, it is easier to see the difference between travelling time needed to reach the fishing ground of the two waters. Take Seram waters as an example, the flight route to reach Bandanaira would be KL-Jakarta-Ambon-Bandanaira, with one overnight in Ambon is needed due to flight departure time.<br />
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It is worth mentioning that the connecting flight from Ambon to Bandanaira is unscheduled and not fixed. Serve with small plane that can accommodate less than 20 passenger each time, the weight limit of luggage allow by each passenger is 10kg only, yes, 10kg. Additional luggage would be charged IDR 10,000 per kg which is still within reasonable range, I think.<br />
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The unsual thing is, there is no information available about this particular flight and one need to be physically presence there to get it booked. Meaning anglers could only book the itinery via the local fishing charter. Speedboats meant for sending tourist between Ambon and Bandanaira are available too, then again, not much information is available for one to plan a trip him or herself. <br />
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Bandanaira is located some 230km east of Ambon. While I check through information on the internet about Bandanaira, I got to know Bandanaira is a famous spot for diving too.<br />
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<table border="2" bordercolor="#0033FF" style="background-color:#000000" width="100%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3"><tr> <th> </th> <th>Trip duration (day) </th> <th>Total Cost in USD </th> <th>Actual Fishing Day </th> <th> Price base on Pax No. </th> <th> Cost per Day Fishing USD </th> <th> General Catch Rating </th> <th> Specie </th> <th> Option of Gear Provided</th> </tr>
<tr> <td>Oman</td> <td>5</td> <td>3,020</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>1,000</td> <td>4/5</td> <td>GT & YFT</td> <td>Yes</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Seram</td> <td>7</td> <td>1,755</td> <td>3.5</td> <td>4</td> <td>500</td> <td>3/5</td> <td>GT</td> <td>No</td> </tr>
</table>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-64812332180269544112012-09-04T01:23:00.000-07:002012-11-26T21:00:21.432-08:00Dishes of Home Birthday DinnerA dinner was planned at home couple of weeks back, for celebration of my sister birthday. My wife and sister cooked some awesome food for that dinner and would post it here for my apetide induction.<br />
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<b>Steam deboned chicken in chinese wine.<br />
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My wife read about this dish from recipe magazine somewhere and opted for it as one of the main dishes that evening. The preparation involves deboning the chicken, tie it up with strings to hold its shape and marinate in Chinese herbs and after that got it steamed, follow by marinate it in Chinese wine for couple of hours before serving it. <br />
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This dish was impressive with the combined taste of chicken and chinese wine that blended very well. Though the level of saltiness is a bit insufficient in my liking but the thick aroma came out from a mouthfull chew was really good.<br />
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<b>Stew pig-skin in sweet-and-spicy pineapple curry<br />
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The process of stewing this crunchy pig skin in the curry made it absorbed with pineapple aroma, and when you chew it they flood your mouth with rich good taste. Very appetizing and made me taking it irresistibly!<br />
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<b>My sister favorite; gravy of stew pork and innards.<br />
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This dish was cooked as gravy for "mee-sua" (fine dry noodle), and it has been a tradition to add chicken eggs for giving longevity to the birthday person. Dip-fried lard is added to add rich flavor of it. Nice Chinese food but one could not take it much for it is too "riching"!<br />
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<b>A steamed sweetlip. <br />
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Told my sister that the taste of this specie is rather plain and perhaps she can do something about it. She put oyster sauce on it and kept it aside for sometime before got it steamed. The outcome was not bad; taste better with some MSG from the oyster sauce I believed. A brilliantly fresh fish nevertheless. <br />
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Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-30975727997180628842012-09-04T01:19:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:50:17.926-08:00Another Pekan TripJust realised I got some nice fishing trip photos in my lappy and thought why not get it posted here. The trip was made with skipper recommendation to test one of coral spots that has not been visited for years.<br />
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We caught 5 tuskies ranged from 2kg-ish to 4.5, not a bad spot I would say. <br />
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I witnessed the brutal pull of this tusky as I was right beside Ah Boy with catch net in my palm. The fellow went into tug war and the situation stayed 50:50 for 30 seconds or so, as each crank Ah Boy successfully made, follow by the line got peeled for few rounds.<br />
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Derrick with his tusky.<br />
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HP and GO chill out while we were on our way out.<br />
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A new nice boat at Pekan jetty, wondering who is the owner. <br />
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We did drift bottom fishing at few spots and were awarded with different species of squid and some white tail grouper too.<br />
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We brought one of the rather big size tuskies to the usual restaurant we have our dinner, and told the chef to prepare it in "mix servings", and it shall completely up to him on how to cook it. We waited for 30 minutes and this was how the fish turn up as; assam steam and ginger steam, loooove it!Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-55240941455748882452012-07-24T22:16:00.000-07:002012-07-24T23:15:32.292-07:00Working on a fishing trip in the waters of Seram Island, Indonesia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9KLeAXxS7LSBXKUOiqEqKXoW_6IU1TYDq3QPFYdgxPXZSysrT_EJIuR_kHOfSbLkrL3_9wp7IKo-_X2Bqk5ZfIQwmqF87mm8x-ylcwOy7Bk5L1pfpYxKu-G5a5lMN-vjX5X94x9a2nOL/s1600/seram+island+00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="236" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9KLeAXxS7LSBXKUOiqEqKXoW_6IU1TYDq3QPFYdgxPXZSysrT_EJIuR_kHOfSbLkrL3_9wp7IKo-_X2Bqk5ZfIQwmqF87mm8x-ylcwOy7Bk5L1pfpYxKu-G5a5lMN-vjX5X94x9a2nOL/s400/seram+island+00.jpg" /></a></div><b>Location of Seram Waters<br />
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My fishing buddy and me have been talking about fishing in Seram Island and some information about the schedule of fishing in Seram waters are listed below;<br />
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Flight Route of heading to fishing ground; KLIA-Jakarta (Int.)-Jakarta (Dom.)-Ambon-Bandanaira, with total traveling hours of approximately 48 hours to reach Bandanaira and overnight in Ambon because of early flight from Ambon to Bandanaira<br />
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Flight Route of returning to Malaysia; Ambon-Bandanaira-Jakarta (Dom.)-Jakarta (Int.)-KLIA, with total traveling hours of slightly less than 48 hours, with overnight in Bandanaira.<br />
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With the above traveling, fishing duration will be 3 1/2 full day fishing.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-27421725470835245892012-07-22T01:25:00.001-07:002012-07-22T19:35:43.318-07:00Beautiful Sungai Chiling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KOMzMRltQ2NHaL9GmjdBgpdu6t0f7nnqYW1JmB_0MWOVLftv7_SBL7uwEMlr8RqYI0HpdpqHUKTo4WJfhFPv5w4glU3vEormJzQg9MfuyZ6TvKhZkB037PgpP1DDjkZVD8AWogqvgE5K/s1600/P1020371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KOMzMRltQ2NHaL9GmjdBgpdu6t0f7nnqYW1JmB_0MWOVLftv7_SBL7uwEMlr8RqYI0HpdpqHUKTo4WJfhFPv5w4glU3vEormJzQg9MfuyZ6TvKhZkB037PgpP1DDjkZVD8AWogqvgE5K/s400/P1020371.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Visited Sungai Chiling sometimes back; beautiful river with thick trees and fishes swimming within. <br />
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My skin felt the breeze of forest when I was there. <br />
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My brother putting up tripod and trying to capture a "cotton feel" of flowing river.<br />
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Butterflies at river bank of Sungai Chiling<br />
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The photo of a "flowing" Sungai Chiling with longer exposure from my brother's camera.<br />
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And an ugly burnt rubbish site; with cockle shells, glass debris, napkins and many others.<br />
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Come on city folks, you came here for the wild river and of course you will hope to see the river in the same beautiful state when you return!<br />
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Another snapped on one of the waterfalls along our way back from Frazer Hill.<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-71667780371262967402012-07-09T00:55:00.001-07:002023-12-08T21:00:28.995-08:00Pekan Fishing, Seafood & Durian Makan Trip - July 7th 2012I have been planning to take my old friends out fishing for many years and eventually got that trip done on July 7th 2012. It was supposed to be a 2 days trip but got it shorten to 1 as guys on board could not take the heat. <br />
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With a large guiness stout added, the total price came up to RM 100+, not too expensive but can't say it was cheap either. <br />
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We left Puchong at approximately 6pm and jammed our way through for 2 and a half hours via Middle Ring Road 2. Reached Bukit Tinggi around 8 30pm and opt for the usual restaurant I normally stop by for dinner on my way to east coast for fishing.<br />
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Late dinner but guys were happy and in complete chatting mood. <br />
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Pekan jetty in 8am-ish of sun light. The sky was quite cloudy that time and I got my worries on choppy sea. After we got out to open sea I realised that wave was like 1m or so, calmed down pretty much after noon time.<br />
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Typical tourist-anglers behaviour when they are out on a fishing trip, particularly when they just got boarded is, to snap photo; on people on water on whathaveyou along the riverside at the sky, and guys were not exceptional. <br />
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When camera pointed at the skipper, he shied away from it; that he is, the skipper Ah Boy, pretending busy looking at GPS that was not switched on.<br />
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Kuala Pahang fisherman Jetty at riverside. <br />
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A happy angler with sotong jarum, some call it rocket, some call it bullet squid. <br />
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Squids were aplenty at unjam area; in total we hauled over 60 of them in 1 day fishing. We focused on squids and coral fishes and did not try tusky or mackerel at all. <br />
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Steam Flower Crab with egg and chinese rice wine, yummy!!<br />
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Opt for the usual Sri Pekan Restaurant to have our dinner. Other than the flower crab, the rest were our catch. <br />
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The speciality of Sri Pekan Restaurant; deep fried squid.<br />
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Crunchy, sweetness-from-the-sea and aroma from dunnowat spices are what you feel when you chew these. The restaurant served special sauce meant to compliment the fried squid too. Basically a spicy and sour sauce, you taste bud will be overwhelmed with tastes of all then.<br />
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This is what uncles do when they are contented; taking photos, beer and chat about everything and anything.<br />
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Our dinner before the plain steam fish served; assam steam leather jacket (or trigger fish as some likes to call it) and white tail grouper, chili padi + chinese rice wine steam squid, deep fried squid, steam flower crab & vege.<br />
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Plain steam kerisi (Threadfin Bream)<br />
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First time trying kerisi cooked this way. I like it cooked in deep fried or stew in bean paste better I guess. <br />
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Gutting and cleaning fish<br />
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Our big task on the second day was to clean our catch. Spent some an hour and half cleaning fish and clear the mess we created in boatman house. Left Pekan on 12 30 noon and heading West for home. Half way during the journey I remembered 1 restaurant in Karak that serve good sui yu (fresh water turtle) stew with Chinese herbs and decided we shall have our lunch there.<br />
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We finally found the restaurant (阿水饭店)and had our lunch there, however not too happy with the steam red tail asian cat fish that the owner claimed was from river, as the flesh is soft and come with heavy soil taste, so bad so that I had asked for additional chinese hua diao wine and poured on the fish, trying to subdue the soil taste.<br />
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Paid RM64 for that fish, hmmmm .... not impressed with it.<br />
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Durian displayed in stall in Karak.<br />
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We have some serious durian lovers with us; eaten durian in Pekan before our departure, follow by another round in Karak. <br />
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A close up photo on Mao San Wong (Raja Musang)<br />
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Stalls at Karak selling this at RM 28 per kg, and it was much expensive than price in Petaling Jaya area of RM 23. However, mood was good and we bought 2 of these at RM 99. Very strong and dominant taste.<br />
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See also you know it is nice already!<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-54031348594444558572012-05-26T09:04:00.002-07:002012-07-13T01:23:45.727-07:00Quest for Signatures Giant Trevally in Salalah, Oman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaROlSBuNjVsSaBeze5-B6ooOS00IZ1s4Sbvn4pH6dt8zG_T4DPCQ6T7IJaFc2q_ZA8TQ9Gj3zcK-L_-upxm7RQ8pSTmre_obivwvyoZbdGFMpA63YTRYrMNjZf589Mu9qv1oIGrF69_Oj/s1600/oman.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="325" width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaROlSBuNjVsSaBeze5-B6ooOS00IZ1s4Sbvn4pH6dt8zG_T4DPCQ6T7IJaFc2q_ZA8TQ9Gj3zcK-L_-upxm7RQ8pSTmre_obivwvyoZbdGFMpA63YTRYrMNjZf589Mu9qv1oIGrF69_Oj/s400/oman.gif" /></a></div><br />
Salalah in Southern Oman is renowned for fishing of Giant Trevally and I am reading to know more about it at the moment.<br />
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Update !!!<br />
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After some inquiries, I was fed with trip cost as follows;<br />
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For 3 days fishing and common cost shared among 3 persons, <br />
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a) Airfare 2 ways - USD 1,100<br />
b) 3 days lodging in Salalah - USD 500/person<br />
c) Fishing cost for 3 days per person - USD 1,200/person<br />
d) Airport transfer cost 2 ways (2 x 300kM) - USD 250/person<br />
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Optional popping/jigging gear if provided by charter – USD 50<br />
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Total basic cost per person comes to USD 3,050 is not too much if I take the trip as "1 in life-time experience", the tricky part is I have no good reference to know what should I expect and which month(s) in a year is the best season to do it.<br />
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I read trip report from Singapore fishing forum about the fishing there and was not really impressed with the catch; catch of GT with "signature" size reported, was few and far in between. <br />
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The prerequisite for me to decide on the intended fishing ground shall be; a GT or YFT that would put me on my knee while being tugged with it, and I have to be convinced by, at least from trip report and reference, that I would be able to get my target fishes in that trip itself.<br />
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With the fact that my job function which make me sit in office all day long, and therefore my deteriorating physical condition along with my age, I know I have to do a trip like such soon enough.<br />
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My fishing buddy sent me some fishing charter information in Indonesia waters that offers GT fishing with mixture or size between 10 to 30kg, and we are contemplating on the details of such fishing grounds at the moment.<br />
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Will keep checking and inquiring to make the trip materialize soon enough, or so I wish!<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-44192273393119895792012-05-18T06:59:00.001-07:002012-07-14T09:49:24.597-07:00Pekan Trips are getting nearer!! (Updated)The feeling of missing the sight of fish nibbling at fishing rod tip followed by strong and ferocious bow, is getting stronger and perhaps overwhelming.<br />
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I thought I could do more bottom fishing trips at Melaka strait earlier this year but did not pursue it actively as the entry barrier to have one 3d2n trip there is higher. The sight of a goldish red shadow underneath the water surface while I retrieve my catch is always freaking thrilling. However, getting enough number of correct anglers for a trip is not an easy task.<br />
