Majestic Horse Head Arch of Tanjung Tusan

This majestic Horse head shape Natural Arch at Tusan Beach near Miri
is a nice refreshing discovery for me
after my tiring stop over at the Bungai Beach and Tg Bungai cliff
on our way to Miri.










Haji Nasir waiting up the cliff while i explore the arch a few hundred meters away.



My lone foot steps to the arch.



High sloppy cliff all the way and i was wondering how high will the tide be.







This is what i see when i first got down the cliff, looks something like an arch with the aid of my camera's zoom,105mm only.



















This lump of fallen white clay looks scary as more could fall down.



and this is where i stop,enough for the moment
maybe next time around i will move around the cape.



A clay cave formed by seawater erosion.









It is risky to get in here as we can never know when a big chunk of clay will fall.

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Bishop's nose arch of Tg Bungai

I call this nice natural arch at Tg Bungai, the Bishop's Nose arch
since the very first thing that comes into my mind when i saw it was,
Oh! it looks like the long nose of my former catholic school brothers,
i am sure those of you who have been lucky enough to be educated
in a missionary school knows what i mean.









A shot from the other side of the arch.

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Gorilla like mural on the cliffs of Tanjung Bungai

I stumbled upon this unique gorilla like mural cause by different colour shade of the cliff rock
on the beach of Tanjung Bungai,Bekenu,Sarawak.
This stretch of beach is so clean and quiet due to its remoteness with Miri the nearest city
about 40 minutes away.










This seem to be the longest stretch of high cliff in Malaysia
with some as high as 30 meters with a few more beautiful natural arch
which will come in my next post.

When a tree prays....

When a tree prays..

Oh! Why am i so lonely
where is everybody,
where are all my ancestors?
Who cut them down?
Oh!Please let us live too,
we are also part of this beautiful world,
it don't belongs solely to you humans
we have the right too,
we have been here for millions of year,
long before you came,
so please give us some space,
let us live and be part of your world too,
cut us but do it sustainably
and we will give back to you many benefits,
timber that you wanted most,
wildlife that you cherish so much,
clean water and oxygen that we can't live without,
biodiversity that you will treasure most later on,
so please..... please..let us live.

Thomas Lee quotes


a single tree left on a plantation on the way to the Bakun Dam.


The yet to be filled 205m high,2,400mw Bakun Dam build during a financial turmoil
through 2 change of national leadership and escalating cost
that will flood an area the size of Singapore.



Thestar on Bakun

Where's the power going?

A sad goodbye to the beautiful beaches of Tg Similajau

I am wishing goodbye to the beautiful rocky beach of Tanjung Similanjau
not because i wouldn't be coming back here
but because of the impending multi billion ringgit development
together with a deepsea port coming to the area
which is just outside the northern part of Similajau National Park.





























Harden volcanic mud which was once bubbling.
















Coal deposit in abundance here like at most coastal areas in Sarawak.



Site preparation works in full swing for an unknown mega project,
the usual style here in Sarawak.



Jungles cleared right up the the beach,what will be next?



A mud retention pond at the site but siltation is already taken showing up
on the beach will fallen trees and i wonder why clear the trees right up to the beach,
why can't they leave some buffer zone
or might as well reclaim more land from the beach!

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