Bako National Park

We participated in Visit Malaysia Year programme by visiting Bako National Park after 6 years we haven't been back. The last time we were there, it was after our wedding and we were with Alain, Yann, Gill and Anne-Marie. So, here is a description of Bako National Park.

'The national park of Bako', inaugurated in 1957 in Eastern Malaysia is the oldest national park open in Sarawak at Borneo. It extends on 27,27 km2, at the of the peninsula of Muara Tebas to the estuary of the rivers of Bako and Kuching. A distance of 37 km by road separates it from Kuching. The coast which is under the effect of million years of erosion, is composed of abrupt cliffs, rock course and broad sandy bays. Erosian due to vague carved, with the foot of cliffs, good number of the rock courses in fantastic marine arches or column whose coloured reasons are due to a ferruginous deposition.

Bako is one of the smallest national park of Sarawak, but is not less one of most interesting, the tropical forest, the flourishing wildlife, the brooks of the jungle, the waterfalls, the botanical richness of the ground, the beaches isolated and the tracks from excursions which it contains in its great richness. A network constantly maintained 16 tracks of excursions, codified using various colors active of the strolls quiet with the excursion of 24 hours in the jungle makes it possible to the visitors to optimize his arrival in this single environment. Few places in the world can be prided to have a great beauty in a restricted place and pallets of its attractions and activities which proposes gives to the national park of Bako its great popularity in Sarawak.

'Le parc national de Bako', inauguré en 1957 en Malaisie orientale, est le plus ancien parc national ouvert dans l'etat du Sarawak à Bornéo.Il s'étend sur 27,27 km2, du bout de la peninsule falaises abruptes, de cap rocheux et de larges baies sablonneuses. L'érosion due aux vagues a sculpté, au pied des falaises, bon nombre des caps rocheux en de fantastiques arches ou colonne marines dont les motifs colorés sont dus à une déposition ferrugineuse.

Bako est l'un des plus petit parc national de Sarawak, mais n'en est pas moins l'un des plus interessant : la forêt tropicale, la vie sauvage florissante qui s'y trouve, les ruisseaux de la jungle, les chutes d'eaux, la richesse botanique du sol, les plages isolées et les pistes de randonnées qu'il contient en sont sa grande richesse. Un réseau constamment entretenu de 16 pistes de randonées, codifié à l'aide de différentes couleurs allant de la balde tranqille à la randonnée de 24h dans la jungle permet aux visiteurs d'optimiser sa venue dans cet environnement unique. Peu d'endroits au monde peuvent se targuer d'avoir une si grande beauté en un lieu si restreint, et la palette d'attractions et d'activités qu'il propose donne au parc national de Bako sa grande popularité au Sarawak.

Big kiss from NDH / Gros becs de NDH

Nigerian High Comm at Kuala Lumpur.

That day, I felt tired after painting the toilet and have decided not to follow Laurent to the Great Eastern Mall. Actually, it is only five minutes away from Seri Maya but I just didn't feel to go out at all. When Laurent was about to leave and asked me to come with him....well, I said yes, alright.

That was the first time we were shopping at the Cold Storage at Great Eastern Mall. The mall, like I said before wasn't far away but the only problem...there is no bus from Seri Maya and the taxi driver most of the time doesn't want to go there as they won't gain so much money and more they will stuck in the heavy traffic. Well, after waiting for a while we managed to get one taxi which wanted to go at the same way as us.

At the Cold Storage, we could find a lots of thing that we couldn't find in India and there's a lots of cheese....different type of cheeses which are coming from all over the world. While I was talking about cheese with Laurent and had a thought to buy some to bring back to India, all of sudden I saw this man and I know him. But he just gave me a smile as he understood what we were talking about in french and I told Laurent about him. We remembered that we saw a white man and an Indian lady walked behind us, but we didn't care much as so many local women are with the white men in Kuala Lmpur. We followed him until the cashier and at that time they were at the cashier ready to pay. I called for Sugi as I saw her. Sugi and her husband that we met in Abuja few times during the embassies receptions. We almost didn't believe that we could meet again after leaving Abuja and Sugi took the opportunity to invite us on her birthday that would be held at the Nigerian High Comm, Kuala Lumpur. Peter arrived in Kuala Lumpur 3 months earlier and posted as a nigerian ambassador. Laurent knew him when we were in Nigeria. Two nights later we were all assembled at Peter's residence at Jalan Utant to celebrate Sugi's birthday party and there were Sugi's famiy and friends were also invited.

Big kiss from NDH / Gros becs de NDH

White is boring.....

After two days at home, we didn't what to do and we decided to change the colour in the living room and in the toilet. We put orange in the living room and green like a banana leaf (a bit tropical) in the toilet and decorated with three paintings of the tropical animals.