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Cost of a 3d2n fishing trip in Melaka Strait ranged from RM 4k to 5k, and it is obvious the penalty I have to pay if I could not get enought anglers to share the trip out out, is considerable heavy. While I shall wait for correct timing where I can make up a boatfull anglers for a bottom fishing trip in Pulau Jarak waters, I decided I shall do some bottom fishings in Pekan waters, within which the tusk fish shall be my main target fish.<br />
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Earlier in April I booked 3 trips to Pekan in an evening, right after I had good fishing chat with fellow fishos friends. The trips were just confirmed with skipper earlier this week. <br />
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So going fishing in Pekan on June 9th & 10th, July 7th & 8th, and July 28th & 29th!<br />
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<b>Updates!<br />
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We did not take much photos on our June 9th and 10th trip but got few as posted below.<br />
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Bent of 20lb Shikari with a 45kg-ish sail fish at the other end.<br />
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During mid day my fishing buddy Derrick drifted a big eye scud out without any big plan in mind; was on a jig rig without wires and only with Kevlar line. When we were busy with something else, noise of big splash was heard the sail fish that took the bait already started her acrobatic escape. The sail fish did 3 U-turns to escape and made me went round the boat for 2 times when I try to bring it near to our boat. <br />
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Leader used was a 20lb fluorocarbon, something on humble side. In the 2nd run the saily took over 250m of lines out. Considering the worn and 3/4 full-spool braids for that reel were just been replaced on the night before, I was lucky!!<br />
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Cloudy sky when we were about to embark.<br />
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Derrick with Black Spot Tusk Fish, estimated at slightly over 3kg.<br />
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On the second day we tried jigging at usual spot where diamond trevally were found, for some 30 mins or so. Tried drift baiting at unjam area looking for mackerel too, but was not rewarded with any bite. Finally we switched back to tuskies fishing.<br />
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Skipper Ah Boy with his Black Spot Tusk Fish, caught using bottom-bouncing fishing mode, estimated at 3.5kg. <br />
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In total we got 10 tuskies in that 2 days fishing, with 3 or 4 of them estimated over 3kg scale and others in the 1.5kg-ish range.<br />
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We summarised the trip with the skipper with another trip planned later this year to tusky spots that are far remote and unvisited for few years! <br />
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Can't wait to have that trip happen!Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-49415121570202398922012-05-09T00:51:00.001-07:002012-05-14T22:13:12.836-07:00Freshwater Fishing - Khao Sok National Park, ThailandA fishing trip to rivers of Thailand was planned back in year 2010, with an ambitious target that is to catch a 4kg hampala barb on rod and line. Things in life came one after another and I finally made it to Thailand on April 27th this year. Two of us, my fishing buddy CK and me, supposed to make it together but due to some personal matters on CK, 2 weeks before the date I started to prepare to do this on a solo basis.<br />
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About the same time, the charter informed me that the rains in the targeted fishing ground came 2 months earlier. We were planning to fish in river at Hua Hin, a tourist town located at south of Bangkok reachable within 3 hours of driving. The rains have change the fishing ground and accessibility to it considerably; that river water level is higher, water is murkier, and above all, trekking route became slippery and physically not reachable.<br />
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Saw this when we were travel along the ring-road highway and thought it is unique and snapped a photo of it. After I got back home I did some searching and got the identity of the statue; it is the landmark of Erawan muzeum and the name of the area is Samut Prakan. <br />
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Bangkok city is on the right. Was told by fishing guide that thousand of Thai drove their car and parked it here for days during the 2011 Bangkok flood.<br />
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So the fishing ground has changed from Hua Hin to somewhere south. I have no clue where exactly is the place I am going to fish until the second day I reached Khao Sok National Park. We overnight in Surathani after some 6 and a half hours drives from Bangkok Airport, and travelled about 700km. <br />
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Looks quite similar with Kuala Tahan jetty, except the long wood boat with it's top-propeller. The propeller design supposed to have superior manoeuvring in shallow water that is needed in river banks, penalty that came with it, unfortunately, is the engine is not able to do reversing, completely. The process of getting the head of the boat reverse to leave a fishing spot or when the boat is stucked at shallow river bed could be a very labourious and time consuming one, as I have experienced.<br />
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The boat ride from jetty to our wooden bungalows took an hour and a half. Half way through the fishing guide asked me to prepare with lures on rod and cast immediately when fish rises are at sight. We spotted fish school rises for 2 times, with body colors resembles hampala barb and width about 4 or 5 inches, but all dived and disappeared when the noisy boat approached them.<br />
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Karsts were everywhere in the middle of the reservoir. The route to the camp is basically crossing all these nice stones.<br />
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I thought this was uniquely beautiful and asked the skipper to move closer for this photo. Obviously my simple dummy camera was not able to deliver the beauty of the stones. A wide angle lense and a filter would make huge difference, I believe.<br />
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Nature scenery and the fishing mood made me an excited man.<br />
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I have prepared for a much lower living infra in this fishing trip so was ok when I see this camp. The toilet is located high up on the hill, accessible through soft soil walkway that turned very slippery after rains. Nearly fell down and slip down in my 2nd evening here, feeeuuuuuuwww ...<br />
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Every time I asked where am I going to sleep, I was answered "floating bungalow". So it is, it is correct to certain extent to say this is a bungalow though. <br />
There is a small lamp provided and during night time, frogs, 5 or 6 of them, will be wandering on the mattress area looking for prey. When I walked to the mattress area all of these greenies will do one hop and dive into the lake, in fraction of second. Have been getting into my sleep with the greenies conversation around for that 2 nights there.<br />
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Care taker came after this photo was taken and wrap the mattress with cover so, no complaint. <br />
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Now this is something new for me, shoes with felt sole. I brought a pair of new outdoor jungle trekking shoes with rough sole and thought that I will be safe when walking on pebbles. Jonas, the fishing guide, asked me what is my feet size and passed my this shoes. The sole design was said to be able to grab on stones on river bed and the walking could be therefore easier. <br />
The fact was, I slipped twice while wading on the river with this shoe on, so it is either the shoes are not good or perhaps the slips were because of the walker. I remember the brand of the shoes and did some research on it after I returned, and found out the felt shoes are quite popular in United States and European countries.<br />
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I arrived at this fishing ground after 26 hours I left home. I was expecting a wider river but start fishing here with a curious mood as I don't know what would this new place got to offer. I started casting around noon if I remember correctly.<br />
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This is how the first fishing ground looks like. With polarized glasses, I was able to see fishes in each pools. Some deep holes in pool with plenty of fishes were not easy to reach with lure, as the trees and branches were covering it and there was no clearance or path for me to cast it in. Lure casting is something I have not been doing, more so at this tight fishing spots. After some half an hour I got more feel on the casting accuracy, and paid the price of leaving an Abu Toby on branch of trees somewhere here. <br />
Along the way Jonas keep telling me where to cast and move on after fishes got spooked with our presence. Though mostly were small, fishes of all species were aplenty in this river.<br />
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Plenty of these; big and small, from young and old elephant. Jonas sighted a wild boar that shied away from us but not me. <br />
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I was delighted, it is not the size but after you traveled for 20 over hours and you get something, well yes, I was happy. I unhooked the fish and got a good look on it, very beautiful green. Release her and puff she went hiding underneath sand within 2 seconds, ha!<br />
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Very beautiful fish with goldish green. I got another bigger fish of same specie and thought that it would be a dirty fighter when the weight grown to over 1.5kg.<br />
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On Abu Toby too. There are many of this size in pools around, some are bigger with length not more than 12 inch. <br />
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We left the stream at 5 30pm or thereabout, which was already quite dark. The walking from the last pool to the meeting point where the skipper was waiting took us an hour or so. I asked Jonas how far was the walking distance and it was approximately 3km. <br />
Dinner was served at 7 30pm. I don't know how to appreciate curry with coconut milk so basically the omelette, the fried "paku" and the fried vege with chicken were my dinner. The dinner was good, or rather I was extremely hungry that time.<br />
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Bottled drinking water was available so my stay here for 3 days was stomach-trouble free. <br />
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After the river fishing on the 1st day, I got a knock-off sleep in the night because of the travelling. I woke up in the morning and felt my left knee didn't like the uphill and downhill walking. The fishing spot planned for second day was another river and I asked Jonas if the walking would be tough as the previous river. Fishing ground was then changed to another river that is not as steep.<br />
When we were at the rivermouth, water level was really low and the long wooden boat got stranded even with its top propeller. Water flow was slow and riverbed was therefore, muddy. Jonas and the skipper tried few times and dropped the idea to go further up to the river, we fished at the rivermouth that is deeper, around 5 ft depth.<br />
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Surface activity was good, we heard water splashes where bait fishes did air-jump to escape from predator, as well as very frequent fish rises. We caught couple of junior barb and toman, but no whopper.<br />
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Flatter ground with slower river flow will have mud as silt and steeper river will have stones instead. Goverment of Thailand instructed all reservoirs in the country to release much much more water than usual so as not to repeat the 2011 Thailand Flood, causing water level at all dams at their lowest level ever.<br />
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Caught couple of barbs at this size, no drag scream though. Ultima-alike spoon with shinning-tail and spinners worked well for them. Got a huge strong take after I follow a rise and casted my fake ultima over, a heavy thud followed by drag scream for half second but no hookup, ha!<br />
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Got crystal rice noodle with pork balls, fried vege and chicken, omelette and a baked toman on table. Love the crystal rice noodle and baked toman as I have not taste something like that before.<br />
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I never love giant snakehead (toman) meat, as I always feel the meat is not sweet and it is tasteless, sometime even with an awkward smell. Some restaurants here in Kuala Lumpur serve sweet and sour fish slice with toman flesh, and I remember how they taste like for I wouldn't want to try them for second time. However the camp caretaker baked it with some donknowhat marinate before, and the fish taste sweet, with brilliant texture melted in my mouth. When mixed with the spicy and sour sauce, it was just great! I wallop all my rice that night for I could not resist the fish!<br />
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We pushed off as early as possible on the third day, but still a bit late in my opinion. The brightness of 6am in Bangkok is like 7am in Malaysia, and actually I wish to fish much earlier to catch the dawn fish rise. I talked to Jonas about this and the difficulty is the caretaker got to wake up as early as 5am if we want to start fishing at, let say, 5 30am. Push off to fishing ground at 6 30am, Malaysia brightness, would be ideal.<br />
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Morning sun light came from left and delivered the colors of each individual objects, the contrast of them, all in a very detail manner. I thought it could be a fantastic view and snapped it. The photo, however, is not able to deliver the effect of what my eyes have seen. I know I need longer exposure to let more colors be captured. Catching nice photos at the expense of hauling one 2kg+ or even 3kg camera if you carry more lense, however, is something I have been avoiding doing. <br />
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This abandoned camp located just opposite where I stayed and it was where the camp used to operate. During the 2011 Thailand flood, the water rise to the roof level of the house on the hill. Then after the current camp was constructed, as I have been told.<br />
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My camera got the behavior of "light spillage", as on the left part where the sky is. Perhaps it is suitable only to take photo on my catch, ha!<br />
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He came to Thailand at the age of 24, and this year is his 27th years in Thailand, and still counting. He used to operate sea fishing charter in Phuket and changed into freshwater fishing guide couple of years back. We talked about fishing, our favorite cooking on fishes, hooks, funny experience, funny anglers, extinction of fishes, and many more. He continued with his fishing trips when I left Surathani and said he got to continue staying outside until May 9th, then only he will go back to his Thais home. <br />
"tough job" he said. <br />
"You got a job that you love doing, I don't", I said.<br />
He laughed and say "yes", and I knew he did.<br />
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I left Surathani on late afternoon and reached Bangkok early evening. This hotel located not far from airport and the price is reasonable, quite conve for overnighter like me. I dropped the idea to take train to this hotel from airport and took a taxi instead, for I really not sure which interchange I shall get out from the train, and I think the people in the train cabin would probably hate the bazooka I had with me. The taxi fare of THB 200 (approx RM 20) really impressed me and I then could not stop thinking why the heck taxi fare in Kuala Lumpur International Airport cost so much.<br />
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When my stomache tookover my attention, I get out and walked around the hotel looking for some new, seemingly strange, and perhaps nice food. Plenty of food stalls around the hotel and most are open stall right beside the road. Being carefull I thought I should opt for something safer. Not too far from the hotel there is this air-cond restaurant with a familiar "张" on it. I went in, look see look see and decided to have my dinner right there.<br />
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Well, I ordered the fish ball rice noodle (it is actually wide kuay tiao) because there is this pig intestine with it in the photo of it. I was curious how these 2 would mix and told myself to try them out. Then from the photo on the menu, I thought the pork herbs noodle looks great too, arhhh ... and irresistibly order that one. Ya I was greedy, I really was, "worse case scenario I cannot finish at least I got them tasted and remembered them ma..." I thought.<br />
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When the fish ball noodle served, I tried it and it was sour and spicy. I felt "wa...!", simply I never prepared for a sour and spicy fish ball noodle. There are also fish paste, fish cake and pig intestine in it. Not bad, scored it with 6.5/10.<br />
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The pork herbs noodle was the second meal. Fine noodle, smells great, and the little soup in there surprised me with pork taste and herbs aroma, yet they compromised each other very well. Not bad not bad, I scored them 8/10.<br />
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Walked out from the restaurant happily.<br />
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After my dinner I had a walk around the area and checked on foods they offered. The display looked tempting but not the surrounding; buses and cars with exhaust soot passing by 5 ft from where the chef was standing, and even the chef herself put on a mask while she cooked. Nevertheless, the local people seem all right with the atmosphere and business was good.<br />
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The last time I came to Bangkok was on year 2001, during which the whole Bangkok was having horrible traffic jam because of construction acticvities on rail train project. I remember my business dinner scheduled on 8pm then was delay till 10pm. The traffic in Bangkok today was much better, cars moving smoothly with 3 layers of flyovers were easily seen.<br />
