Sungai Sarawak Kana

I can't wait to be on the water on Easter Sunday, my last day of paddling in Sarawak. The very thought of paddling in a tropical rainforest river has rendered me sleepless the night before. I was excited, restless, and gearing to go in a second. When FH2O and Robin dropped me off at the uppermost stretch of water they could find, I was off in a hurry.

Here are some scenes from the first hours of the paddle. Due to the fast flowing river I did not have to paddle much. I spent time leaning back into my seat and enjoying the pure bliss of floating downriver. The cool morning mist in my face and the sound of flowing river and singing birds ringing in my ears. How I wish I could do this every Sunday, or everyday....

Sungai Sarawak Kana meanderaring through an old forest.
The river was urgent after a blanket of rain the night before.
It has risen to a mere 2 meters, when it could turned into
a monstorous 10 meters in rainy season. On places where it
turned the meandering force of the river dissolved the banks
and made high walls of what was remaining.

A clearing in the forest canopy let in some light.
Old trees precariously clinged to both sides of the
river banks. Ferns, moss, and orchids covered their branches.

During the rainy season the powerful river fell trees
and destoryed bridges but these two trees fell for
each other in a comforting embrace.