[Robert]

Continuing our journey the next day. A clear day and blue sky. Notice some tree crowns were overgrown with lichen reflecting their fleshy white in the morning sun.




Some get detached and dropped. It was soft and moist.


The wooded forest-sunlight penetrating, awesome!


Halfway reaching the mountain ridge already we’re entering the sub-montane mossy forest where we came across mostly tentaculata.


Our guides taking a rest


At the mountain ridge 1950m we’re too spoilt – N.lowii among the low bushes and trees.




….and hurrelliana…woohoooo!


At Batu Linanit 2248m , it offered another fantastic view of Batu Lawi.


Reaching the Church camp where it would be our temporary mt home. Church Camp consisted of wooden houses built individually by the kelabit from surrounding villages.It was their temporary home, use once a year for their annual pilgrimage.



The night-dinner and chat. Night was cold + the very windy condition make it very chilling. Our porters ( most are seasonal and part time farmers, forest gatherers and hunters when not engaging as porters) throw in some of their hunting trip and adventure, how they got lost and found their way out....candle put off..all was dark...heard nothing except the howling wind and broke occassional by the cries of nocturnal creatures.

Dinner served