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Had a very "porky" breakfast in the hotel; other than the fried egg, the rest are pork, the sausage, ham and bacon. Paid THB 140 for the breakfast buffet and thought the price is very reasonable for choices were plenty.<br />
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Snapped this photo before I start packing and heading airport. THB 890 per night, well you can get a hotel at this price in Kuala Lumpur but not the location and the room size. <br />
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I brought the interesting findings and fishing experience back home after my trip. I got a chat with Jonas on next fishing trip and I was advised to come on wet season, during which barbs that were scattered over the whole reservoir will gather at rivermouth and fishing would be much better. <br />
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I could not be sure if I will come back to Khao Sok for fishing, as there are plenty of other interesting fishing ground such as cheowlarn, Bhumipol, Sri nakarin, Chiang mai and others in Thailand. <br />
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Until then, Goob Bye Thailand!<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-35101354001198926952012-03-16T21:44:00.001-07:002012-07-10T20:34:16.389-07:00Bali, March 12-16, 2012I guess not many travel-lover around me that are yet to visit Bali. Couple of months back my wife and sister who love traveling planned a holiday to Bali during the short 1 week school holidays. Time really flies; I remember I told my sister that the trip is still many weeks to go and I am now returned and writing about it.<br />
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Stone statue in stone carve workshop, our first tour spot in the first morning we were in Bali. The local likes to leave the statue under shade and in moist, with moss grown on it and the darkened color and therefore the antique look. <br />
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Bali is famous for its hand craft, stone and wood carving, paintings, batik etc., a good sentence to summarize it would be; it is rich with Bali cultural. Within Bali itself you have different style of art works, different area in Bali got their unique way of, let say, weaving as an example. Heard about Bali many years back, and only when I was been driven crossing roads of Bali, watching shop after shop selling paintings and all, then I realized how abundance is the resources of cultural art works in Bali.<br />
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A stone carved statue with palms holding its broken head. Could not get a clue on what this art work depicts but the moss on it is interesting for some photograhing, or so I thought.<br />
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Rice terrace is commonly seen in undulating land surface in hills area. Perhaps a wide flat land suitable for rice farm is rare here in Bali. There are many rice terrace like this one in Tega Lalang as I have observed. <br />
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Volcano Batur, Kintamanis, Bali. Located at North end of Bali, this volcano reaching some 1,720m in height. The eruption created a ditch on the ground, spreading quite evenly with couple of kms in diameter. Roads were built along the edge of flat land surrounding the ditch and we had our lunch at restaurant located right in front of the tip. With last eruption in year 2000, lava was still very much in the form they were with no sign of plants along the flank. I read from leaflet sticked on the restaurant that "volcano trekking" tour package is available and thought that perhaps would be something interesting to do.<br />
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I remember I felt something entirely new and different when I stand in front of it and I had a good look at it; it's complete silent, seemingly-peaceful, windy, pleasant temperature, yet when it erupt the consequence is devastating.<br />
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When we were there, winds were strong and the temperature was like 20 deg C or less. We opt for buffet with initial price of Rp 90,000 per head but got that negoatiated and brought down to Rp 72,000 or thereabout. This is another thing we learned in Bali, most, or all, buffet and dinner prices at restaurants here are negotiable. <br />
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Pura Tirta Empul (Temple of Holy Water). The water comes from earth and said to have curative power. Locals came here, pray, offering, and rinsing their body with the holy water. There is a nice fish pond before this pool attracted me better, for the fish lover I always am. Stocked with Koi, tilapia, patin and others, fish feeds are available to tourists for some small fee.<br />
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I thought this retention wall at Pura Tirta Empul that built with moss-grown stones was unique, and put my self in the photo on it. <br />
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View shot from walkway, looking down at cliff at Uluwatu Temple. The view of tall, vertical cliff, breaking waves again and again, somehow was magnificent to most tourists. People here like snapping photos, individual or group, with big grins and so did we. <br />
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This place is famous for monkeys that snatch belongings of tourists, and the only way to return your property is to buy some foods from "tour guide" there and entice the snatchers in exchange of the belongings. Acquinted with news from their friends before the trip, the ladies in my famly got pretty worried with this and we get one "tour guide" with us and his job was to protect us from monkeys around. He brought along a tiny wood stick, pointing here and there when we walk, talking to the potential snatcher in his own language, do some photo snapping for us, and became Rp 60,000 richer when we finish our tour there.<br />
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I always believed by physically present in great nature will open ones heart and cheer-up. <br />
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For a family with the eldest and the youngest being 58 and 5 years old, being in such joyful mood at the same time is impossible if not we are all out in a trip like such, and that is what really precious about a family holidays trip. <br />
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For the place is basically temples, tourists with short pants or skirt will be required to wrap themselves with clothes and those with accpetable attire, yellow scarf round the waist are required. <br />
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Denpasar. I like the strong colours of this photo and put it here. Sun light from the external side brought out the colors of the clothes; very Balinese colors.<br />
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New building for Ibu Oka Babi Guling, Bali-style roasted pork, in Ubud. My brother who have eaten this many times said the business owner must have make some good money and shifted to this new place. <br />
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Heard so much about this delicacy from almost each and every friend of mine that visited Bali. I was told this is something I should not miss if I come to Bali. Basically it is roasted marinate pork with lots of herbs or spices when served. I can say the tenderness is good, indicating good cooking time, but I was not that impressed with the spices. Arhhh ... Chinese...<br />
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Well, another delicacy that was frequently mentioned was "bebek", duck, of Bali style. My elder brother tried the bebek in this restaurant before and we were therefore brought to this place too. The duck was marinated and went through some deep fried obviously, as the flesh was dry and "fibrous". You may like the texture but probably not the taste, as it was rather plain. Nevertheless, the surrouding that is paddy field was very green we took some good photos here. Mood was good, we had some real good long-lost laughter. <br />
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Before we leave Bali we had another round of bebek in another restaurant and it was mush better. Then we started thinking, how many restaurants are there in Bali serve bebek and which one is the best? <br />
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View from Restaurant di Mare in Kamal Hotel. This place normally charged something like Rp 250,000 per head per entry but was free on that day we were there because sea was choppy, as I have been told.<br />
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The only boat, a fisherman boat I presume, that appeared on the entire sea outside Kamal Hotel through out my 3 hours stay there. The size of it obviously is worriably tiny for the waves there that day.<br />
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Restaurant di Mare, in Kamal Kandara Hotel. <br />
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Taman Ayun, or Royal Family Temple. Was told that this place is where royal family spent their holidays.<br />
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Was a long drive from the place we stay, Kuta, to this place called Bedugul. A thunderstorm hit this nice highland farmers town earlier and the temple we supposed to visit went flooded. We snapped few picture and went down hill to Pacung.<br />
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Had our lunch at this restaurant, strategically located, overseeing hills with rice terrace.<br />
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View from restaurant on small huts which are said available for rental to tourists. Didn't ask how true was that but I thought an overnight in this hut would be a good experience.<br />
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We told the bus driver cum tour guide we want to have some grilled seafood on the 3rd evening, and was brought to Jukung Seafood Restaurant. When we were seated we were told that our tour guide has ordered a set of grilled seafood platter for each of us. We were further told that each platter will consists of grilled fish, prawns, clamps and veges. "Hmmm...sounds good" For the food lover we always are, we were waiting for the platter to be served with high expectation. The restaurant located just beside the shore and patrons could have their dinner on tables on sand beach if so wish. Unfortunately heavy rain in strong wind caught us not long after we arrived and tables on shore were soaking wet.<br />
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So we had our grilled seafood platter; 4 tiny prawns (2 nos. farm sea prawn and 2 nos. freshwater prawns, each approx 3 inch. in length), 4 clamps (about the size of my thumb nail but it's OK), 1 grill fish (a juvenile garoupa, 7 inch in length, approx 250g), boiled kangkong and white rice. <br />
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Mood was good during the dinner, we chat and laugh about our daily tour highlights and nobody really complain about the seafood. We asked for the bill when finished and paid IDS Rp 90,000 per head for the dinner, and off we leave the dining table. When we were waiting for the bus, the restaurant cashier ran to us and said there were some mistakes and the actual cost of the dinner is IDS Rp 170,000 per head, so the total cost has increased from Rp 1,080,000 to 2,040,000. <br />
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Understand that the bus driver will be entitled to have some commission for bringing us to this place, we asked the bus driver to join us in clarifying the fickle pricing with the restaurant. Some reasoning took place and finally the cashier agreed to give some discount and cost per head was agreed at Rp 150,000. Rp 150,000 (that is approx RM 50) for the tiny prawns and under age garoupa? Hmmmm ... not a reasonable price I would say. Anyway, we thought better keep the holiday in good atmosphere and move on with our programmes. But I could not stop thinking, if the size of prawns and fish we had was for Rp 150,000 platter, how small then would the size for a Rp 90,000 platter be? Hmmmm....???<br />
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I have to conclude fickle pricing, messy, below-standard and reasonable surrounding are my Reviews on Jukung Seafood Restaurant. Bring your guest here and order seafood platter if you want to spoil his/her evening.<br />
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An unusual strong storm visited Bali same time as we did, the tail wind brought along waves and casted this magnificent view of cliffs breaking waves, one after another, in Tanah Lot. Scent of seawater filled each of my inhale and the strategic viewing spot was stood with hundreds of folks, watching the fascinating view, waiting for next waves, again and again. I was told an ordinary day of Tanah Lot will filled with visitors came only for the temple, such character of Tanah Lot is not common sight, even for locals.<br />
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Further to the right of Tanah Lot is this unique cliff. Sea breeze was strong when we were there, added a little fear factor when one is walking on the pathway to the end.<br />
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Our government said there is no other ASEAN country that sells fuel cheaper than Malaysia. Snapped this diesel dispenser displaying diesel selling price of Rp 4500 per liter, that is somewhere near RM 1.51/liter, again they make themselves looked like a fool in front of the their own people.<br />
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So we thought we shall have a group photo at left side of Tanah Lot. While we were waiting for the shuttle to trigger, suddenly the already strong sea breeze then got stronger, and the tripod went slant, more slant and this photo was snapped just before the shuttle blink. Some trying to reach to camera to hold it, obviously.<br />
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On our last evening in Bali, we told the bus driver that we want to have a authentic Balinese food and we were brought to this restaurant. <br />
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Food was much better than we expected. We tried bebek, the Balinese Duck, that was much better that the renown, long-established restaurant in Bali.<br />
<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-29153478124557154402012-02-09T22:17:00.000-08:002012-04-23T20:19:50.689-07:00Hua Hin, Thailand, Freshwater Trip - April 27 to May 1st 2012Got a trip arranged on date above, and flights were booked just earlier today.<br />
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I have been wanting to do few freshwater fishing trips, just few and enough to experience the unique and extraordinary run, hide, headshake, sprint and what have you of each selected specie. Sebarau, or hampala as some called it, has been one of them.<br />
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The trip I planned on year 2010 was canceled by the trip agent because of some stories that did not match among the head the tail. For some reason I did not arrange anything for my freshwater "signatures" trip in year 2011, and I hope I will have this trip smoothly materialized.<br />
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The travelling route will be from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok via Malaysia Airlines on April 27, 2012. Follow by 3 hours journey from Bangkok to Hua Hin, South of Bangkok. <br />
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Updated on April 21, 2012<br />
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Raining season came much earlier to Hua Hin this year. I was told by the charter that the river water is getting murky, access way is getting muddy and perhaps an alternate fishing ground further south would be better choice.<br />
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So we are going south, to rivers of Chiaolarn lake.<br />
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<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-36693376362181390152012-02-08T20:16:00.000-08:002012-02-13T03:17:49.780-08:00Nice Villa in TaipingWent for year-end holidays last December at this place and thought it was a great spot to chill out and relax. It took us some 15 minutes of driving to Taiping town so it is pretty convenient.<br />
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The name of the place, located not far from main road towards the way to entrance to Maxwell Hill check-in point.<br />
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Walk way along the stream in the villa garden.<br />
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This stream is located between the villa and forest, blended very well into the overall green, peaceful garden.<br />
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Branches of trees beside Taiping Lake Garden, snapped early in the morning. <br />
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When I walked by this hut with this lazy chair I thought it would be awesome to sit here, listen to the sound of forest, and perhaps trying to do some reading. I ended up sleeping in my room ... a big waste, obviously.<br />
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A stand alone unit, a little more expensive.<br />
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The care taker of this place make good use of the natural stream and this pool was actually an arowana rearing pool. <br />
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My nephew playing with sands happily, something he will surely missed when he is back in city. Love the big wide grin on his face. Your uncle wish you will grow up happily like this, boy.<br />
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Morning lotus<br />
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Joy of children is contagious magically, aren't they?<br />
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Place where kids left their sandals and have fun with sands, streams and everything else.<br />
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Trees beside Taiping Lake under the sun light of 8am-ish.<br />
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<br />Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-53203325440638126942011-12-12T02:55:00.000-08:002024-01-10T20:31:05.692-08:00Dec 2011 - Kampar Haruan Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We left Kuala Lumpur as early as 4 30am and reached this coffee shop located at Mambang Diawan, Kampar, by 6 30am. While pushing off so early our aim was to catch the dawn-haruan session where haruan will surface for oxygen. The problem was that the pond owner came to meet us only at 8 30am. 2 hours at the coffee shop counting number of vehicles passed by ... hahaha, not something you will enjoy doing when you wake up at 4am to prepare for it.
