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Serangoon Junior College Kayaking On 27 November 2007

2007-12-11T06:40:00.000-08:00

Group photo @ Kg Danu. (Click on photo to download slide show)

Date: Tuesday, 27 November 2007

Group: Serangoon Junior College, Singapore

Participants:
Looi Eng Chai, Kwek Jit Kiong, Josephine Then, Neo Hui En Cheryln, Poh Lee Toon,Winne Sean, Huang Xinyi, Chian Yuan Lin, Suhaila Auas Hassan, Cheryl Goh, Chua Wei Yun, MD Nashiruddin, Yuonne Gui Xiang Yun, Eugenia Tan Pei Shan, Lin Xiaying, Ang Wei Qiang, Low Inn Zheng, Suan Yeap Jun, Lee Mei Ting Vanessa, Dai Meng Wei, Tan Teck, Mohamed Haikal, Yu Ming Feng, Segan, Ton Zhan Yuan, Abdul Rahman, Delviner Kuar, Gwendolyn Tan, Jacyln See, Candy Tan, Goh Lianne, Huang Jiahua Bernice, Ng Yi He, Tan Wei Bin, Wong Shao Hui Shawn, Agnes Thng, Christine Lee, Jonathan Ho Jia Han

Trip: Rainforest Kayaking Adventure from Kg Bengoh to Kg Semadang

Wet & Wild Friday Kayaking

2007-11-30T01:47:00.000-08:00

Azmi with Mei Ching, Juan Lyn, Jem & Fiona @ Kg Bengoh, 30 November 2007

It started raining early on Friday morning and it kept on raining the entire day. But that did not deter Jem and Fiona from England who chanced on us and booked our trip through a local travel agent; and Mei Ching and Juan Lyn (a graphic designer who runs her own little design and advertising firm - PaperCut) from Kuala Lumpur who 'googled' and found us and booked our rain forest kayaking trip.

And despite the relentless rain they had a wet but great time and luckily the rain did not deter the orang utans (that's the real 'George of the Jungle' there) either at Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Center who showed up at feeding time. Yeah, it was a wet and wild Friday for Mei Ching, Juan Lyn, Jem, Fiona and Azmi alright.

Different but Same Fun & Adventure

2007-11-29T18:45:00.000-08:00

Azmi, Crissy, Andrew & Louise @ Sg Abang put-in, Kg Bengoh, 29 November 2007

Crissy Ranellucci from Montreal, Canada booked our trip directly by email and Azmi was happy to pick her and friend Andrew from Borneo Seashare B&B yesterday where they were staying.

Also joining them was Louise Campbell from down-under Hawthorne, Australia who booked through a travel agent, was staying at Merdeka Palace.

Different hotels, different bookings but same destination and the same wonderful time of fun and adventure kayaking through the rain forests of Borneo highlands.

Sunny Sunday Kayaking

2007-11-25T18:32:00.000-08:00

Henrik Kempf & Nina Bang from Copenhagen @ Kg Bengoh put-in on Sunday, 25th November 2007

Nina and Henrik from Copenhagen, Denmark were most happy to be out on the clear waters of Borneo Highland on Sunday with Freddy who's enjoying his school holidays at the moment with a bit of guiding thrown in for good measure.

In a magical place a long, long way from Denmark ...

Swede Tuesday

2007-11-20T06:24:00.000-08:00

Shooting the rapids @ Borneo Highlands on a sweet Tuesday.

Emma Andersson and Jerry Hull, both from Gothenburg, Sweden saw our flyers at B&B Inn and promptly booked our kayaking trip through the rain forest and were glad they did as they really have a sweet Tuesday!

Swedes Emma & Jerry having a sweet time on Sg Sarawak Kiri, 20 November 2007

Sharing Sunday

2007-11-18T03:15:00.000-08:00

Sharing a wonderful Sunday together on the waters of Borneo Highlands, 18 November 2007

Rob Taggart & Shaun are clearly having a great Sunday.

