Kuching, 28 June - 1 July 2007

Short trip to look for betta taeniata. Got a local there selling the betta Rubra and many wild bettas. First thing was to get hold of a rented car. RM90 a day. Nothing to complaint for a car that already drove 300k plus kilometre.

Met this local guy(Haji Badaruddin) and we followed them for a betta field trip collecting crypte off Serian, a small town call Balai Ringin. It is said to have Brownorum but we didn't catch any. We proceed to this place in Serian to collect Betta Taeniata up a waterfall! Surprising to have a betta in this part of the waterfall which I estimate at least 500m from ground level. We had to climb a foothill which obviously were use by the locals before.

Got about 3 pieces of Betta Taeniata,

Iban

Wild Singapore Pt 2

16 June 2007, went to hunt for the pugnax in the local stream. Parked the car some distance from the location and we had to make the entire field trip on foot, crossing man-made barricade. What we fear are the rangers. The fishes were forest snakehead, rasbora and of course betta pugnax. In the open pool, we can actually see them. We use the nets on shallow stream and the fishing rod made from twig and a string with rubber band to tie the worm. Incredibly when the pugnax actually bit it doesn't let go that easily and pulling it up was easy.