Western Sarawak

kuching · 24th July 2005

Some photos taken at western Sarawak last weekend. (Lundu & Sematan area)
It was a cloudy day...so the lighting is not so good....

Batang kayan bridge (near Lundu town)

benny · 24th July 2005

Nice! Good composition. However, the horizon on the last one is tilted.

How about sharing your nice photos with us at AQ too?

Cheers,

kuching · 24th July 2005

Originally Posted by benny

Nice! Good composition. However, the horizon on the last one is tilted.

How about sharing your nice photos with us at AQ too?

Cheers,

Thanks for your comment, Benny.

After I get my new Nikon D70s, I'll post my pix there.

VmanD70 · 24th July 2005

Hi...miss the Kolo mee huh? I haven't been to Sematan but been to Lundu. I heard there is one nice resort there...

bwilly · 24th July 2005

nice composition..!
even though the subjects IMO is pretty dull. hehe..

kuching · 25th July 2005

Originally Posted by VmanD70

Hi...miss the Kolo mee huh? I haven't been to Sematan but been to Lundu. I heard there is one nice resort there...

Oh yes....a resort over there....but not so nice. Prefer to visit a deserted beach at Tanjung Dato....almost crystal clear sea & very clean beach but very remote.....

VmanD70 · 25th July 2005

Originally Posted by kuching

Oh yes....a resort over there....but not so nice. Prefer to visit a deserted beach at Tanjung Dato....almost crystal clear sea & very clean beach but very remote.....

Ah, heard about Tanjung Dato B4. Btw, you have any lubang to travel to the remote long houses? The one I visited too modern...

kuching · 25th July 2005

Originally Posted by VmanD70

Ah, heard about Tanjung Dato B4. Btw, you have any lubang to travel to the remote long houses? The one I visited too modern...

Errr...i also wanna go there....but no native want to stay in an old longhouse anymore....means people want comfortable life. But will check it out. Heard a friend crossed the border illegally to Kalimantan side....got longhouse, should be "not modern" since its too remote. However, they all drink "tuak'(rice wine) every weekend till everyone in the longhouse get drunk.

VmanD70 · 26th July 2005

Originally Posted by kuching

Errr...i also wanna go there....but no native want to stay in an old longhouse anymore....means people want comfortable life. But will check it out. Heard a friend crossed the border illegally to Kalimantan side....got longhouse, should be "not modern" since its too remote. However, they all drink "tuak'(rice wine) every weekend till everyone in the longhouse get drunk.

Heh ok. I miss tuak, taste like Martini. I'm from Kuching too btw.

eclenikon · 26th July 2005

Hey,

Nice pictures, brings back some memories. I stayed in Kuching before altho im Singaporean. Stayed there for about 4 years, my dad works there. Still frequent there every year.

Nice place (i appreciate it now, cos of the nice sceneries).

Ive been to sematan before that bridge was built. Had to drive the car onto the ferry. The ferry wait took most of the time to drive there normally. 1hr wait. Haha.

The beach is rather nice at Sematan. I stayed in Damai last time, so, the water is definitely nicer than Damai's.

I always wonder though, where can i find a good camera shop in Kuching? The only good shop i know of is at Sarawak plaza. But their stock is very very limited. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

VmanD70 · 26th July 2005

Originally Posted by eclenikon

Hey,

Nice pictures, brings back some memories. I stayed in Kuching before altho im Singaporean. Stayed there for about 4 years, my dad works there. Still frequent there every year.

Nice place (i appreciate it now, cos of the nice sceneries).

Ive been to sematan before that bridge was built. Had to drive the car onto the ferry. The ferry wait took most of the time to drive there normally. 1hr wait. Haha.

The beach is rather nice at Sematan. I stayed in Damai last time, so, the water is definitely nicer than Damai's.

I always wonder though, where can i find a good camera shop in Kuching? The only good shop i know of is at Sarawak plaza. But their stock is very very limited. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Hmm...I hardly recall any good camera shop in Kuching. Normally I got my stuff from Gopal or Anna Studio, normally it always the case if you know somebody there to have a good price. For all the photography equipment, its rather cheaper in KL, ie the SB800 flash cost about SGD570.

brian · 26th July 2005

Originally Posted by eclenikon

Hey,

Nice pictures, brings back some memories. I stayed in Kuching before altho im Singaporean. Stayed there for about 4 years, my dad works there. Still frequent there every year.