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This is the entrance to the abandon pond. Long tall lalang were covering the path. "seems like nobody came in here for mama haruan huh?" I asked my fishing buddy S Leong while we were entering the oil palm estate.
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I snapped this before I start casting my frog lure. The pond owner stocked the pond with haruan, mable goby, rohu and jelawat since 2 years ago but did not really feed them regularly.
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The pond from another angle. Hills behind are Kampar hills. I thought the sceney was breathtaking.
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Rohu caught on lure. A "meat-eating monk".<div><br />
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A small haruan caught on lure. It is by fact not a young fish; the owner has stocked them since 2 years ago and there is nothing for them in the pond. All haruan caught were in this size range. This old small haruan was released.</div><div><br />
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<b>This was my first fish in the first pond, a rohu, caught using yozuri.</b>
Fellow anglers were puzzled with the fact that being a herbivorous fish, rohu took a lure. Well, sometimes fish bite when they felt threated too. </div><div>I have no complain when it was steamed in garlic gravy. The flesh was solid and sweet, and I was told by the pond owner these fishes are more than 2 years old. </div><div>The pond owner did not feed the stock regularly and the growing rate is slow. Come to think about this, I think what he said was true, I used to steam tilapia from my friend's farm few years back, which was some 12 months old and grown to the size of 1.5kg-ish, and the fish tasted brilliantly good. So, "old fish taste good", or rather, "slow-grown fish tastes good", this is true to certain extent. If the fish stock is fed with heavy fat and protein feed just to hit higher scale when it is weight, then the flesh taste plain and soft.</div><div><br />
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We tried this spot at the afternoon of our first day at Tronoh Mines area. Plenty of surface action were observed but all were far from where we were fishing. S Leong registered one bite with his dead frog but was nothing serious. The sound and water ripples from unknown fishes have direct made me plan for my next fishing here, with different preparation, of course.
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This is our 2nd spot; huge lake with water splashes here and there. There were few raises where the head and tails of fishes were sighted, and it was patin, estimated in the size of over 5kg-ish. These splashes were far from shore nevertheless.</div>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-19535661181722373732011-10-25T07:22:00.000-07:002011-12-21T20:29:43.675-08:00Royal Belum National ParkMy family has been talking about where to go for post-exam holidays couple of months back and I thought we are going somewhere special; somewhere none of them has experience before, and Royal Belum Park was therefore decided. <br /><br />There are 2 tour operators in Belum Park, being Belum Rainforest Resort and Belum Eco Resort (eg. Tasik Temenggor Discovery Island). I checked the patron reviews on internet and decided with Belum Rainforest Resort, for reasons that were not very obvious as both charters offered price that were not too much different. I was told the food quality of BRR is not as nice as BER but I have no complaint about food from BRR after my stay there.<br /><br />We took tour package where accommodation and visits to spots are included, with price of RM 650 per head. Seems not cheap but actually not really so, if you add up all the cost for each activities that is. <br /><br />5 of us drove in my AWD to BRR, a bit tight perhaps but was ok. The journey took us 5 hrs plus and my trip meter read 389km, where I reset when we left USJ. We stopped by Lenggong for freshwater fish lunch. The most impressive meal was a 900g half-sliced baung (redtail asian catfish), with fairly nice freshness, smooth solid flesh and no soil-smell. I told myself that was a wild baung, and I felt happier :-). Price was ok, we paid RM45 for the awesome baung, 2 plates of veges, an assam belida (feather-back) belly, a belida fishball soup, a fried noodle and deep fried ribs. Paid around RM 120 for the above.<br /><br />I did not do any fishing but got the fishing camping trip information from the local people, perhaps I will come back with enough fishos. Let's see. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_5FbODxj7ZdMs1Csa_jYmcjWmWZyupTGdCABl867Qqf_bv-UNsIjWhIYeWl7w6O2NrYy9yxOec0iI9zpd_FsDMCiIgFabhUNqx0wzUTcpVt8_izjUYF1GbBiEME-Gs4TTCWdUdAurLcQ/s1600/DSC_0182.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_5FbODxj7ZdMs1Csa_jYmcjWmWZyupTGdCABl867Qqf_bv-UNsIjWhIYeWl7w6O2NrYy9yxOec0iI9zpd_FsDMCiIgFabhUNqx0wzUTcpVt8_izjUYF1GbBiEME-Gs4TTCWdUdAurLcQ/s320/DSC_0182.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667681764129892994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>My brother played with his photographing skill on the waterfall and snapped this. Not bad huh?</strong><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YmW-nh3UKwkea42OFMazAcJYQmzs6klxTCulhy-at2f9UQpkZZEhB7qUNE0CtuHt0mfX5jeBswdroKxc6tUG9RHMdE7DaTiqUXZk69y27DRVikpQiTX7v43dPKBbTj1U38eP7HkSFRy_/s1600/DSC_0116.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YmW-nh3UKwkea42OFMazAcJYQmzs6klxTCulhy-at2f9UQpkZZEhB7qUNE0CtuHt0mfX5jeBswdroKxc6tUG9RHMdE7DaTiqUXZk69y27DRVikpQiTX7v43dPKBbTj1U38eP7HkSFRy_/s320/DSC_0116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667681318747493490" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Peaceful lake of Belum Park. </strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf0aVAdum6fTKDwWAXPMa8Uifbtas9620WsEGRvNJAinL3lDXfVcYCriq7T3UY5afoifOIIqyzQEMPqld5cfstKaGNSSqfYsOlsLykXF4F2Nhc7CIVJlvPseDAcMjKrxGhbA3NhvCs-sR/s1600/DSC_0181.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHf0aVAdum6fTKDwWAXPMa8Uifbtas9620WsEGRvNJAinL3lDXfVcYCriq7T3UY5afoifOIIqyzQEMPqld5cfstKaGNSSqfYsOlsLykXF4F2Nhc7CIVJlvPseDAcMjKrxGhbA3NhvCs-sR/s320/DSC_0181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667680604431909058" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Another unique waterfall not far from the 1st one. </strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZIhzljA42wj54dRj57ZTy8NM0yQh80nhlehTei32Ot-0kfLkJEVAcgsykr2-khjPvp6RUFmypOwbRVwleZlDYDlnKzX_57UbJa5EGMpr69tJjzHz7ROThrQQ2xPINFXL-Zsc-7nwE0ux/s1600/DSC_0199.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZIhzljA42wj54dRj57ZTy8NM0yQh80nhlehTei32Ot-0kfLkJEVAcgsykr2-khjPvp6RUFmypOwbRVwleZlDYDlnKzX_57UbJa5EGMpr69tJjzHz7ROThrQQ2xPINFXL-Zsc-7nwE0ux/s320/DSC_0199.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667435972424708466" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Rafflesia. Don't believe my facial expression, it was some 45 deg. inclined and the charm was purely for good nice fun photographing effect, or something like that </strong><br /><br />The parasitic flower will take more than 18 months to bloom and the flower will lasts for only 7 days. More information about Rafflesia here: http://www.mytropicalvisions.com/animality/rafflesia.html <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM0LAmO0KBDYH9RIvTJ3I8AeoBEFfEAY819EMKXhZXZ3aHiwjZP6QLQy1fHmN8w2K8F3BqHS-ANWK__PkBiT9zvjG3DITrfTAwoe0GYbY_0-jVNeApGMe4czKSoTyxyLhzFNpLHCR4HEh/s1600/DSC_0139.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM0LAmO0KBDYH9RIvTJ3I8AeoBEFfEAY819EMKXhZXZ3aHiwjZP6QLQy1fHmN8w2K8F3BqHS-ANWK__PkBiT9zvjG3DITrfTAwoe0GYbY_0-jVNeApGMe4czKSoTyxyLhzFNpLHCR4HEh/s320/DSC_0139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667435616447424066" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Take out my tummy, I would say this is a nice photo, what do you think?</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEJe_8GzOUT7qrMtsXj7ye_7ElqhVM0xl10TPp_44FfTy-kXcsCMtDYoJmcopuNqh9Sf8MxPld09dZSYb99tgp3fRTsfboFxPclQC-0YTP00Y09WTuQM4e64pJRhn9myswnF49PnitC0h/s1600/P1000938.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEJe_8GzOUT7qrMtsXj7ye_7ElqhVM0xl10TPp_44FfTy-kXcsCMtDYoJmcopuNqh9Sf8MxPld09dZSYb99tgp3fRTsfboFxPclQC-0YTP00Y09WTuQM4e64pJRhn9myswnF49PnitC0h/s320/P1000938.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668084568190355618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Something you cannot avoid if you are doing jungle activities</strong><br /><br />Leech it is, plenty of it; you get rid of one and you will see one or two more, moving towards you with its very own way. My sister and wife were terrified with it but surprisingly my daughter was not. This pitifull slimy creature ended up as her pet, but they did not last for long.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw798Fzb8iw0AV0ruPP_kthPRjyOl9RcAuTnhVqCbUlj4esDTeAAC6RCUY5UFIoktp8aFxBo7bJAm_yNwXqd9c1-vEeHwbi1kxwrBYK6is6BcZwedld5nTELVII27RCZGW-l72GNqoqKw/s1600/DSC_0141.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRw798Fzb8iw0AV0ruPP_kthPRjyOl9RcAuTnhVqCbUlj4esDTeAAC6RCUY5UFIoktp8aFxBo7bJAm_yNwXqd9c1-vEeHwbi1kxwrBYK6is6BcZwedld5nTELVII27RCZGW-l72GNqoqKw/s200/DSC_0141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668091329571992722" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Our group photo at entrance point of Sungai Papan.</strong><br /><br />I went to Sungai Tahan September last year and observed all the local jungle tracking guides were using the rubber shoes, or "rubber tapper shoe" as we called it. October same year I saw this shoe in Gua Musang and thought that I want to get one pair for myself too, and bought it at RM 8.90. I thought I will get to use it in my next jungle fishing trip and only this time around I get to wear it in Belum Park. The shoe is now cleaned and wait for my next freshwater fishing trip, cheow-lan reservoir, or so I hope.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL47ts4Vto-5oop8wGNbeZnFM0RlzCg7G0U2-1CvpnT1IZtSs4RdSr8KkIyg1c8t9NWegbQAm5a5sgt_Qw4fON9u9q5NOX3WbK7IqDwWj4LawdzShEWB0D_03WwSg4BVDN1m_3QcFYx5q/s1600/DSC_0251.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL47ts4Vto-5oop8wGNbeZnFM0RlzCg7G0U2-1CvpnT1IZtSs4RdSr8KkIyg1c8t9NWegbQAm5a5sgt_Qw4fON9u9q5NOX3WbK7IqDwWj4LawdzShEWB0D_03WwSg4BVDN1m_3QcFYx5q/s320/DSC_0251.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668094612298242098" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>A nice fat kelah at sight, 1 kg-ish at least.</strong><br /><br />Took the photo of this beautiful fish at resort pond. cool...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPncPPt41W2IEpJzigECcgVE2c8DkmijjDfDXwrBNM9PxHKXVNeOPXpG9viYqTwjMsu7yJgyhHi9hJFYg-vCeFzAg3iq5FVgCZl7KqeV6QYGfgzk7tL6H_ef5FTxrraPbZFYDVaLQB0kNJ/s1600/P1000936.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPncPPt41W2IEpJzigECcgVE2c8DkmijjDfDXwrBNM9PxHKXVNeOPXpG9viYqTwjMsu7yJgyhHi9hJFYg-vCeFzAg3iq5FVgCZl7KqeV6QYGfgzk7tL6H_ef5FTxrraPbZFYDVaLQB0kNJ/s320/P1000936.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668097724613994994" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>A typical scene in jungle tracking. </strong><br /><br />Take the leech out, the jungle walk was enjoyable. Each of the inhale was so fresh, light and my skin felt the difference in the air. Shoes are very important in jungle tracking; a pair of shoes with thick rough sole and preferable high-cut would help a pleasant walk.
