Noon at Labuan's UMS Beach

A short visit to the scenic UMS Beach in Labuan.
   

















Coastal erosion is effecting this beach and the neighbouring Sg Pagar beach.



Uprooted coconut trees.



A new seeding to replace the fallen ones.

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Methanol Tanker Bunga Alpinia on fire in Labuan

A lightning strike on the MISC owned tanker,Bunga Alpinia
at around 230 am was said to be the cause of the fire on the chemical tanker
which was loading methanol at the time of the incident.
3 loud explosion was heard and it caused damages
to windows of SESB's  power plant control room 500m away.
There was talk of 5 casualty in the accident
and the ship have been towed out from the jetty
and a fire boat is trying to put out the fire
with another on standby.
Bernama
TheStar
TheStar29/12/2012
Bernama-final victim found A Signal from above in Labuan 2 weeks before the mishap







Menumbuk speedboat passing by.
















A Royal Malaysian Air Force Beech 200T plane having a look.









This seem to be the final resting place for the tanker.













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Bukit Tanjung Batu Beach of Nenasi

Bukit Tanjung Batu in Nenasi a moon sighting site for muslims in Malaysia
also have a very nice beach for a quiet picnic
but looking at the condition of the sea current here
it might not be safe for swimming.

 



The river mouth and the beach is on the other side of the hill.







The beach viewed from up the cliff.















A topless hut.







The fallen railing of the stairways up Bukit Tanjung Batu to the moon sighting hut.



View of the river mouth from halfway up the hill.







The survey marker at the peak.



This  simple hut will be crowded when it's time for  moon sighting.



View from above.



The Tanjung Agas Oil and Gas Park not far away
when fully developed is hope to bring progress and development
to this quiet side of Pahang.