Nice place (i appreciate it now, cos of the nice sceneries).

Ive been to sematan before that bridge was built. Had to drive the car onto the ferry. The ferry wait took most of the time to drive there normally. 1hr wait. Haha.

The beach is rather nice at Sematan. I stayed in Damai last time, so, the water is definitely nicer than Damai's.

I always wonder though, where can i find a good camera shop in Kuching? The only good shop i know of is at Sarawak plaza. But their stock is very very limited. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

There's a camera shop on india street (the corner end closer to the old courthouse). Forgot the name of the shop but its something like Empress Studio. I never bought anything from there but they do have a few used stuff over there. The prices are quite high but you might be able to find rare stuff there.

In general, prices of stuff in Kuching is much higher than over in the Peninsular becuase of transportation, etc etc and don't forget the size of the market there is not big enough to give competitive prices.

Air Asia very cheap. fly to KL for daytrip and get your stuff there. If they fly to Singapore in the future even better, but now no choice.

BTW, looks like a lot of Kuchingites (I think that's how they call us) here.

loudhailer · 26th July 2005

should try using a polariser to reduce the light reflections on the water surface.

Originally Posted by kuching

Some photos taken at western Sarawak last weekend. (Lundu & Sematan area)
It was a cloudy day...so the lighting is not so good....

Batang kayan bridge (near Lundu town)

VmanD70 · 26th July 2005

Originally Posted by brian

There's a camera shop on india street (the corner end closer to the old courthouse). Forgot the name of the shop but its something like Empress Studio. I never bought anything from there but they do have a few used stuff over there. The prices are quite high but you might be able to find rare stuff there.

In general, prices of stuff in Kuching is much higher than over in the Peninsular becuase of transportation, etc etc and don't forget the size of the market there is not big enough to give competitive prices.

Air Asia very cheap. fly to KL for daytrip and get your stuff there. If they fly to Singapore in the future even better, but now no choice.

BTW, looks like a lot of Kuchingites (I think that's how they call us) here.

Tts our Kuching

#1-The city view from Civic Centre

#2-Merdeka Palace and Mt. Santubong

kuching · 27th July 2005

Originally Posted by eclenikon

Hey,

Nice pictures, brings back some memories. I stayed in Kuching before altho im Singaporean. Stayed there for about 4 years, my dad works there. Still frequent there every year.

Nice place (i appreciate it now, cos of the nice sceneries).

Ive been to sematan before that bridge was built. Had to drive the car onto the ferry. The ferry wait took most of the time to drive there normally. 1hr wait. Haha.

The beach is rather nice at Sematan. I stayed in Damai last time, so, the water is definitely nicer than Damai's.

I always wonder though, where can i find a good camera shop in Kuching? The only good shop i know of is at Sarawak plaza. But their stock is very very limited. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

Normally, its not advisable to shop a good camera in Kuching....not much choice & expensive. Thats why I prefer to go to KL to look for better camera, filter, lens & others. Don't look for camera in Kuching.....if you really want, go to Copal. They got a lot of branches in Kuching.....the biggest camera shop in Kuching.

kuching · 27th July 2005

Yup, i should use polariser....I need to buy a lot of equipment but....not much money now. Will buy Nikon D70s first..then macro filter.....

About the oldest longhouse....yes, its in Kalimantan side.

According to my friend, the journey is like this:

Drive about 1 & half hour from Kuching to Padawan.(Pangkalan empat). Go hiking for 3 hours to the last village (an old longhouse) in Sarawak side. (The longhouse in Kalimantan side is much older than the one in Sarawak side) Stay one night either camping or sleep inside the longhouse. Then the next day morning, ask a native in the longhouse to bring you over to the longhouse in Kalimantan.....walking distance is about one hour. Problem is.....you need to cross the border illegally. If you dare to take the risk, then you may join me.....planning to go there in August 2005. (not confirm yet)

Most of the girls in Kalimantan side married to the men in Sarawak side....so its easy to find a guide to bring you to cross the border. Thats what my friend told me.