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On the way to waterfall.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-45407710186064299022011-06-06T00:15:00.001-07:002015-01-01T20:52:13.519-08:00Sandakan & Kinabatangan RiverWas looking for some place to go earlier, during school holidays where my daughter shall join a church camp planned last year. I had a discussion with my wife and concluded that we will be going somewhere different from typical town we have been so far.<br />
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We checked the tour packages available in the market and later decided with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span>, a small city located at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sabah</span>, East Malaysia. Not long after, we bought a package of 2 to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span> via <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">AirAsia</span>, and off we flew on June 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> 2011.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjW1yZbVixjw-_TFQo3k54F13Ia9n7q4V2jVom_jTJq4T2KoMdhXtZk8aFfxHgX_tgYBbTcG7Ve8BkhJob_3I2v5zYMslz_yEmBL8JcbbYFWBpTjr8JBhEGN9ZzQtBhb_B0CnHtMr-3r2/s1600/395.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616898559157479618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjW1yZbVixjw-_TFQo3k54F13Ia9n7q4V2jVom_jTJq4T2KoMdhXtZk8aFfxHgX_tgYBbTcG7Ve8BkhJob_3I2v5zYMslz_yEmBL8JcbbYFWBpTjr8JBhEGN9ZzQtBhb_B0CnHtMr-3r2/s320/395.JPG" /></a> Clouds and clouds outside air plane, this photo was snapped on our return flight. The sight of open blue sky always make me relax and peaceful.<br />
The return journey was uneventful, except the landing impact that was extremely hard made the passengers, all of us, shocked. Some passengers even screamed after the hard impact and the airplane went on some wobble on the runway.<br />
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<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hmmm</span>...Now Everybody can got Scared!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzuyRpPxylq-NxmPIXTZOZrpNx55kikc_RKFDVsCsfyRiqXREV7PCw47Tp0f-AjEGj3Onr7x2Q7cErpO3_Jxp0UGt_qr7gI5cnKsEeO-Sux_BhZhOU7W_xuINK_H9_h2XBgS9Ndlgwr2y/s1600/393.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616897818912171314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzuyRpPxylq-NxmPIXTZOZrpNx55kikc_RKFDVsCsfyRiqXREV7PCw47Tp0f-AjEGj3Onr7x2Q7cErpO3_Jxp0UGt_qr7gI5cnKsEeO-Sux_BhZhOU7W_xuINK_H9_h2XBgS9Ndlgwr2y/s320/393.JPG" /></a>My wife has a very old friend, Allan, that resides in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span> for some years. We met Allan for dinner on the day we arrived in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span>. In our last day we were invited to this noodle restaurant for breakfast.<br />
The Restaurant is located at Sim Sim Road, built above sea waters near to the shore, with extended concrete bridge.<br />
This place is clean, well, if you minus the rubbish underneath the platform that is.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf1LLsrTodvSwnJXfuph8NNs0i478V1h0tp_bM4Ta_tqr8vU_M6KFje1djGBbyskx_1mnDtiU8LjDq44XGEU3l-xfXbfhuS7zGhaz_famJrm3nhtQBhBeFRBbdfCgW-MOherQD3MXQbOM/s1600/392.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 262px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616897491878764162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf1LLsrTodvSwnJXfuph8NNs0i478V1h0tp_bM4Ta_tqr8vU_M6KFje1djGBbyskx_1mnDtiU8LjDq44XGEU3l-xfXbfhuS7zGhaz_famJrm3nhtQBhBeFRBbdfCgW-MOherQD3MXQbOM/s320/392.JPG" /></a> The specialty; dumpling with century egg stuffing. Noodle was not bad too.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku8uXIR5Wz8kJaQuFsbWaSpbxBShDlpo2xuEGbDWkxiKGJgCVu1zlouin9VoBuIEoA0YyoZdzO5O7ZlgGM2qniJPZXWLjapBkGOsJ3dfm5Jf988tJCex49VgHBkMke09h_3T9OrDEHrhU/s1600/05062011289.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616896470820077826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku8uXIR5Wz8kJaQuFsbWaSpbxBShDlpo2xuEGbDWkxiKGJgCVu1zlouin9VoBuIEoA0YyoZdzO5O7ZlgGM2qniJPZXWLjapBkGOsJ3dfm5Jf988tJCex49VgHBkMke09h_3T9OrDEHrhU/s320/05062011289.jpg" /></a> The signboard of the noodle restaurant. It reads "The 9th famous century egg dumpling".<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX4ApewGR0s0hRay1SeOvgpgF227EsR8Eg7wByNT8uR6t7garVnBNoDmCrfp82Nd2KtwgKO_XIUeX4N9FyL1GovTDI2Wya7sAcigcdhhpO10Cha96dMnhTJCuvF-N42SoNyC5ck0Z5RkE/s1600/389.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616895272785428066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX4ApewGR0s0hRay1SeOvgpgF227EsR8Eg7wByNT8uR6t7garVnBNoDmCrfp82Nd2KtwgKO_XIUeX4N9FyL1GovTDI2Wya7sAcigcdhhpO10Cha96dMnhTJCuvF-N42SoNyC5ck0Z5RkE/s320/389.JPG" /></a> I brought a "dummy" camera with me in this trip, and realized its has very limited to offer when come to zooming. This photo was taken when we were on river cruising and Proboscis monkey were at sight.<br />
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I zoom the max the camera could, and I guess this photo could only good for the game they call "Count How Many Monkey in the Picture", with no answer.<br />
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Not bad, was quite near to this err ... perhaps a couple, and managed to snap a clear one.<br />
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I was told by tour guide that the round tummy is due to intake of excessive ripe fruit and it is the sugar that caused it.<br />
Proboscis monkey is known as "<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">monyet</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Belanda</span>" locally, or Dutch monkey, for the extraordinary nose they have.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzwxgRJJ3hneJm9bJu0DSzQhlZ4bd4LqC2UjwaBX03Ly6n4kR7kn1-TTtegz78Ju5gbk9f_y5szMLQB35fRgjhFRyN0sIbrJn7N4jJS_Qb6U8SKvpfqO8UFI0akbQPIz6I8ZWRKqXJdFa/s1600/378.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616893350084214626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzwxgRJJ3hneJm9bJu0DSzQhlZ4bd4LqC2UjwaBX03Ly6n4kR7kn1-TTtegz78Ju5gbk9f_y5szMLQB35fRgjhFRyN0sIbrJn7N4jJS_Qb6U8SKvpfqO8UFI0akbQPIz6I8ZWRKqXJdFa/s200/378.JPG" /></a> My very happy and excited wife, right after we boarded the boat for our "evening river cruise".<br />
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<div>We spent more than 2 hours on Upper <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kinabatangan</span> River, looking for Proboscis monkey, horn bill and black tail monkey. Few foreign tourists were hoping to see pygmy elephant and were disappointed. Some were looking for crocodiles and of course they too were disappointed.<br />
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</div><div>There were 11 tourists on that boat that day, only 2 were Malaysian. The rest are from Australia, New Zealand, United States and Slovenia. </div><div>I was made to understand by the tour guide that very little Malaysian tourist are <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">insterested</span> in visiting <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span>.<br />
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</div><div>This cave is tall, some 100meter or more I guess. The only thing is the picture is not able to display the "huge" effect.<br />
</div><div>This cage is known for its bird nest which scheduled to harvest every 4 months or so. Sure, this swift there got neighbours; bats, plenty of it, and you will never be able to ignore their existence for the smell of their droppings is so so strong in the cave.<br />
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<div><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span> is well known for its seafood, fresh and reasonably priced. My wife was impressed with how fresh and sweet the prawn there and taken few more then normal irresistibly.<br />
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<div>Other than fresh prawn, fish balls, fish fillet, fish paste, oyster (huge one!) and many more were available. </div><div>The seafood was superbly fresh. I have no idea how expensive or cheap it is because this meal was included in the tour package.<br />
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</div><div>I read about this place, marked as one of the tourist points in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span>. </div><div>From the article I found nothing spectacular about it. In our 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> day, the tour route include this place as one of the spots so we just explore the way.<br />
</div><div>Agnes Keith is a writer that came to Borneo during British time and she stayed there in Agnes Keith House. She wrote something and 2 or 3 of her books were published. She left Borneo to United States after that.<br />
</div><div>Couple of years back some locals renovated this house and make it a tourist spot. If you ask me what exactly is there to be appreciated in this place, I will tell you I don't know, except that there is a room facilitated with rows of seats and nicely air conditioned, the seat is comfortable as I had good rest there. Mind you, you are not allowed to take photo in Agnes Keith House.<br />
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St. Michael and All Angels Church in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span>.<br />
</div><div>This church was said to be 133 years old.<br />
We were lead into the church and there was a nice lady explained to us how old the church was, which furniture in there was there since the first day the church put in service.<br />
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</div>Fellow tourist were having short rest in it. From the height of the building and thickness of the wall, I thought it should be cooler.<br />
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<div>Snapped this at hill top, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">Puu</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jih</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shih</span> temple. One can see almost complete <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span> from here.<br />
</div><div>Far on the left is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sulu</span> Sea, well you can't see it from here. I thought the view of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sandakan</span> is really nice here.<br />
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</div><div>You know what, they will charge you for bringing in camera into this premise. I could not understand why, but for the typical tourist mood we were in we just followed.<br />
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</div><div>The sunshine on the trees made the riverside so nice. Color of the river looks green in the photo but in real it is actually a little yellowish. Well ... technology.<br />
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</div><div>We met this very nice couple from Slovenia, and our interaction with them started right at the airport after our arrival at Sandakan. We were negotiating alone for better price for tour packages in tour company offices located in the airport. Thought that getting more tourist to make up the number for each package will pull the price down, my wife invited them to join us. </div><div>In our 4 days 3 nights in Sandakan, Krizman and Elizabetha were with us in all our tours.<br />
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<div>Some saving tips for you if you are going Sandakan, the tour packages offerred in airport cost 2 times higher than what you can get in Sandakan town and hotels.<br />
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</div><div>I do know this fish worth RM 80/kg in Peninsular Malaysia and was really amazed how high value table fish is salted here and selling at RM 20/kg.<br />
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The proper name of this fish in Square Tail Coral Trout. Square tail? errr...perhaps, I am not too agree with it though.<br />
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</div><div align="left">Will I Return to Sandakan once more? hmmm ... perhaps not.<br />
</div><div>I was expecting "wilder" Kinabatangan River before I came to this town. During the River Cruise we had, I noticed sun light of almost horizontal sunset could shine through the trees, indicating a rather thin forest is what actually left at riverside. I asked the tour guide and got it confirmed. Upon return to Kuala Lumpur I Google Earth the famous Kinabatangan River and realized how bad the nature forest in Sabah has been deforested. So the Proboscis monkey, the blacktail monkey, the hornbill and everything else we seen at riverside were there could probably because they have no forest to stay any further. </div><br />