I was really happy today to be on the waters again after more than 2 weeks of 'near dehydration'! Anyway I was eager to join the group of people I was taking out who were just as eager to get going. The light was simply beautiful as I took this snap of Shaun, the GM from Crown Plaza Riverside and Holiday Inn Kuching and who was showing his friend Rob from Sydney the wonderful time he and his family had on the waters with us a couple of months ago.

Gang leader, Bong Hon and friends havin' a splashin' good time!

Bong Hon and his gang of 6 friends who were taking their 4th or 5th trips with us again (I'm not kidding!) were having a splashing good time as well. Kayaking (with FH2o *ahem*) is fun and you do want to share it with your family and friends!

Father, Bong Foh Hoe and son, Alan Bong (16) sharing special moments on the waters of Sg Sarawak Kiri

Needless to say, we had a brilliant Sunday. Trusting that your weekend was just as wonderful as mine - and shared with family or friends. Cheers!

Bong Hon tries to drink drips from rock outcrop much to the amusement of fellow passenger Ho Siew Hong and Chong.

Saturday Kayaking @ Borneo Highlands

2007-11-17T04:39:00.001-08:00

Melissa, Quyen & Jane @ Kg Danu, Saturday 17th November 2007

Quyen Du and Melissa Gooi who lived in Kuala Lumpur, booked our trip through Borneo Transverse Tours and requested to be picked up at Merdeka Palace at 1pm instead of our usual 8.30am pickup so as to suit their travel arrangements, and being the easy and flexible people that we are; we naturally obliged.

Jane Pollinger from the UK is a wee bit afraid of the water - but she did not want to miss out on a kayaking experience of a lifetime floating down the rain forests.

Lovely Melissa Gooi with the lovely kampung children of Kg. Danu

Jane Pollinger from the UK was traveling alone and didn't mind what time she would be picked just as long as she's able to do our trip before leaving on Sunday. And if she can sit with one of the guide as she's a little afraid of being on the waters. Her fears were allayed in the capable company of Azmi and it was a memorable experience for all even though by the time Azmi and Juri dropped them off in town it was already turning dark.

Quyen and Melissa finds a romantic spot inside a cave @ Sg Sarawak Kiri.

Smiling Singaporeans

2007-11-15T15:11:00.000-08:00

These Singaporeans can be a real "suah koo" (country bumpkin) on the waters!

I can finally take a short breather now that the board meetings are all over this week and to cap it off we were treated to a nice surprise buffet lunch by both the MD and Deputy MD yesterday after the "induction" meeting for the new staff to the company this year. It was a rare honour. *burp*

Smiling Singaporeans - take a leisurely float; no need to be "kiasu" here!

And it was all smiles too for Edelweiss (who booked via email and was initially reticent about what if it rains -*sigh*) and Ling from Singapore on happy Thursday, 15 November 2007 too as they were guided by Azmi (who also took all the nice photos here) down beautiful Sungai Sarawak Kiri at Borneo Highlands.

Happy to be fightings the currents rather than the MRT crowds anyday!

Trust that it'll be all smiles for you folks too this weekend! I am already grinning from cheek to ear as this will be first weekend off in over 2 weeks! Hehee.

It's "cool" to be inside a cave - beats the Spore underground anytime right Edelweiss and Ling?

Kayaking Belgians

2007-11-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

Kayaking Belgian couples @ Borneo Highlands, Tuesday 13 November 2007

It's getting towards the end of the year and we're in the midst of the monsoon season; although it has been quite a mild one this year. But for the past weeks we've been experiencing rain in the late afternoon or evenings.

Kayaking's pretty neat!

But that does not put off Belgians - Hermans, Vandenbrock, Boffe and Rogiers who saw our flyers at Singgahsana Lodge and promptly booked our kayaking trip through the rain forest and who discovered exactly why it is called the 'rain' forest for a reason!

