There are asign to do their given task in group and somehow, they manage to do their task well with the help of academics & non-academic staf available. After the field worked, every group have to summit their finding ( at least 60 species for each group) and present their report.
Two weeks ago, i went to Sabah for Rafflesia Study Tour with friends from Philippines. It was an interesting trip and we visited a few Rafflesia Study sites such as Tambunan Rafflesia Conservation Centre, Crocker Range Station at Keningau, Mahua Waterfall, Poring Hotspring and Kinabalu Park. Most of the places that we visited is managed by Sabah Park except Tambunan Rafflesia Centre.
Anyway, otw to Croker Range Station Keningau, we stop by di Tambunan Rafflesia Conservation Centre Tambunan, hopping that we can see blooming Rafflesia but nampak gaya sangat menghampakan because not even one Rafflesia pricei yang blooming dengan elok. 3 of the flower at plot 54 (one of the research plot monitored by the Sabah Forestry Team) we found seems 2b aborted. So, tak boleh ambil gambar yang full bloom la. After bollywooding session with krepot rafflesia, we took our late lunch di Tambunan town.
We stayed overnite at Crocker Range Station. After we settle down at our 'Guess House', En. Alim bring us to Rafflesia and Rhizanthes site, hanya about 15 - 20 minutes from the Guess House. Dalam perjalanan ke site, sempat juga botanizing and bollywooding a bit.
On the 2nd day, our group go to Mahua Waterfall for sightseeing and botanizing purposes. During my first trip to this place was for my Rafflesia pricei project sampling purposes in 2005. Actually di Mahua ada 2 Rafflesia site yang sentiasa ada mengeluarkan bud and blooming flower. Somehow, lately this 2 site seems to be inactive, meaning to say tidak mengeluarkan bud baru sejak beberapa bulan yang lepas (2007). Ini kemungkinan disebabkan keadaan cuaca yang agak kering pada masa ini.
Wanna see the picture, here is some posting.......
Pakdin with the big sign indicating trail to waterfall. Infact everybody was excited coz' nak tengok waterfall Mahua. Joom kita, woow........really really bagus la....,bole mandi-manda ke ...??
Beside that, otw ke waterfall, banyak pokok-pokok yang besar boleh dijumpai and photograph with, such as this one..........boleh main hide and seek oooo, gerenti tak jumpa punya...!!!
Last but not least, this is our group photo..... at the waterfall. Me, sitting last to right, with topi.
After di Mahua Waterfall, kami terus Mesilau Nature Park di Ranau. Great place to visit for Malaysian and Foreigner Tourist or Scientist.
Well, will see u on next page. Mupuk aku....!!!!!
3. Secondary forest that has been logged.
The forest has been cut and clear. The loggers left behind all the railing which they used to pulled out the log. These land here is where i used to do my botanizing and looked for my annonaceae and wild ginger but it seems i have to find somewhere else in future.