<div>I asked Laura, our tour guide on our way back from River Cruise, that how actually do they as locals (she is a Kadazan) feel as forest after forest were cleared for logs and later palm oil trees were planted. Laura said over the years, their life style and spending power increased with the changed of economic models. Villagers that used to afford a bicycle are now driving cars, as an example. Expenses in daily life is getting more expensive but generally they are ok, she said.<br />
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<div>I asked further, that the forest takes thousands of years to become the state it is today, would not it a too expensive process to lose the forest completely for 10 or 15 years of short term wealth. "ya, maybe you are right....." and Laura turned her face to elsewhere and the conversation stopped there.<br />
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<div>The resources from the forest is abundant, it is like oil or minerals in a piece of land and these resources are owned by people of Sabah. Process of uncontrolled deforestation brought plenty of quick money to companies that trade the logs and very little is given to people and the State. When a Kadazan who drives a luxury car in future wishes to own a thick green fascinating forest, he or she will realize it is gone forever, and the forest could never be exchanged with any number of luxury car they would possibly owned. </div><br />
<div>I feel a little bit sad thinking about this fact.<br />
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<div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, Good Bye Kinabatangan River! </span></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-7368429768757600592011-06-05T23:56:00.000-07:002024-01-10T20:18:47.817-08:00Taiping (Maxwell Hill) Trip, Kuala Sepetang Seafood<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl2l9alQrNfPc7wz8hFUF737mSuPkR_btzFfLlc2B_-UKe7a9trvS3D0ZlK_j5pwzX9ZBX0xgJ_KfCaUcJU6f3PDOEU12K8_ow2zrpAnErTjk52b8_dVc9Yzx3rBWzpavzF90LZYmJmt8/s1600/070.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615003178141644002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzl2l9alQrNfPc7wz8hFUF737mSuPkR_btzFfLlc2B_-UKe7a9trvS3D0ZlK_j5pwzX9ZBX0xgJ_KfCaUcJU6f3PDOEU12K8_ow2zrpAnErTjk52b8_dVc9Yzx3rBWzpavzF90LZYmJmt8/s320/070.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a> Was in Taiping on December 27th 2010 with family and spent a night in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Cendana</span> Hut, Maxwell Hill.<br /><br />Found these photos in my laptop and thought why not do a brief trip photo and writeup so here it is.<br /><br />Taiping Lake, heard about this lake when I was really young; 10 or 12 years of age? I could not remember. The Taiping Lake then was the favorite place my elder sisters and brothers will opt for school outing. Together with this Lake, haunted bungalows were what normally associated with Taiping then, but have not heard about those nowadays.<br /><br />After 5 months, what I remember about Taiping Lake was completely "green" landscape. You will find very old trees at both side of the main road, and I mean really old, 100+ years or so, base on my wild guess. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wqzO0jXzLEPn_sftyagEP-F3UerL95D_Mpl5lN2qEt84QdYmgysHIS0O8GLpc0RAMlpLW_JY0sHM4CQDUe7FZm559PWtrgiEXBRMXd9WOyqHDfsBwc9GLuoA6-w4cAnHkJZWH2HAEklO/s1600/088.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615005304744968978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-wqzO0jXzLEPn_sftyagEP-F3UerL95D_Mpl5lN2qEt84QdYmgysHIS0O8GLpc0RAMlpLW_JY0sHM4CQDUe7FZm559PWtrgiEXBRMXd9WOyqHDfsBwc9GLuoA6-w4cAnHkJZWH2HAEklO/s320/088.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a><br /><br />My daughter snapped photos at almost every corner in the Lake area, ease my effort to choose few nice photos to post it here. A bamboo guarded walkway I picked, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">hmmm</span> ... would be nicer if some green filter were used, I thought.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOrVRAIgBT_H39-o7Zpy9XNBppm1DJyJXs7fqW3wPqfoGauoSO5peQvh2dOJA5MZmBvEu7WOkNGEFLHj3TQ2L2HJCXwKGgjhp-V0YY2hcsrkYNgrzQQnBhyphenhyphenjbqtKLnZSDLibWxXWMo1xr/s1600/098.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615007244638903250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwOrVRAIgBT_H39-o7Zpy9XNBppm1DJyJXs7fqW3wPqfoGauoSO5peQvh2dOJA5MZmBvEu7WOkNGEFLHj3TQ2L2HJCXwKGgjhp-V0YY2hcsrkYNgrzQQnBhyphenhyphenjbqtKLnZSDLibWxXWMo1xr/s320/098.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a>We made a short stop and walked around the World War II Memorial Park located along the way to Maxwell Hill. I bet you will not feel anything extraordinary looking at these photos now, but I remember my exact sentiment when I walked on the green grass and looked at the reasonably well-maintained park.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ7b-XqLuQJQ-HY4XLJUUqVXZs531Cg9eWaeBfABTK0XS0OmeF4HbHf3q26uEdms0JEMRTdpMWW-3PC3ruphbBpd6Ue_Dwc7vW9fzOdlU0aFX4pBK7k7gn0I59X6Oe-mWaiJTDzhP_rE5/s1600/091.JPG"></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ7b-XqLuQJQ-HY4XLJUUqVXZs531Cg9eWaeBfABTK0XS0OmeF4HbHf3q26uEdms0JEMRTdpMWW-3PC3ruphbBpd6Ue_Dwc7vW9fzOdlU0aFX4pBK7k7gn0I59X6Oe-mWaiJTDzhP_rE5/s1600/091.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615006121497399730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ7b-XqLuQJQ-HY4XLJUUqVXZs531Cg9eWaeBfABTK0XS0OmeF4HbHf3q26uEdms0JEMRTdpMWW-3PC3ruphbBpd6Ue_Dwc7vW9fzOdlU0aFX4pBK7k7gn0I59X6Oe-mWaiJTDzhP_rE5/s320/091.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>Names of soldiers, mostly resembles their Indian and British nationality, were engraved on the stones.<br /><br /><br /><br /><p>For reason they probably would never choose for second time, they came to this piece of land that is thousand of miles away from their home, and they died here. I felt grieve, and had some emotion that I never had in my holidays.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHuz4ExURyiyuf7EVi9sM4VBx0uOoYN3QVXA-EUWor8e4C1eLEiZsKVSy_c-2ht0jGiJ00l4mPQZl6MWVmBDpao8ndt_f445KQxfa0W8cCXPshOnZlZP4RdWNJAOWsbyl-vieZsqt21z1/s1600/124.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615009365345094754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHuz4ExURyiyuf7EVi9sM4VBx0uOoYN3QVXA-EUWor8e4C1eLEiZsKVSy_c-2ht0jGiJ00l4mPQZl6MWVmBDpao8ndt_f445KQxfa0W8cCXPshOnZlZP4RdWNJAOWsbyl-vieZsqt21z1/s320/124.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>A quiet, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">peaceful</span> walkway just outside <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Cendana</span> Hut. The only vehicle available from visitors to reach bungalows area is jeep, facilitated by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">TNB</span>.<br /><br />We paid few Ringgit at the office for both ways and was briefed on the timing these jeeps will bring us down from Cendana Hut. </p><br /><br /><p><br />Visitors could choose to walk from Maxwell Hill to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">accommodation</span> area but the journey will take some 4 hours or so. With our luggage and a city-tuned stamina, that obviously was not possible to be considered.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLZty5oMBMsev3aVd2-KrEW_wUM6jGzPbuDMnL6IiP9dYDGW6ATgSsMVpujtUxv3ZI1j7-PaMO7Miq34MhCloNt7RhexfdBARf7Acus3erxVNTRVLohJvCkq25_3eBe_TBlHUaPrQFfDs/s1600/private-run-resthouse-cendana-hut-taiping.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615305462606279954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLZty5oMBMsev3aVd2-KrEW_wUM6jGzPbuDMnL6IiP9dYDGW6ATgSsMVpujtUxv3ZI1j7-PaMO7Miq34MhCloNt7RhexfdBARf7Acus3erxVNTRVLohJvCkq25_3eBe_TBlHUaPrQFfDs/s320/private-run-resthouse-cendana-hut-taiping.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cendana</span> Hut, place we put up for a night at Maxwell Hill. It has a wooden platform strategically built for an awesome view on Taiping town and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sepetang</span>. The platform with wooden hand rail painted in white in the photo that is.<br /><br />We stayed at the platform a little bit longer at dusk, after our simple dinner there, trying to appreciate the cold breeze, the enchanting moving clouds and the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">peaceful</span> mood one will feel when you are viewing from highlands.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-9qyZDa_8KDBd3yXr-eR35iz9wfeVqTyXtFkvv7yXyjcKhtJwt97WHNelMtTam8RJHgJvv_zTHticky3_7zHDHHij8CCORj8AZV0TGPgo7exdrnqeKbXI7EbtRNjAKvqYw4Aa1eeLh4h/s1600/163.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615011207766606402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-9qyZDa_8KDBd3yXr-eR35iz9wfeVqTyXtFkvv7yXyjcKhtJwt97WHNelMtTam8RJHgJvv_zTHticky3_7zHDHHij8CCORj8AZV0TGPgo7exdrnqeKbXI7EbtRNjAKvqYw4Aa1eeLh4h/s320/163.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a> Naked feet.... I am on holidays :-)</p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK6UbrRdtp5-9g-8NzjNvqAPxfn1eyPP95Htjld763Hlu0D-Z58vYsyT4xzVfGsfyDALH4YiYLVKPU5tTOCZyRrHlOIzvzwsL3syYIuXkafi3NkOB3L2YVsvVFweTsel_xA65nwdCr7n2/s1600/186.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615375542610750722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPK6UbrRdtp5-9g-8NzjNvqAPxfn1eyPP95Htjld763Hlu0D-Z58vYsyT4xzVfGsfyDALH4YiYLVKPU5tTOCZyRrHlOIzvzwsL3syYIuXkafi3NkOB3L2YVsvVFweTsel_xA65nwdCr7n2/s320/186.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>View of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sepetang</span> and further, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Melaka</span> Strait, from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Cendana</span> Hut during dusk.<br /><br />The overnight experience in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Cendana</span> Hut, however, was not very comfortable; bed provided was worn and unwelcome noise, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">suspiciously</span> by rats, kept us awake till dawn.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdh2i6XakN7WB3BgWOurn5zzeRLvW0OCD4huNNSohvjuXbx1CnOY5I2HtZsdLUhnsty5Rqemj82HPYUfyWgUB7FOgrCYkHOsmlKXBO_hu8oVnonOnNJpPgU3pgWg0Z9Z84ewkhtUy6YLc/s1600/208.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615670652584061410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNdh2i6XakN7WB3BgWOurn5zzeRLvW0OCD4huNNSohvjuXbx1CnOY5I2HtZsdLUhnsty5Rqemj82HPYUfyWgUB7FOgrCYkHOsmlKXBO_hu8oVnonOnNJpPgU3pgWg0Z9Z84ewkhtUy6YLc/s320/208.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a><br />We had a walk in a garden that was quite ran down located just beside <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Cendana</span> Hut. Tulip flowers that once imported from <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Netherland</span> and display in it, was no more at sight.<br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Later we were made to understand that the business owner has stopped importing tulip flowers because it was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">economically</span> not viable.<br /><br />Otherwise, roses that were available in abundance in the garden, kept my daughter busy with her photographing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUit9Sp5QiEvaXA8OdZ_OpxlE3F7YYKMftXxAxvHgEi5cA0ej_YLXA584tcjfPYzeuJzf_KivKqU92ofwtj1cDPajLYkzoi3IJfIIeiyaaIYD3At5d0vgQ7FF7FDr0culs-Vm72Vo1eRS/s1600/176.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615297207456627858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUit9Sp5QiEvaXA8OdZ_OpxlE3F7YYKMftXxAxvHgEi5cA0ej_YLXA584tcjfPYzeuJzf_KivKqU92ofwtj1cDPajLYkzoi3IJfIIeiyaaIYD3At5d0vgQ7FF7FDr0culs-Vm72Vo1eRS/s320/176.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>We walked further up from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Cendana</span> Hut for some half an hour or so during morning of our second day there, and reached this bungalow that was not in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">stayable</span> state.<br /><br />Not long after that we checked out from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Cendana</span> Hut and heading to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Sepetang, 40km west of Taiping, </span>with agenda and expectation for good seafood, for our lunch.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqHNVlEm0nUcqe_NiTQ4jcdcI-_f3MNWWSprufaHsyWsS7iXvmbzPccbXgIq8wfLBkcTXOqb_chZCMHIrqHnZnHlD0LsYRr0WMtZgC3qFMDuwgWEpFMm6EtcOxPr1GT1fDHQKlqiYwFjH/s1600/273.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615293776317843570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqHNVlEm0nUcqe_NiTQ4jcdcI-_f3MNWWSprufaHsyWsS7iXvmbzPccbXgIq8wfLBkcTXOqb_chZCMHIrqHnZnHlD0LsYRr0WMtZgC3qFMDuwgWEpFMm6EtcOxPr1GT1fDHQKlqiYwFjH/s320/273.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a>Entrance of restaurant where we had our lunch in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Sepetang</span>. I was told by my friend the seafood porridge in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Sepetang</span> is something we should not miss. We made 2 rounds in the town area, trying to located a restaurant that offers seafood porridge. At the end the greed-for-food and time factor urged us to decide otherwise. Not a bad decision <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">after all</span>, we enjoyed our seafood lunch pretty much.