The mountain is located in an area locally known as Jagoi.
This mountain and the 500 hectares forest surrounding it is a conservation area under a community project. You can read more of it here - Jagoi Area Development
Here are pictures we took during the trek.
▼ At the start of the trek.
▼ An expert tree climber - a local boy.
▼ It is an easy trek actually as the combination of concrete, wooden and earth steps are very well maintained. No leeches.
▼ First stop at about halfway climb.
▼ One of the maps showing the trail. Only missing thing is the "you are here" indication. So, we have no idea where we were exactly at this point.
▼ Toilets are available if you really need to go.
▼ Another resting area.
▼ This is a "weir", a gravity feed water supply system, which is very common in the interior of Sarawak. Water is collected in this small weir up in the hill before being piped (via plastic/pvc or bamboo pipeline) downhill via gravity.
▼ Almost there.
▼ William always behind.
▼ This is the abandoned village - Bung Jagoi. Except for an old lady, the villagers have moved to the lower ground. They still come back to clean the houses, tend to their garden and for special celebrations and occasion.
▼ View of the village.
▼ The "Baruk" (Skull House). Didn't take any picture of the skull though. They are somewhere inside there.
▼ On the way down, it started to rain.
▼ Sg. Jagoi, clear water.
▼ Blue dot is Bung Jagoi, pretty close to the boundary with Kalimantan, Indonesia.
▼ A huge lizard caught by one of the villagers. Maybe its a Gecko...not sure.
▼ Buah Cempedak, a cousin of Jackfruit, very common in the area.
▼ Cempedak tree.
▼ Some kind of herbs collected by the villagers.
▼ Mint.
▼ Rubber tree @ Hevea brasillensis, originally from Brazil but planted in large scale especially in Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
▼ Some seeds we discovered along the way.
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