And the dolomite hills on both banks of Sg Sarawak Kanan are of a very high quality dolomite as the low quality ones would not be able to survive the forces of the currents and floods over time and still standing majestically.
And our dolomite formations are not only beautiful but are the most special and distinctive that Dr Alan has ever seen! They are truly unique to Kuching as Dr Alan has been to most parts of
Thank you, Dr Alan Bye, for sharing this with us. I’m so glad that you contacted me and took our kayaking trips with your lovely and beautiful wife Megan.
Once again they are sharing the photographs of the rainforest river trip they took this morning! Enjoy and to those Kuchingnite reading this; you owe it to yourself to see these unique dolomite formations from the waters. Dr Alan highly recommends that you do; and you don’t have to travel all the way from South Africa to do so! See; Kuching people so lucky one!
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FH2o, a simple, wonderfully-educational post indeed. Bravo!
Thank you for posting the pictures.
Thank you, Dr Alan. You are helping Malaysia spread the good word about the beauty of our lands.
Your pictures are spectacular! Like they say, cameras don’t lie.
happy - one of the great thing about the kayaking trips business is that you get to meet all kinds of interesting people from around the world. I get a buzz out of meeting people who just love it being out in their canoes/kayaks!
how are we to know that we have a ‘national natural treasure’ right here in Bau, Kuching! and it takes a ’sakai tourist’to point it out to us! *shame shame*
Kuchingnite? Not Kuchinger?
Wah…. I also wanted to take some for my calcium supplement.
Luckily I didn’t..
Dolomite.. can use dynamite to blast dolomite? ooops…
lrong - kuchinglang?
robin - calcium plus magnesium for better absorption.
yes! can dynamite dolomite with dolly-bird robin …
Wow… I love these two pictures. Absolutely beautiful. We have so many places in Kuching which remain undiscovered… hmmm
Oops indeed! I called it limestone in my article!
Good grief! So now I find there are lovely dolomite formations in Malaysia, too!!!?!
What isn’t in Malaysia???!?
The more I learn from all you wonderful people, the more I wonder to myself why the $&%#* I haven’t been there yet!
miracle8 - beauty is all around us isn’t it? Even in Kuching!
gette - Dr Alan Bye should have visited us earlier!! Let’s blame him! heehee
moody - “What isn’t in Malaysia???!?”
Moody isn’t!! Time for this american to a make a trip!
Me n my kayaks are waiting to show u the domomites!
I admit (grovel, scrape…) that I’ve never tried kayaking. Canoeing, yes. Rowing (and sculling), yes. Kayaking, nope.
Something else for me to learn, I suppose.