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup6VR3oXYNj6EnV16MdNxIXjGTTkpTRL-SudQVx1vzRREy-vaThlWNMRl1vl0Xq50B1DIxyyLCwlpM1qWfx357MFTnp_EMghR3KXRElGm6KtcHPAZCQfnoft6ssPxcwcTY-C24B7WP6fc/s1600/253.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615298106980113474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup6VR3oXYNj6EnV16MdNxIXjGTTkpTRL-SudQVx1vzRREy-vaThlWNMRl1vl0Xq50B1DIxyyLCwlpM1qWfx357MFTnp_EMghR3KXRElGm6KtcHPAZCQfnoft6ssPxcwcTY-C24B7WP6fc/s320/253.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a><br /><br /></p><p>Jetty and mangrove trees outside the restaurant. Hope the tress will survive for many years to come, I hope.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjxRvG9SDcAEZpG4KEZ24W3P6BHnUzoY4GMGKknRoVADaXJ7XoZqoyZ39dT8EoQyNTgFzdXAMoBS6Vaxv65VEUImeLazX9d60dbn5NY0nSpPaVcVkIhe3Mc6dxDm-xMAELRS9K9wEz3Md/s1600/268.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615299453459717314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjxRvG9SDcAEZpG4KEZ24W3P6BHnUzoY4GMGKknRoVADaXJ7XoZqoyZ39dT8EoQyNTgFzdXAMoBS6Vaxv65VEUImeLazX9d60dbn5NY0nSpPaVcVkIhe3Mc6dxDm-xMAELRS9K9wEz3Md/s320/268.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 320px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a> A fisherman standing on his boat loaded with fishing nets.<br />Fishing nets in the photo is meant for catch in shallow waters. Depends on the net size, that catch could include high value fish like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">pomfret</span> too.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXX_51D8DOY2MGgARuChK-i2R33jdREH8ilWp_2qIK6_ZQfppHG3z9ysf17yYA47JzBg5sLWtxl93yHhWZhB-lM0BKJAUvJJu6Tnk47h9N9katqPalCWO_0MxAQWwVSv0XVt5pwfVAiQ7/s1600/254.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615298906887663106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXX_51D8DOY2MGgARuChK-i2R33jdREH8ilWp_2qIK6_ZQfppHG3z9ysf17yYA47JzBg5sLWtxl93yHhWZhB-lM0BKJAUvJJu6Tnk47h9N9katqPalCWO_0MxAQWwVSv0XVt5pwfVAiQ7/s320/254.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a> Trawler fishing boats <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">longsided</span> at fishing village. The alphabet of "A", "B" & "C" as printed indicates the license class of boat to operate at shallow or deep water, with "C" as the deepest class.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDiw1n_Ana4fWCsEJCUOnWC-CjAy2oSsC1adq5Ss2r-WVDoddAz0qg0f6wOO2xHXSbK6D6e2V9OCV0V3VSEmEsfXWEerBJdDXsZRicWKkl7OJPAQE3rBLP2qq2jFzgmhRy66R5d2EqYnj/s1600/270.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615300249606679314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikDiw1n_Ana4fWCsEJCUOnWC-CjAy2oSsC1adq5Ss2r-WVDoddAz0qg0f6wOO2xHXSbK6D6e2V9OCV0V3VSEmEsfXWEerBJdDXsZRicWKkl7OJPAQE3rBLP2qq2jFzgmhRy66R5d2EqYnj/s320/270.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 240px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 320px;" /></a>I ordered fresh-swimming flower crabs, fresh-swimming mantis prawn (kept in bottle to avoid inter-specie fight anyway) and thick shell clams. We finished the seafood, paid a perhaps stolen price, and left to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Kuala</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Lumpur</span> after that.</p>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-80014314073831383482011-05-13T23:38:00.000-07:002011-05-13T23:49:10.705-07:00Cancel My June & August Fishing TripsGot to call the skipper last week to cancel my trip booking. Got some family activities planned and fellow fishing friends did not feel like taking it up.<br /><br />I cancel my August booking trip too.<br /><br />I am getting myself to believe that job of trip organizer at volunteer basis is qualified to film in "Dirty Jobs" of Discovery.<br /><br />Going Pekan next week instead.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-39460207968973192142011-05-04T01:03:00.000-07:002011-05-04T01:19:48.430-07:00April 22-24 2011 Sea Gull<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiU2Zlc4om_D-1NULoLXdYQQNAzK5t3knACROMEf-yjRzJVyIBznVNkesbvwHIJh61ae1cXfjTUgw2fHlDUILBpkicJl17hzXUoYVpNdJSXOIEOkgKrpaYlmjYLnMBFFA3I-NhHxoZdwM/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 201px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602769188626480898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkiU2Zlc4om_D-1NULoLXdYQQNAzK5t3knACROMEf-yjRzJVyIBznVNkesbvwHIJh61ae1cXfjTUgw2fHlDUILBpkicJl17hzXUoYVpNdJSXOIEOkgKrpaYlmjYLnMBFFA3I-NhHxoZdwM/s320/photo.JPG" /></a>Wrap-up the 3d2n trip with decent result, overall trip score of 6.5/10.<br /><br />The only catch of me that is worth posting is this 6kg grouper, caught on dead kembong bait that was soaked for 2 days in melted ice.<br /><br />We did not do much jigging, at least there was no drift jigging at all. Fellow fishing buddies did jig for 10 minutes or so at few bottom spots, but no bite was registered.<br /><br />I observed Seagull skipper likes to anchor at point that is very far from fishing spot e.g. shipwreck and use small sinker to let bait carried to the destinated spot. With leader of some 5m long, anglers at rear end got to drift their offering to the target seabed. Whereas anglers at front registered very rare bites.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-65152607446094408312011-02-08T22:38:00.000-08:002011-03-01T21:52:38.697-08:00Pekan here I come!!<div align="left">Planned a trip to Pekan Feb 18 ~ 19. Risks are there that I just sit at the shore waiting for winds to ease or stop. Heck!! Let's try it out!<br /><br />Updated Feb 17, 2011 - Boatman called and advise to postpone the trip, due to choppy waters. Aduiiii ...<br /><br />Updated Feb 28, 2011 - I came back from Pekan on February 27 after my 2 days fishing there. Topped with choppy waters, the catch on 1st day was very bad. However, the parrot fish frenzy at the 2nd day make up the overall catch and I thought it was a great trip after all. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left"><strong></strong></div><div align="left"><strong>Some fishing highlights ...<br /><br /></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LXk-PBOmvNltYqz96PjjBrXb6RfJrspIrzA22yahCeGMBKTwVuvN4sZSTtMum4FHAs3QpDMj6Z-mzqykJBYWKpeseGy_SHqbf5_fhOTELRvoZLH3i2TNbEBDtQJ08xYZCyPoB_IswxmM/s1600/P1000613.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 175px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578578036565736322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LXk-PBOmvNltYqz96PjjBrXb6RfJrspIrzA22yahCeGMBKTwVuvN4sZSTtMum4FHAs3QpDMj6Z-mzqykJBYWKpeseGy_SHqbf5_fhOTELRvoZLH3i2TNbEBDtQJ08xYZCyPoB_IswxmM/s320/P1000613.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>A 4kg-ish blackspot tusk fish (<em>choerodon schoenleinii)</em> or "parrot fish" as local called it, hauled from some secret spot of the fishing charter, ikan masin.<br /></strong><br />We have some twenties powerful pulls on the spots within 45 minutes, which was quite responsive.<br /><br />I experienced the brutal power of parrot fish right at my first drop of bait. Before long, I had a strike and went into tug war with the parrot fish for 30 seconds or so, and lost the fish. My outfit was a PE4 rod with locked-drag Shimano 6000 reel, but each of my pump on the unseen parrot fish yield nothing but peeled lines. After 2 pumps and countless rounds of line been peeled, the parrot won the tug war.<br /></div><div align="left"><br />The boatman too, got a hammer hit with his special hybrid bait, and the tug war last for half a minutes or so. We were sitting very near to him and witnessed how the humble, senior boatman being bullied. His 50lb bottom rod (with 80lb braids and locked-drag Ocea Jigger) went into a worrisome "n" curve, and all he could do was holding on the rod helplessly. The rod went on strong bowing for couple of times and the rod survive, so did the fish.<br /><br />"I thought you are parrot fish champion?",<em> </em>jokingly I asked. The man, softly catching back his breath, stared blankly and didn't answer my joke at all.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ6cu9mXSPPTEyLkNcuS2mjkGtues-95nZ7s0tvgUFjPzcqrzJpRDQVbdhakO_m_bmNnOKjzBBklz-Xb3o41uoIrIgpWhbwZu6YSSlrQUKv6K6LesbRaKXURDfBBylaRtvzFvPKXfrLxl/s1600/P1000608.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 278px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 205px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578586955462169602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFJ6cu9mXSPPTEyLkNcuS2mjkGtues-95nZ7s0tvgUFjPzcqrzJpRDQVbdhakO_m_bmNnOKjzBBklz-Xb3o41uoIrIgpWhbwZu6YSSlrQUKv6K6LesbRaKXURDfBBylaRtvzFvPKXfrLxl/s320/P1000608.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>My boatmate negotiating with a 9kg-ish cobia</strong>.<br /><br />Shikari 20lb blank was put into serious test, with tip soaked into water few times when cobia tried to dive for escape.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfjxFv_8hrAy0faeJgg_u31LW6LdfKLPRtgafwBoThw5FT-yh-bTVPJYdJYcemJtz7W-HgG03-kVFNE3bBv7ThiLqyjzb-U13kuEIyedtjhif56sxuycSOikFp0iv4y32oJe9m0HP9YkP/s1600/P1000609.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578623700783306754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfjxFv_8hrAy0faeJgg_u31LW6LdfKLPRtgafwBoThw5FT-yh-bTVPJYdJYcemJtz7W-HgG03-kVFNE3bBv7ThiLqyjzb-U13kuEIyedtjhif56sxuycSOikFp0iv4y32oJe9m0HP9YkP/s320/P1000609.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>Boatman with the cobia. </strong></div><div align="left"><br />There were 3 cobias lurking around our boat, where 1 of them took my jig and the other taken my boatmate's. Both of us went setting the hook but managed to set 1 of them. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><p align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZDdj23RZJx4WOzphp-hFNddGSTrO8adcDhbkK2XokONYludVI8dSyqKul6aZ8xHtlSnNY2TSKJkamVeBNe8VxIIOdYECBXZP2Kt80d2_c30ZRgFU6DSvgn4BoFccByui465rE20nvqpg/s1600/P1000602.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578626689616247874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZDdj23RZJx4WOzphp-hFNddGSTrO8adcDhbkK2XokONYludVI8dSyqKul6aZ8xHtlSnNY2TSKJkamVeBNe8VxIIOdYECBXZP2Kt80d2_c30ZRgFU6DSvgn4BoFccByui465rE20nvqpg/s320/P1000602.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>My boatmate having thrill with ebek (diamond trevally) with boatman standby to gaft.</strong></p><div align="left">He used small light green jig, with slow retrieval rhythm, when we were doing drift jigging crossing other 3 boats that were hauling ebek after ebek.<br /><br />The fight with ebek started slowly and went sprinting after 4 or 5 seconds, right after my boatmate said "eh ... I think this one small fella la, not much power one ... eh ... eh ... eh ....wei ..." and the Bradia went screaming.<br /><br />One of the boats hauled 14 ebeks during the frenzy with size ranged from 7kg to 3kg.<br /><br />With Bradia 4000 and some 230m of PE3 line, he didn't took long to land the fish, though the first sprint peeled some 50m of his braids.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxVCELk6qzugYDxuU1ZnWacODrH6wsdFTugUtG8Ukh8qKhIpyvCWoAYs7GZsb51kSfLvFLVtE6FIveqw1w3Up-mb_vc94LrAXmKZN3BeygrEtIos44qG945aWg6M4oX9LAAgf_-VRVkC0/s1600/P1000606.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578629263194177794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxVCELk6qzugYDxuU1ZnWacODrH6wsdFTugUtG8Ukh8qKhIpyvCWoAYs7GZsb51kSfLvFLVtE6FIveqw1w3Up-mb_vc94LrAXmKZN3BeygrEtIos44qG945aWg6M4oX9LAAgf_-VRVkC0/s320/P1000606.JPG" /></a><br /><strong>The angler with his proud diamond trevally, and with fast pulse, I believed.<br /></strong><br />I started coming to Pekan since 2006, to quest for my dream fish then, the diamond trevally on jig. It was after 4 years since then I got my dream fish on jig.<br /><br />This was his 1st time to Pekan with catching an ebek on jig as his target, and he got it. You can't say there is no luck factor in fishing.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578633086610350434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlaV7gnE73hj6fZu0AZ4m4Qqqgc9DSj0Ds6aifzu0cYoIzUq3_itcGdKA9Msptn2xT4b9sWq-ijzhDc8IF2utfDV2RQaV5sbSfZOTk5XAy4iJME1zntyKtOF5V7qJLXGDg6e58s6kc0J4n/s320/P1000610.JPG" /> <p align="center"><strong>Total catch of 2nd day</strong></p><p align="left">Overall a good trip for us. For me, the satisfaction started even during our journey driving out from Kuala Lumpur.</p><p align="left">I had a talk with the boatman about Pekan fishing before I left. I said, if there are Gods that fellow fishing charters in Pekan need to pray for the charter business to remain good, then the 1st God will be the weather, the 2nd God, is Ebek. </p><p align="left">It's obvious, for the sake of continuous income among fishing charters, continuous and repeating anglers visits to Pekan, ebek stock in Pekan has to be sustained. For a specie that is migratory, the least of what the angling community can do is the practise of bag limit and Catch and Release, to prolong the heydays in this beautiful town.