Maneuvering to get drenched!

Smart Alec

2007-11-11T18:44:00.000-08:00

Alex, Adeline, Alvin, Lloyd, Stephen & Yvonne with Azmi @ Sg Abang put-in on Sunday, 11 Nov'07

While I was ~~stewpidly~~ sloughing away in the office on a brilliant Sunday; smart Alex Liew was having a whale of a time floating down Sungai Sarawak Kiri at Borneo Highlands with friends some of whom has just gotten off the plane from Kuala Lumpur!

And Alex’s gang comprises Adeline Lau, Alvin Lu, Lloyd Salang, Stephen and Yvonne Tan who were not contented with just finishing at Kg Semadang where we usually finish; but instead opted to float all the way down to Kg Git for the takeout taking advantage of the swift flow on account of the heavy rain overnight. Here are the only two photos taken with Azmi who guided this smart alec group at Sungai Abang put-in. I trust that you did something equally smart this sunday unlike yours truly. *sigh*

Dutch's Treat

2007-11-10T15:06:00.000-08:00

Pretty in Pink: Dutch delights on the waters of Sg Sarawak Kiri @ Borneo Highlands on 10 November 2007

Paulien and Renee, both 21, from the Netherlands heard about our wonderful (ahem!) kayaking trip down the rain forest river at Borneo Highlands from fellow Dutchman Bob in Kuala Lumpur who did our trip about a month ago on the 15th October 2007. Bob had a wonderful time together with a bunch of Dutch guys both on and off the waters! Langkau anyone?

Thanks Bob for putting Paulien Bolck and Renee Pisteli on to us and for taking the trouble to book the trip for them. It was certainly a treat for them and a delight for Azmi as well! Kayaking anyone?

9th November 2007

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8th November 2007

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4th November 2007

2007-11-04T16:09:00.000-08:00

"I'm smiling ''cos only my photo is not blurred!"

2nd Novemnber 2007

2007-11-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

Juri & The Girls

2007-10-31T18:46:00.000-07:00

Juri amongst the UK ladies @ Sg Abang, Borneo Highlands 31 October 2007

Juri was the thorn amongst the roses at Borneo Highland on Wednesday, 31 October 2007 taking 4 lovely ladies from England on a rainforest kayaking trip.

Marcia, Naomi, Joanne and Erica from Milton Keynes, Oxon, Reading and Soton respectively had a wonderful girl s's day out on the waters.

I guess Juri has his hands full on the day but I don't hear him complaining!

Left: On the suspension footbridge @ Kg Danu.

Splashing Time For Katie & Kerry

2007-10-22T18:50:00.000-07:00

Katie, Azmi & Kerry @ Sg. Abang put-in on 22nd October 2007

No monday blues for either Katie or Kerry who had a splashing good time with Azmi on Monday, 22nd October at Borneo Highlands; taking a well deserved break from their teaching jobs in Thailand.

Azmi's turning out to be quite a good photographer; but I suppose all kayakers have an affinity for the beauty of nature and are therefore 'naturally' good photographers!

Left : What a splash! Great shot by Azmi of Kerry & Katie shooting the rapids of Sungai Sarawak Kiri.

She Ordered - They Paddled!

2007-10-09T06:27:00.001-07:00

Azmi with Kim, Robert and Matthew @ the put-in at Sg Abang, 9 October 2007

No; it's not like that at all! The Yeoh family from Perth, Western Australia are here on holidays staying at the Riverbank Suites. Mrs Yeoh called us yesterday and booked a Rainforest Kayaking Adventure Trip for hubby Kim Yeoh and their 2 boys Robert, 13 and Matthew, 15. How thoughtful and nice of her.

Turned out that all the male in the household knows how to kayak as Kim called me later and requested to have single kayaks for all of them (and also our delicious packed lunch).

Robert, Matthew and Kim shooting the rapids @ Borneo Highlands!

