The next Baram regatta will be hold at Marudi from Sep 30th to Oct 2nd.
Making a new boat for the reggata (Aug 2011)
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Are you ready for Baram regatta 2011?
Harvesting season
I shortly visited Ulu Baram in these days.
Now is the end of harvesting ("majau") season of hill padi in this area.
Jan. 2010
Trekking in the Selio Valley 2
There are plenty of fishes in the Selio River.
We ate fish everyday.
Blowpipe and it's poison dart
There are two types of dart, for large mammals and for bird and monkey.
The poison is made from sap of "Tajem" tree (Antiaris toxicaris).
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If somebody is interested to go there, you should visit Long Mekaba first, and stay one night.
For transport from Miri to Long Mekaba, you can call to Mr. Wan Lenjau (Long Mekaba) +60-128076064. It takes about 7 hours.
Then, you vist Long Jekitan following a longboat of Long Mekaba, it takes 30min.
There, you can find somebody who can arrange for you, such as Mr. David Suok (+60-17-8578673). David and some other Penans from Long Jekitan can speak English.
Then, you visit Long Bee by longboat, one hours from Long Jekitan, and start to walk.
You have to hire somebody from Long Bee also as your guides following their custom.
You have to bring all foods from Miri.
Trekking in the Selio Valley 1
Abung Waterfall
Seran Waterfall
Kotak(Putak) Waterfall
Selio Waterfall (lower)
Selio Waterfall (upper)
February/2009, I went up to the Selio Valley, Upper Silat river.
This area is located in the sothern part of Usun Apau National Park
There are many large waterfalls flowing down from the Usun Apau Plateau to the Selio river:
Abung, Tabui, Seran, Koya, Be'tajem, Talun, Putak(=Kotak), Selio
And the largest one is the Selio Waterfall.
I took five days to go and back from Long Bee.
Traveling in Upper Baram
Mac/2004 Long Mekaba
Dec/2002 Near Long Selatong
Dec/2002 Near Long Julan
Oct/2003 Near Long Moh
Oct/2003 Near Long SilatSome people are trying to promote eco-tourism in this area.
Traditionally, local people welcome visitors from downstream and tourists can enjoy to stay in the villages.
The best way to travel this area is following a longboat, enjoying beautiful view and visitting many villages along the Baram River. You can also enjoy trekking in the forest, visiting waterfalls and mountains and following fishing and huntting.
It is very hard and quite expensive to navigate from downstream by boat. You will do better to visit some village from Miri by car or by flight and travel around by a longboat.
Cost
1) Following a car from Miri to some village RM 80-150 / person. You can also hire a car.
2) Flight to Long Akah or Long Banga from Miri. Two flights a week.
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3) Hire a longboat (boat+engine+driver+petrol)
If you luckly find a longboat to follow, you just pay for your seat.
4) People often do not want to claim for your stay and meal in village. But please pay them to express your appreciation.
Attention
1) In villages of Kayan, Kenyah, Saban and Kelabit, you can find somebody who can speak English well.
2) If you visit a village, you need to visit the village chief (or some committee member) at first and ask his permission to stay there. He can help you to find where to stay and somebody guide you.
3) Some villages are following Evangelical Church (SIB). In these villages, drinking alcohol is considered as a bad conduct and formally forbidden. Please follow the local rule.
4) Sunday is Sabbath day. You can only rest.
5) The traffic condition (boat, flight and car) will be strongly affected by whether (rain and water level of the river).
6) If you want take photos in village, please ask permission from the villagers at first.
You may able to touch local culture such as music and dance. Actually, some villages in this area such as Long Mekaba and Long Moh are well known in Sarawak for thier rich cultural heritages. There are so many kind of music and dance. You can try to tell them you are very interesting to see it. However, I can not tell you that you can certainly see it because it depends on who stay in village during your stay and how about thier mood to play (sometimes they are very busy to work).
Anyway, if you are lucky, you may hear an old man playing Sape' (a traditional string instrument) in evening just for his fun, or you may see even a little girl able to play traditional dance so graciously.
※Actually, the biggest problem is how to find a car to visit this area from Miri. I know many telephone numbers of local drivers, but not sure I can write here or not. Still under consideration. Sorry.
Sg Akah
Long Banga, Upper Baram
Old type of sape', named 'lutung' or 'lotong' or 'lutong'.
Thanks to Mr. Asan O. for the information.
You can get more information about Lg Banga from here,
Usun Apau National Park
Aug/2004
Dec/2003 Waterfalls from Usun Apau
I found some people used this picture on thier blog and noted "Julan waterfall".
But, this one is Temmengong waterfall, upper Teba'au, Silat river. Julan is more large waterfall.
I myself not yet visited Julan waterfall.
If you want know about Julan, see,
I would like visit there in future.
A large table mountain.
Legend place for many peoples in Baram (Thier ancesters came down from here to Baram).
No roads to reach there.
There are many large waterfalls including the largest waterfall in Sarawak, Julan waterfall.
＜Short trip to Usun Apau (Apau Abong)＞
Dec/2007
With some freinds of Long Jekitan
Track up the boat (Sg Selio)
Apau Abong from Sg Selio
Lodges along Sg Selio owned by Penan Long Bee.
Sg Selio
Hundreds years ago, there is a huge village of Kenyah Lepo' Tau here.
However, because of serious plague, many people were died one by one. The remainders escape from this place. Nowadays, the descendants are living at Long Moh, Long Mekaba (Sarawak), Long Nawang and many other villages in East Kalimantan.
Apau Abong
Moss forest on Apau Abong.
Sg Selio has plenty of fishes.You can get more information about Usun Apau from here,
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