<br /></p><p align="left">Happy Fishing!</p>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-34315630526305237562010-09-27T21:25:00.001-07:002010-09-28T02:04:11.643-07:00Farm FishingWas invited many times by my friend who own a plantation cum fish<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7cEsILB-R7wNRqEZ410rZn7gdT61RAi6HG6H3kLfa1ACudP1Mjo7Iy4NeIDUxchQiDOIZQ5kCiytem8ij8Qe4xAS-FN3Ytiudd93gmDuzwLx5cNkD2xXLL0j5stIUonD5Z6tRvShipBj/s1600/P1010402.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 258px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521819070420382834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw7cEsILB-R7wNRqEZ410rZn7gdT61RAi6HG6H3kLfa1ACudP1Mjo7Iy4NeIDUxchQiDOIZQ5kCiytem8ij8Qe4xAS-FN3Ytiudd93gmDuzwLx5cNkD2xXLL0j5stIUonD5Z6tRvShipBj/s320/P1010402.JPG" /></a> farm to make a trip to his farm and decided to do that on September 24.<br /><br />He built bungalows right in the middle of his farm (pic. attached) with 100% wood as the construction material.<br /><br />Friends having fun with pond <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">patin</span> (<em>pangas catfish</em>) fishing. Hooked fish will just follow tamely when we reel the fish back. Upon sighting creature with limbs they will start sprinting.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3IWZ7_eoc3p81vr-1Y8NYVDNn7qa_tsKrYwR6-HvF6eZXmZ0RvfOoGNJpzMvIJfRV4wD0UBUK9ClKASQD5A5emGuWRi0qJRi0I8YOD-7KdDm6eCEQptyiePcRDNiQg5vAsmWhH0WKVYO/s1600/P1010400.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 254px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 149px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521817263439831586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3IWZ7_eoc3p81vr-1Y8NYVDNn7qa_tsKrYwR6-HvF6eZXmZ0RvfOoGNJpzMvIJfRV4wD0UBUK9ClKASQD5A5emGuWRi0qJRi0I8YOD-7KdDm6eCEQptyiePcRDNiQg5vAsmWhH0WKVYO/s320/P1010400.JPG" /></a><br />Those are escaped <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">patin</span> from cage and we are supposed to transfer them back to cage.<br /><br />I brought my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Conolon</span> 12lb for the fishing and got the rod tip guide ring broken by a 3 kg-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">ish</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">patin</span>.<br /><br />The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">twinpower</span> 3000 screamed for sure but for some reason, the thrill is entirely different with wild fishing.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTfonGdJ5U__LM7S7gF7I0bSSLxecnO6V51ux6YuJM4mtGcrgwLTv1P_i4sEqa0mNTFDCZVjsKlvhnZfZJlmN8ArsJmuAg4cGSslqyEtQ8VRKkH72IKV8Akh-lfC11j9rKZ_6M_lkAd9A/s1600/P1010387.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 251px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 151px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521819953769045586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTfonGdJ5U__LM7S7gF7I0bSSLxecnO6V51ux6YuJM4mtGcrgwLTv1P_i4sEqa0mNTFDCZVjsKlvhnZfZJlmN8ArsJmuAg4cGSslqyEtQ8VRKkH72IKV8Akh-lfC11j9rKZ_6M_lkAd9A/s320/P1010387.JPG" /></a><br />Patin boiling for fish pellet during feeding. I was told that patin will never stop eating and the consequence of feeding them non stop would kill them.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQFgYRhlhoj_efwBqxwvcJ5bWdDxw-2kcndBzoFz-LTFBntJbLeCO8pc2-qNx02FXspatUmzrEx51asFj6UDMnDKbwa18Jm0Q2Oku58P7BN2Q2AygnzrJ8cFO_S8IhUrXh8Ditjz9WWoL/s1600/P1010406.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 156px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521821684175383970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQFgYRhlhoj_efwBqxwvcJ5bWdDxw-2kcndBzoFz-LTFBntJbLeCO8pc2-qNx02FXspatUmzrEx51asFj6UDMnDKbwa18Jm0Q2Oku58P7BN2Q2AygnzrJ8cFO_S8IhUrXh8Ditjz9WWoL/s320/P1010406.JPG" /></a> A wild <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">baung</span> (asian redtail catfish) caught using live fish as bait. The owner has never stock any baung in the ponds so this fish came from the natural stream. In fact the owner was surprise with the first baung caught in the wild ponds. As for me, I was only thinking how it taste like when it is steamed.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77rVFrVP9L2Pm0GNxeQOlYXsUngU8iz7poY-5o4uleuZUTbHjOlU81180ur_HsWr-PVEkfkU4YMqM-NR5N0YPeW62MiCcGgHx0XswNco0awAtuXX_dYLXHZTQrEnwmHHh1uJi29T-N4t5/s1600/P1010362.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 252px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521822402787032754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77rVFrVP9L2Pm0GNxeQOlYXsUngU8iz7poY-5o4uleuZUTbHjOlU81180ur_HsWr-PVEkfkU4YMqM-NR5N0YPeW62MiCcGgHx0XswNco0awAtuXX_dYLXHZTQrEnwmHHh1uJi29T-N4t5/s320/P1010362.JPG" /></a><br />We had <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">soya</span> sauce steamed <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">patin</span> as dinner. The fish has no "soil" smell and I was told that afloat cage-farm fish will have no soil smell because they are rear above the soil. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Hmmm</span> ... not sure how true or not it is ...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuu9ROyGxZFlrKyepSGi-t8bwZt9LJlUcB31CIErHPyyY_4Llg6qKPSgpnnQwrQHkvEcc8L5p6J4rXHtRmIa_vQgnMB6CrU90J_ixfT246HSF9CU53p-QxFoXrVlklbVaQ3T0m9sW94Frf/s1600/P1010356.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 251px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 162px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521823073732006578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuu9ROyGxZFlrKyepSGi-t8bwZt9LJlUcB31CIErHPyyY_4Llg6qKPSgpnnQwrQHkvEcc8L5p6J4rXHtRmIa_vQgnMB6CrU90J_ixfT246HSF9CU53p-QxFoXrVlklbVaQ3T0m9sW94Frf/s320/P1010356.JPG" /></a>Preparing food at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">barbecue</span> hut. The bungalow was built with barbecue hut with huge oven, complete with electric motor that can accommodate a whole lamb. That night itself we had beef soup and free-range chicken with chinese herbs soup.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77rVFrVP9L2Pm0GNxeQOlYXsUngU8iz7poY-5o4uleuZUTbHjOlU81180ur_HsWr-PVEkfkU4YMqM-NR5N0YPeW62MiCcGgHx0XswNco0awAtuXX_dYLXHZTQrEnwmHHh1uJi29T-N4t5/s1600/P1010362.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh77rVFrVP9L2Pm0GNxeQOlYXsUngU8iz7poY-5o4uleuZUTbHjOlU81180ur_HsWr-PVEkfkU4YMqM-NR5N0YPeW62MiCcGgHx0XswNco0awAtuXX_dYLXHZTQrEnwmHHh1uJi29T-N4t5/s1600/P1010362.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF66h0HcQfi1W-g6LKhAmGM_6qklwYJCGNfJW0MvGpVtvzhuqYs6KhMvqUcXQRwhG7oqa_odd0n68a425QiL7UFkNM9ynW71bdWGsCx1CAwQbqbxGbBtnXN1nOhTKnzwS1IM-G6r3oqyXI/s1600/P1010381.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 255px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 157px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521822744810689730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF66h0HcQfi1W-g6LKhAmGM_6qklwYJCGNfJW0MvGpVtvzhuqYs6KhMvqUcXQRwhG7oqa_odd0n68a425QiL7UFkNM9ynW71bdWGsCx1CAwQbqbxGbBtnXN1nOhTKnzwS1IM-G6r3oqyXI/s320/P1010381.JPG" /></a> Rain came during night time and our plan to fish then was postponed till it stopped. We did some 1 hr fishing in the midnight but register no bite at all.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521824317691794082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIUN_Xj9UOERhh2a_3wITM6G0gIpYb2ijn63SmzZ3TwYmrja1MXznhnj1ZIqlifv84wkFi2q7AXWXrYMQkvoDG5qynAQavwa99iOc6IFXhLJIj60gmw850PYYrSThUTlGCgWqVtCJWD4v/s320/P1010409.JPG" /></span>Haruan (snakehead) that caught using live bait fish. Overall, lure fishing is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">tough</span> as the water in the wild pond is murky. Small fish and small prawn exist in abundance in the wild ponds which has made up a complete food chain within.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-4269958754573090802010-09-14T03:16:00.000-07:002010-09-15T03:03:36.985-07:00Sg. Tahan 3d2n TripI slot in a fishing plan to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Taman</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Negara</span> on September 3rd to 5<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>. After the Thailand trip canceled, fellow fishing mates decided to have a freshwater trip within September itself so the trip was set.<br /><br />We left <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kuala</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Lumpur</span> on dawn of Friday and after some wrong road we took, we reached <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kuala</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tahan</span> approximately 7 30am. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKxbXzIar1Tq1H9Mc9456Wz8Luwowyr6k0TahcQnjFFA6jEBSposwGvWF5DOJLFXlV410ja6Sv-BhkzBAmLIYFeg6-I9F3CXBmqRV3QCncFOEw7DHiPT-Y1VOStWl3JpDHjBEflrMGUol/s1600/P1010327.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516712359972049138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCKxbXzIar1Tq1H9Mc9456Wz8Luwowyr6k0TahcQnjFFA6jEBSposwGvWF5DOJLFXlV410ja6Sv-BhkzBAmLIYFeg6-I9F3CXBmqRV3QCncFOEw7DHiPT-Y1VOStWl3JpDHjBEflrMGUol/s320/P1010327.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I have heard about how great <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kelah</span> fishing was in <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sg</span>. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Tahan</span> and took the chance to see what when how who sort of exploration in the trip.<br /><br />I have to say I like the freshwater spots and enjoy every moment when we were sitting at our camp, chatting, and fishing became second in priority.<br /><br />The process to reach these fishing camp site, however, was quite tough physically for me. Our boatman will stop before rapids and anglers shall either took a short jungle walk or rapids walk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2NFFl6_Fu_nRli-NBCF3Ey_p2NQrzPHASWoc25muxwxTUvwhpmI79Dv0ucg14GJFggys4_uNfjVOLKLej2pTjr4MgevS0gOFWHtrkMurSZgUHPm0pXoIDjoUU29Tx16Ry3S43W45q7z/s1600/P1010328.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516713511642060770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_F2NFFl6_Fu_nRli-NBCF3Ey_p2NQrzPHASWoc25muxwxTUvwhpmI79Dv0ucg14GJFggys4_uNfjVOLKLej2pTjr4MgevS0gOFWHtrkMurSZgUHPm0pXoIDjoUU29Tx16Ry3S43W45q7z/s320/P1010328.JPG" /></a><br />Journey to the destinated camp site took us about 2 30hrs, with a prompt stop at Kelah Santuary. No long after Kelah Santuary, we changed from long boat to smaller, shallow boat and boatman will row whenever he could.<br /><br />We did spoon casting along our way up and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">JT</span> was awarded with couple of juvenile <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">sebarau</span>.<br /><br />I got a good hit on my spoon in one of my casts but was unable to set the hook. Recheck on my rig setup, I guess perhaps the treble hook that came together with killer spoon ULTIMA was too small.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8BL5aXfAhKkGOUyjyywQnA8Xg46ztcAXEhuoWgu84vsU4CG5F-qNyTydPx_R_qqWhYIXBMg3258M5niupKvOGvrpbytIM8YefaTUpk1VGCJ1G2oUgleoEr2wwJUjRA4aip7skvPkVZP_/s1600/P1010329.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516712927161581570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8BL5aXfAhKkGOUyjyywQnA8Xg46ztcAXEhuoWgu84vsU4CG5F-qNyTydPx_R_qqWhYIXBMg3258M5niupKvOGvrpbytIM8YefaTUpk1VGCJ1G2oUgleoEr2wwJUjRA4aip7skvPkVZP_/s320/P1010329.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFtXASigr_nsbnxV9PEpyF0yHAV2s_zJB8c8oqhX-N9NcGRuITlFest70NEZL7X7DJ5DB_K9z0TnK5Prvokp5DjKTHwgw79WlmLagEDefEIO9W3ixNivNen0J8Z0lkpBKFQe9CMAWtj_o/s1600/P1010326.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 180px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516712052089737522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDFtXASigr_nsbnxV9PEpyF0yHAV2s_zJB8c8oqhX-N9NcGRuITlFest70NEZL7X7DJ5DB_K9z0TnK5Prvokp5DjKTHwgw79WlmLagEDefEIO9W3ixNivNen0J8Z0lkpBKFQe9CMAWtj_o/s320/P1010326.JPG" /></a>Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390404282323829255.post-5719309890801939722010-08-05T18:29:00.000-07:002010-08-05T18:38:40.830-07:00Thailand Hampala Barb September Fishing Trip Cancel !!!The long planned trip cancel today due to the local guide changed his mind to take us to his fishing ground; upper river in Kao Laem National Park.<br /><br />What a disappointment!<br /><br />Now plan for a new trip else where in Thailand or other South East Asia countries. The objective is to catch a 4kg Hampala Barb on line, and that is whole deal that make the planning of trip difficult and, interesting at the same time.Ah Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02553665781303839362noreply@blogger.com0