| Sarawak trip: Marudi to Miri |
A trip into the interior of Sarawak (9-22)-12-2006
Part 7: River trip to Loagan Bunut NP and from there to Miri
After our visits of Iban Longhouses, the next destination was the Loagan Bunut National park.
From Marudi this park can be reached via the Baram and Tinjar rivers.
A longboat to Lapok leaves daily at 8 am form the Marudi jetty and it takes about 5 hours to reach the small village of Lapok.
It is an interesting trip, used by the Iban to go to their longhouses. The cargo is put on the roof, in our case there was a complet set of furniture.
Several stops at sometimes precarious jetties.
At the Lapok jetty a 4WD of the Loagan Bunut National Park was already waiting for us. The attraction of this park is the lake. It is fed by rivers and the size varies considerably during the year. In the dry season many birds can be spotted here. Now it was at its maximum size, we only saw some Oriental Darters. The Berawan use the lake for fishing.
We stayed overnight in the hostel of the park and the next morning we took a bus from Lapok to Miri.
Miri is a major town, with many modern buildings and shopping centers. We had our farewell dinner in one of the many seafood restaurants.
The next day, before we took our flight back to KL, there was still time to visit the Lambir Hills NP, 40 km from Miri, and famous for its waterfalls.
END OF AN UNFORGETTABLE TRIP
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 Longboat Marudi-Lapok
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 Interior of the boat
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 But you can also sit outside.
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 One of the many longhouses
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 A jetty
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 Logging still takes its ugly place..:-(
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 Can this still be called a jetty?
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 A school along the river
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 Egrets everywhere
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 River life
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 More logging
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 A faster longboat overtaking us
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 Laundry
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 The furniture being unloaded
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 Huge transport boat
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 Another longhouse
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 Logs floating downstream
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 Almost in Lapok
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 Arrival
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 Loagan Bunut NP
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 View from the Hostel
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 Exursion on the lake
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 A raptor in flight
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 Could almost be Holland.
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 Impressive clouds, but no rain
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 We were the only visitors
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 Sunrise over the lake
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 You can call your loved ones here!
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 Breakfast in Lapok
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 Miri town
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 The wet market
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 Fish market
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 Tua Pek Kong Temple
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 Interior
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 View from Canada Hill
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 The Grand Old Lady
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 Detail
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 Seafood Restaurant
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 Bottled Prawns. Why?
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 Egret, looking for food in Sg Miri
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 Lambir Hills NP
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 Many waterfalls!
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 Stinkhorn along the trail
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 The last part is steep
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 Pantu Fall
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 Strange rock formation
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 The beauties of the forest
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wrote on Jan 18, 2007:
do they still play jackie chan movie inside the boat ? |
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Kwai Loh wrote on Jan 18, 2007:
Not this time. I think there was a technical problem with the TV. Most of the time I was on the roof, getting sunburnt..:-) |
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wrote on Jan 18, 2007:
yes, sitting on the roof is fun, but u need sun block. |
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wrote on Jan 18, 2007:
Must have been for Christmas. |
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wrote on Jan 18, 2007:
I went there for prayer last time. |
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