They had a great time out on the waters of Sungai Sarawak Kiri @ Borneo Highlands today; so much so that Azmi later told me that this was the longest time he ever spent on the water on this trip! Probably just what the missus ordered!

Last Minute Kayaking

2007-10-08T05:37:00.001-07:00

Put-in @ Sg Abang : Emma, Azmi, Yang Jian, Alexander & Greg. 8th October 2007

Yang Jian (from Tianjin, China) and Alexander Zyik (from Germany) booked our trip through Borneo Interland Travel Sdn Bhd leaving the kayaking trip for the last day before catching the 6pm flight out of Kuching this evening. And Emma Taggart from Melbourne, Victoria emailed us the night before and managed to rope in Greg Peonia from San Diego, California to join in the fun and adventure of kayaking through the tranquil rainforests of Borneo Highlands this morning.

Kayaking rocks! Just ask these folks.

Talk about doing things in the last minute! But they are all glad they did with pleasant memories of their time on the waters of Kuching. Here are some snaps from Azmi and Juri; edited by FH2o. Wouldn't you rather be outside doing this on a Monday instead of being cooped up the entire day inside an office building? *sighs*

Paddlelution?

2007-09-26T16:33:00.000-07:00

Mr Dennis Van Eijsden, journalist from Travelution magazine, Netherland, was in town and was assisted by Sarawak Tourism Board (who contacted us) in planning his visit around Kuching for his write-up and photo shoot session. Thanks to STB (thank you Gracie!), our rainforest kayaking adventure was part of the activities planned for him on the 26th September 2007.

With so many things to see and do in such a short stay here, Azmi and Dennis paddled non-stop from Bengoh to Kg Semadang in record time where he was immediately picked up for what was planned for him next - a home stay at Anah Rais longhouse. Phew! Is this what you call paddlelution? Whatever lah.

Tuesday With Azmi (& Orang Utans!)

2007-09-25T21:07:00.000-07:00

"We're Tuesday people." Strangers on land but not on the waters!

Isabelle(7) and Ellanie (10) riding on the same kayak in the care of Azmi
"Without love, we are birds with broken wings."

Yesterday on a fine Tuesday day, Azmi and Juri took care of our guests from Australia (Sharon,Phillip, Ellanie, Isabelle, Idoia & James) and the UK (Persephone and John from London) with a fun filled day of kayaking at Borneo Highlands followed by a visit to the Semengoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to look at the orang utans at feeding time in the afternoon.Human-utans!

"Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long."

Azmi took all the great photos here (and I ~~cleverly~~ arranged them into a montage) and they looked like they had fun and so did the orang utan! It's not exactly "Tuesdays with Morrie" but a day on the waters and later spent in the company of 'monkeys' do offer some lessons on life. Ah, well. Kayaking anyone?Ritchie the BIGGEST orang-utan at the sanctuary - do you wanna argue over that with him?

From Malacca To Kuching

2007-09-24T20:23:00.000-07:00

Azmi outnumbered by 3 ladies from Malacca @ Sg Abang put-in, Borneo Highlands

Tan Swee Yin, Ng Moey Yoy and Tan Swee Sim, 3 lovely ladies from Malacca were holidaying in Kuching staying at Carpenter Guesthouse decided to have a bit of adventure here and signed up on our Rainforest Kayaking Adventure trip on Monday, 24th September 2007.

Charlotte Had Fun, YOU Too!

2007-09-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

HoSung You from Seoul, South Korea and compatriot Kim were travel marketing consultants who specifically flew in to Kuching just for the day to check out our kayaking trips together with travel consultant Andy from KL. Wow.

You had chanced upon our Kuching Kayak website and this blog and was thrilled that there's more to do in Kuching than the usual ~~boring and stale~~ same-old same-old tourist 'attractions' offered by the local agents here, year in and year out.