.....sound exciting ....but will face any consequences for crossing the border illegally. I tried that before...once in Kalimantan...& another one in Brunei. Pretty exciting.

brian · 27th July 2005

Bring me an illegal satellite dish when you get back to Sarawak!

kuching · 27th July 2005

Originally Posted by brian

Bring me an illegal satellite dish when you get back to Sarawak!

Huh? Illegal satellite dish already can get in Kuching.

According to my friend, the scenery at that place is very nice...& most of the native there live in simple life.....I think they don't even have a TV! But....its great place for me as I always love adventure....I hope that longhouse is one of the oldest in Borneo. Will plan for this trip very soon....can't wait to go there.

Jake Shuttlesworth · 27th July 2005

Quote:

Most of the girls in Kalimantan side married to the men in Sarawak side....so its easy to find a guide to bring you to cross the border.

Then I need to find me a wife there.

Nice photos man, brings back a lot of memories.

brian · 28th July 2005

About a year ago I had plans to go to the Bario Highlands. today the only way to get there is to fly in (and with all those helicopters crashing in Sarawak nowadays, be sure someone's going to build a road there soon) so the place is still quite "pristine" although I'm sure its not going to be more backward than Kalimantan longhouses. For Bario I think you have to book a small plane in advanced and all that, and you need to know people there. Anyway, the trip got cancelled 'cos some family friend (who knows the people there) couldn't make it.

Point here is, I think there's still a lot of nice photo and adventure opportunities, but all we need is just time and some guts to get lost in the jungle.

27th July 2005	#17
brian Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 388	Bring me an illegal satellite dish when you get back to Sarawak! __________________ Leicanaut & Nikonaut @ http://nangka.org/events http://flickr.com/dufffader

28th July 2005	#20
brian Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shanghai, China Posts: 388	About a year ago I had plans to go to the Bario Highlands. today the only way to get there is to fly in (and with all those helicopters crashing in Sarawak nowadays, be sure someone's going to build a road there soon) so the place is still quite "pristine" although I'm sure its not going to be more backward than Kalimantan longhouses. For Bario I think you have to book a small plane in advanced and all that, and you need to know people there. Anyway, the trip got cancelled 'cos some family friend (who knows the people there) couldn't make it. Point here is, I think there's still a lot of nice photo and adventure opportunities, but all we need is just time and some guts to get lost in the jungle. __________________ Leicanaut & Nikonaut @ http://nangka.org/events http://flickr.com/dufffader

24th July 2005	#1
kuching Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kuching, Malaysian Borneo. Posts: 266	Western Sarawak Some photos taken at western Sarawak last weekend. (Lundu & Sematan area) It was a cloudy day...so the lighting is not so good.... Batang kayan bridge (near Lundu town)

24th July 2005	#2
benny Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Clementi Posts: 1,712	Nice! Good composition. However, the horizon on the last one is tilted. How about sharing your nice photos with us at AQ too? Cheers,

24th July 2005	#4
VmanD70 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jurong West Posts: 170	Hi...miss the Kolo mee huh? I haven't been to Sematan but been to Lundu. I heard there is one nice resort there...

24th July 2005	#5
bwilly Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Woodlands Posts: 1,835	nice composition..! even though the subjects IMO is pretty dull. hehe..

26th July 2005	#10
eclenikon Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 209	Hey, Nice pictures, brings back some memories. I stayed in Kuching before altho im Singaporean. Stayed there for about 4 years, my dad works there. Still frequent there every year. Nice place (i appreciate it now, cos of the nice sceneries). Ive been to sematan before that bridge was built. Had to drive the car onto the ferry. The ferry wait took most of the time to drive there normally. 1hr wait. Haha. The beach is rather nice at Sematan. I stayed in Damai last time, so, the water is definitely nicer than Damai's. I always wonder though, where can i find a good camera shop in Kuching? The only good shop i know of is at Sarawak plaza. But their stock is very very limited. Any suggestions? Thanks.