Every once in a while, you'd have to go for a long ride.As usual we like to visit new places and explore new things so the plan was to ride in the island of Borneo.Initially we planned to ride from KK in Sabah, around the state ,then to Brunei and finally through Sarawak and end in Kuching .We got the transport and paperwork done and it was all systems go.All we had to do was wait for the due date.
1 week before depature Han calls and suggests visiting Indonesia. We didn't include this in our plan as to ride into Indonesia we would need a carnet. But he got info that says , to ride in Kalimantan from Sarawak no carnet is necessary.We would need to get letters from the Malaysian and Indonesian governments though.We both jumped at the chance ,and so started numerous phonecalls ,emails, sms's to various government departments in both countries.We were lucky as officals in both countries were very helpful.
2 days before depature we got all the letters ,except one.A quick meeting and we decided to try our luck anyway to enter Indonesia.
And so started our adventure .............
Day 0
Transport of the bikes before our flight.
Through this guys...
We got our bikes tied down securely.....
Ready to fly ha ha ha
Time to load.
The bikes reached KK safely and were ready for us to pick them up on arrival.
Day 1
Early morning flight.Thanks to our friends Apit and Adimz who dropped us off at the airport.
First sighting of East Malaysia.
Beautiful weather in KK
Standing in Borneo :-)
A short walk to the cargo section.
Safely stored in Sabah
20 min later we rode to our hotel
1st ride was exactly 1.2km. ha ha ha
We didn't know how long the bike clearance would take so we planned to stay a day in KK
Also we wanted to explore KK.
Checkout the funky gear shift.
We drove a bit out of town
Views along the way.
We wanted to visit here...
So cool
The main reason we wanted to visit here was.........................
To see the original types of longhouses and attire of the native tribes in this part of Borneo
Something that you would not see nowadays unless you go deep into the interior jungles.
Nice grounds.
Our first native house.
Dusun tribe.
See the upstairs loft.
Quarters for the unmarried girls.
Rice wine served.......
Nicol Davids sister ????????
Local delicacies.
The stove.
See , wood fire.....see...
Such an interesting sight of the wood fire ha ha ha
Cooking utensils
Nice experience.
Tuak :-)
Not done here yet :-)
Bee girl
The next house
Where else can you see this.
Back to the bee girl.They prepare nests for the bees.And harvest the honey
All natural items used.
:-)
Natural woodcut stairs.
Interior of the Rungus house
Bedrooms
Hi-fi
Rungus tribesman
They also do a lot of beadwork.
Nice huh
Next house
Checkout the crocodile
Bedrooms.
Upstairs
These are the original headhunters
Tools of the trade.
Old carvings on the stone.
We haven't even started our ride, and on the first day here my Canon G12 DIES !!!!!
In this interesting place.Crap.
Luckily i have a backup compact camera.
But that is in the room.
So almost all the pics from today are from my handphone. :-(
Bajau tribe
All the houses are unique
Excuse the crap pics.
Color.....
Nice :-)
Kitchen
Chicken in the kitchen.
Who ever can guess the purpose of the chicken will get a free teh tarik.
No ,its not for dinner.
The last and most vicious tribe-Murut.
Headhunters.....
They ask you what you want at the entrance...
Springboard inside the house
They jump 12 feet up to get this.
Shields.
Actual tribesman.
A last look
Then we were treated to a show of their tribal dances.
First the girls.
Then both.
Crap handphone pics :-(
Then the boys.
Very cool.
Then they feed you :-)
Subsequently we took a drive around KK
Water village.
The state mosque
Then we came here.
Atkinson tower.
1905
Then here.....
To the view point
Views of Kota Kinabalu
Dusk in Borneo
By the bay....
Nice huh............
KK city mosque
After a long day flying,getting the bikes,touring,finally............food.
We were joined by Arif Yulyanto ,a tayargolek.com fan.
New friendships were made and he would be joining us for part of our ride tomorrow.
A great day .
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