Not much to say, despite sneaking in three song titles ... I changed hotels, then hopped onto a shuttle bus to the Sarawak Cultural Village, which was about 45 minutes away. Nice drive out of the city, the tourist attraction is right beside a fancy resort called Damai Beach Resort.
I was very suspicious that it would be a complete tourist trap, but luckily, it wasn't. Seven very good examples of the different types of people that live in the state of Sarwak. Tall house on stilts, Iban Longhouses, other longhouses, so pretty much one from each native group. Not cheesy at all, just a good example of things I'll see when we enter the real thing on our jungle treks. A good way to spend the afternoon, especially when you've already walked up and down the riverside a few times. On the "Who Cares?" file, I bought two very intriguing bird whistles at one of the village houses. Oh boy the sounds they make for such a little thing !! I can't wait to use it on late students while I'm looking down the hall at them. Kinda like giving a kid a slingshot for Christmas, or the year we got "Hungry Hungry Hippos". Except with these things, no one gets hurt, just annoyed. They cost $2 each, so it's almost free entertainment ... if you know what I mean. Hehehehehehehe ....
After I got back, we met the group at 6pm. Our leader is a real local character, not very old, from Sabah State, in the north half of Borneo. He's not our leader for the entire 19 days, just the first 10. Mostly young couples in the group this time around, completely the opposite to the group in Myanmar. Two mothers with their young daughters, one German and one English, but the English daughter is a lot older, about 16 or so, so it should be interesting to see how we all make out with these isolated jungle circumstances. It's not Disneyland for sure ... not even Euro Disney.
Lots of Germans ..... Danke !!
So we leave for the Bako National Park tomorrow, for three days, and then fly over to Mulu National Park. Lots of nights sleeping in one large longhouse, all with the bugs and mosquitoes flying around. I bought my Off ... let's just hope it works. I won't have any access to the web for about a week at least ... so I'll see you soon.
Be good ... :o)
I was very suspicious that it would be a complete tourist trap, but luckily, it wasn't. Seven very good examples of the different types of people that live in the state of Sarwak. Tall house on stilts, Iban Longhouses, other longhouses, so pretty much one from each native group. Not cheesy at all, just a good example of things I'll see when we enter the real thing on our jungle treks. A good way to spend the afternoon, especially when you've already walked up and down the riverside a few times. On the "Who Cares?" file, I bought two very intriguing bird whistles at one of the village houses. Oh boy the sounds they make for such a little thing !! I can't wait to use it on late students while I'm looking down the hall at them. Kinda like giving a kid a slingshot for Christmas, or the year we got "Hungry Hungry Hippos". Except with these things, no one gets hurt, just annoyed. They cost $2 each, so it's almost free entertainment ... if you know what I mean. Hehehehehehehe ....
After I got back, we met the group at 6pm. Our leader is a real local character, not very old, from Sabah State, in the north half of Borneo. He's not our leader for the entire 19 days, just the first 10. Mostly young couples in the group this time around, completely the opposite to the group in Myanmar. Two mothers with their young daughters, one German and one English, but the English daughter is a lot older, about 16 or so, so it should be interesting to see how we all make out with these isolated jungle circumstances. It's not Disneyland for sure ... not even Euro Disney.
Lots of Germans ..... Danke !!
So we leave for the Bako National Park tomorrow, for three days, and then fly over to Mulu National Park. Lots of nights sleeping in one large longhouse, all with the bugs and mosquitoes flying around. I bought my Off ... let's just hope it works. I won't have any access to the web for about a week at least ... so I'll see you soon.
Be good ... :o)
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