Good bye Semban time to leave...Selamat Jalan Kampong Semban...
Some view of the village
I miss this little boy name Aeron..Bye! Aeron.if i ever come back to Semban I will bring you a colour pencil a drawing book and some sweet..that's my promise.
I miss the awesome view if sunrise
I will tell the world that you are still exist ,your beautiful culture is still exist....that's my promise.
About 4 hours later, we reached our starting point at Kampung Bengoh. A villager told us that there is a tallest waterfall in northern side of Bungo range....and there is no trail to go there, need to hire very experience old folk from the village & hack through the dense rainforest to reach there. And the trip is tougher than the trail to Semban.After listening to this..I'm asking myself."Should I come back here again?"A dam is under construction in the region, to be completed this year. Then the traditional access route will get flooded.. so how am I to come and visit little child "Aeron" .
Me(uncle),Linda & Deckson.
Awesome Semban is one of the 4 villages that have been compelled to move due to the construction of Bengoh Dam, the other 3 being Bojorn, Rejoi and Sait. This trek to Semban is the first or the last for 3 of us once the dam gets flooded with water, maybe this year. Why did I say we are the last outsider to visit Kampong Semban. Read source from the star below....
Tight checks: The security guardhouse at the Bengoh dam site.
TIGHT security has been enforced at the site of the RM310mil Bengoh Dam project in Borneo Highlands over the past month.
No one is allowed to enter except for construction workers and those employed at the site office. Outsiders are barred.
The company responsible for the construction has also barred outsiders from visiting villagers in Kampung Taba Sait, Kampung Pain, Kampung Rejoi/Bojong and Kampung Semban who have been affected by the project and being forced to be resettled in a new area.
A guard manning the security post said he was merely following instructions.
Asked why visitors were not allowed, the guard said: “I don’t know. We are merely following instructions. Only workers are allowed in.”
StarMetro has also learnt that outsiders who want to visit the four affected villages are prohibited from using a route that passes through the dam site.
Visitors, whether locals or foreigners, are allowed only if they are accompanied by the village people.
It is learnt that the instruction came after visits by some media representatives to the villages about a month ago and the publication of reports highlighting the plight of the villagers.
StarMetro was the first to highlight issues concerning their unhappiness over the quantum of compensation paid to them.
The villagers were ordered to vacate their respective homes and move to the resettlement area when the houses and other facilities were completed.
The people, however, are to pay for the cost of the new houses in the resettlement area, which they refused.
Work on the Bengoh Dam commenced in Aug 2007 and is expected to be completed in December this year.
That me..start walk from Kampong Semban about 09:00am and reach Bengoh point at 13:37 PM....(photo by Linda).
Jawlinda is one of the blogger that join the team you can read her trip experience from her blog
MYonlineDiary and anyone interested to visit or plan a trip to Semban Village I suggest you cantact DECKSON of Visitor Information Centre ,Sarawak Tourism Board Kuching at this contact number +6 082 410944, +6 082 256301 .
Thank You....Thanks also to
Thank You very much to Sarawak Tourism Board for inviting me for the awesome trip.....Good bye and Selamat Jalan Kampong Semban.
4 comments:
The photos of Aeron and the old lady are amazing. I hope the dam is really necessary and will do some good. The local indigenous people are always the first to suffer in the name of progress. Thanks for take us with you of this amazing trip.
love the expression of the 3rd image :) coolness :D
it's such a pity tat they need to sacrifice their home land for development..
i wonder if they really enjoy the benefits as promised..
I enjoyed this very much~love your photos!!!!
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