The Richest city in old days

Why the richest? Sure, it is rich for nothing but petroleum…but that is old story…
Seahorses, the symbol for Miri…I think the existence of seahorse in sea around Miri makes Miri the city of seahorse…You can find the Great Mr Seahorse in new Marina Bay in the seaside…Breathtaking scenery!!nice view and nice food…they serves Italian cuisine in antique house by the side of the sea…

Behind us is the antique house

Bollywood style running

Actually, Miri is our transit point for our journey to Mulu National Park…Paiseh to Yun Yen…Indeed, she and her family treat us nice and warm…especially her mum Hakka style dishes..Delicious!! Oishit!! Thank you aunty and uncle!!
Mulu National Park, I will never forget You!!! You can travel to Mulu either by Maswings for 30mins or by car and then boats for 10hours….Which one would you choose?Of course, the former la…
A let-down to Mulu is that our packages didn’t include the Famous Pinnacles (5D4N package)…You may ask what is pinnacle? Check it out!!

Not bad, our trip to Mulu included the largest cave in the world – Deer cave, where you can see those nasty bat and bat shits…Of course, Abraham Lincoln’s profile is another attraction…On top of that, other famous caves include Lang cave, Lady cave, Clearwater cave….
Our moods in Deer and Lang cave are spoiled by the ‘cats and dogs’…As they ‘rained’ the Mulu. Luckily, it rains after our visit but we had no chance to view the bats coming out from cave for food…I had to say we have a great time running in the rain!! Wet though with umbrella….haha…
On the way to Clearwater cave with boat, we stopped at Penan long house purposely for its morning market selling not food but craft…We bought a lot here…I get a special flute here..It is so extraordinary…It is blown with NOSE…sound like so Orang-Asli…

It was taken while on the way to Clearwater cave

Moreover, I get some flat hardshell nuts, again, it is not for eat but for massage…
Our last stop at Clearwater cave is a river, where we spent our noon there having our lunch and swims there….COOL!! I mean the water…It is clear but not crystal clear as the way it should be due to the rain.
Nevertheless, we have to come back again for the pinnacles…for our guide – Khairul…Ah Keong, Mat and many of them over there…

From left: Zi Yen, Sharene, Yun Yen, Khairul, me, Mat, Ah Keong, Jia Yin

Fishing around inn

To make the matter worst, our tour in Mulu become more ‘FUN’ with 2 strangers, talkative uncle and aunty…LOL…headache!! We are not only in same tour in Mulu, but also in same plane for leaving Mulu and also Sarawak…

The old couple request us to have a photo before we go for boarding


Simply Wilson
My journey was cheered up with the presence of Wilson
He is an artist as well as a poet and musician…
I was impressed by his masterpiece placed around the hotel lobby…And I did have a chance to chat with him for a while and not forget to take a photo with him…
He is basically origin from Scotland but stay in New Zealand…graduated from an art school and now he is a full-time artist…He was invited by the hotel manager to come over for 8 months…actually, he has a mission on his own – he gonna to draw a painting about Sarawak that is specially for the state for tourism…Below are some of his great work…mainly oil and charcoal paintings…