Friday, June 21, 2013

Haze - June 2013

The haze in Kota Kinabalu this morning (9.43am). No Mt Kinabalu.


The haze in Tongod (middle of Sabah) yesterday ...


... the sun at 8.35am.

 
But work still went on. Palms growing, mucuna (low creeper cover crop to suppress weeds) growing, AA mulch (plastic sheet covering the palm circle to prevent weeds, conserve some moisture and also fertiliser applied) fixed.


The Land Rover Defender 110 (current price said to be RM270K!). Comfy and good for the estate roads, but weird things still there (to those used to all the "modern" gadgets and stuff on their cars); like the tiny windscreen wipers, the non-electric door mirrors, non-electric windows, fuel cap still outside locked, rear door also outside locked, and water still get in when crossing slightly high rivers.


 The felled logs have rotted giving a chance for very colourful fungi.


In the mid-distance, a waterfall ...


... looked like a multi-staged one (photo at maximum zoom is not the best due to the haze) . The estate staff told me they did managed to make it through the jungle to the foot of the waterfall. I hope this area will not be disturbed.

Friday, June 14, 2013

Cactus in Kundasang

Yesterday, I drove to Kinabalu Park (with my wife and her friend from Denmark). Cool and cloudy day but luckily no rain.


The park was nice and clean and had a good number of visitors. In nearby Kundasang, we visited a plant nursery.


In addition to the usual nice flowers and plants, there were quite a number of cacti (or is it cactuses?) ...


... some fruiting (is that the correct term?). Hmmm, I don't know much about cactus, but they are nice to photograph ...

... especially with their small flowers ...


 ... seemingly somewhat unexpected from a spiny plant ...


... colourful yellow flowers ...


... and red flowers.


One with a "Bad Hair Day" ...


... one "bowling ball" shaped ...


... tentacles shaped ...


... Did it snowed last night?

Monday, June 03, 2013

Another Unusual Cloud Formation

Another Unusual Cloud Formation seen this morning in Kota Kinabalu. I have no idea if there is a name for this type. Previously I posted one photo of a lenticular cloud formation over Mt Kinabalu.