Kiwi and Masters student (on nature conservation) Charlotte Fletcher was in town too for the 4th Borneo Tourism Conference 2007 and was staying at Singgahsana Lodge when she spotted our flyer there and being a keen (whitewater) kayaker decide to check us out as well and excitedly rang us the night before to sign up for the trip.

Charlotte Fletcher from Christchurh @ Secret Waterfall, Borneo Highlands

So on Saturday morning we disembark at Sg Abang, Bengoh but unfortunately Andy's frozen shoulder has not healed yet and Kim in his excitement has forgotten to dress for kayaking and decided to sit it out. As such HoSung You decided to only do a short portion of the trip and take-out at Kg Danu so that his fellow travellers would not have to wait too long for him.

Charlotte hanging on and getting wet 0n Sg Sarawak Kiri, Borneo Highlands, 15 September 2007

I carried on with Charlotte after Danu and who throughout and at the end of the trip find the experience to be simply "AWESOME"! HoSung You is of the same opinion and on the 12th of next month would be bringing in a group from Korean; and this time he and Kim would be doing the entire trip. Awesome! Trusting that your Saturday and weekend has been too!

Charlotte had an "awesome" time on 15 September 2007, so did HoSung You!

More Fun Than a Bottle of Scotch?

2007-09-03T07:32:00.000-07:00

Errol Ross, James Newman, Johnny Lawson & Azmi @ Secret Waterfall, Borneo Highlands 3rd September 2007

It had been raining almost the entire night before and the rain just managed to ease briefly when Azmi set off for Borneo Highlands on Monday morning with the 3 Scottish Errol, James and Johnny, who signed up for the Kuching Rainforest Kayaking Trip, whose spirits were not dampened in the least. Perhaps they had downed some good scotch spirits the night before?

Getting high up on a vine instead of a bottle of scotch!
Photo by Azmi

Just take a look at the photographs of the splashing fun they had on a wet Monday! Sure beats sitting inside an office like I did. Darn!

Soaking Scottish @ Sg Sarawak Kiri!
Photo by Azmi

Showing Shaun

2007-09-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

Group photo at the put-in @ Sg Abang. Notice how the first timers do not like to get their feet wet!
From left - FH2o, Shaun, Mr Sia, Winnie, Roy and Jimmy.

Winnie together with her colleagues Jimmy and Roy from Pearl Holidays in West Malaysia are checking out the attractions of Kuching with Mr Sia, the ever affable Managing Director of local travel agency, Pin Sing Travel who promptly suggested that they get their feet wet by taking our rainforest kayaking trip on Sunday morning as one of the “must-do” adventure activity while visiting Kuching. Mr. Sia having been ‘baptised’ on earlier trips with us; is now quite an ‘expert’ paddler and wants to try all our other trips!

Shaun picks up a fig from the river and wants to eat it! (It's edible lah!)An unforgettable experience for Shaun and Winnie on Sg Sarawak Kiri, 2 September 2007

Winnie’s plucky eight years old son who tagged along was all excited and eager to get onboard the kayak with me even though it was going to be a short ‘sampler’ trip from Bengoh to Kg Danu. Except for Mr. Sia, this was their first kayaking experience ever and though they did not know what to expect; they were unexpectedly and pleasantly surprised at what a wonderful experience it was to be floating through the beautiful rainforests of Sarawak. And they as seasoned travel agents thought that they “had been and done it all already”. Well.

Roy & Jimmy - "Beats seating on a tour bus anytime!"

Winnie, Shaun, MM and NN had a great time and the experience now to show and share with the future guests of Pearl Holiday (M) Travel & Tour Sdn Bhd a wonderful kayaking adventure through the Sarawak rainforests in Kuching. They even asked me to issue them a certificate for having ‘conquered’ Sg Sarawak Kiri! Hmm.

Team 'Pin Sing' and team 'Pearl Holidays' teams up on Sg Sarawak Kiri, Borneo Highlands