The interior of the train. My 1st time riding such old 19th century train...
Exterior of the train. It is coal driven...
Closer look.
After a hot night of sleep, we allowed ourselves to be transported to Tenom Town for some thrills and spills. Some background... this town is a famous town for producing coffee, robusta beans to be precise. Ain't really to our taste 'cos the coffee was very, very thin.
Disclaimer: We didn't take any rafting pictures today 'cos we were too busy having fun and getting drown... =P
Anyway, from Tenom, we took this old, cranky coal train to Pangie Town to do our WHITE WATER RAFTING!!! woo-hooo!!!!! we chose to do the Pandas river because it promises a lot more excitement. Grade III-IV rapids! We had 6 people on our boat + 2 guides. A gay couple from Europe and a pair of sisters from Indonesia. The gay couple was so FUNNY! The "female" was exceedingly gu niang to the point of being entertaining. hahahaha....
Had a 20 minutes safety briefing which was really easy considering that both of us were offshore personnels. hahaha... =PpPp the rule to stay calm, listen to instructions, no matter what happens apply to every situation. ahahhaa....
The adrenaline rush excursion was over 20km long. There were a few mickey mouse rapids for warm-ups and 7 major rapids. Due to the dry season, the rapids weren't really difficult to navigate through. Only 2 major ones caught out the whole raft and capsized us! hahaahhaa... the "cobra" and the "big mama". ahhahaahha...On calm waters, the scenery was so so overwhelming. The majestic forest of Borneo was a view to die for. It made me want to pick up kayaking again so that I can travel down the rivers in other countries to experience such tranquility again. Err.. actually, I am considering to return to Sabah to visit the Kinabatangan River. It's a 3D-2N homestay to see orang utans and the proboscis monkey. I think they also allow their guest to kayak down the river/ swamps.
Our ending point was in Halogilat and we took a speed boat (1 hr) to Beaufort town for our transport home. Along the way, it rained. It was terribly cold but the forest against the backdrop of sunset + rain + rainbow was something that I was glad happened. It was really really beautiful.... This trip down the padas river was incredible. It's too exciting and yet so calming at the same time...
Disclaimer: We didn't take any rafting pictures today 'cos we were too busy having fun and getting drown... =P
Anyway, from Tenom, we took this old, cranky coal train to Pangie Town to do our WHITE WATER RAFTING!!! woo-hooo!!!!! we chose to do the Pandas river because it promises a lot more excitement. Grade III-IV rapids! We had 6 people on our boat + 2 guides. A gay couple from Europe and a pair of sisters from Indonesia. The gay couple was so FUNNY! The "female" was exceedingly gu niang to the point of being entertaining. hahahaha....
Had a 20 minutes safety briefing which was really easy considering that both of us were offshore personnels. hahaha... =PpPp the rule to stay calm, listen to instructions, no matter what happens apply to every situation. ahahhaa....
The adrenaline rush excursion was over 20km long. There were a few mickey mouse rapids for warm-ups and 7 major rapids. Due to the dry season, the rapids weren't really difficult to navigate through. Only 2 major ones caught out the whole raft and capsized us! hahaahhaa... the "cobra" and the "big mama". ahhahaahha...On calm waters, the scenery was so so overwhelming. The majestic forest of Borneo was a view to die for. It made me want to pick up kayaking again so that I can travel down the rivers in other countries to experience such tranquility again. Err.. actually, I am considering to return to Sabah to visit the Kinabatangan River. It's a 3D-2N homestay to see orang utans and the proboscis monkey. I think they also allow their guest to kayak down the river/ swamps.
Our ending point was in Halogilat and we took a speed boat (1 hr) to Beaufort town for our transport home. Along the way, it rained. It was terribly cold but the forest against the backdrop of sunset + rain + rainbow was something that I was glad happened. It was really really beautiful.... This trip down the padas river was incredible. It's too exciting and yet so calming at the same time...
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