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Monday, December 27, 2010

A trip to southwest

So where were we this time after the trip to Miri? I'll give you a hint; Southwest from Bintulu ..... Well, the answer is Mukah and I spent almost the entire week there! Not so brilliant.

I got back from Miri last Monday and headed to Mukah the next day afternoon and came back yesterday, Sunday morning to be exact. Again, I'll let Uncle Wiki to help me in introducing you to Mukah. Why Mukah, you may ask? Err, cause apparently my dad is working there at the moment and my Mum has always been curious about his working place so that is why we were there for a trip. There's practically nothing in Mukah like seriously, just a really small and quiet town dominates by the Melanau-s. I had no choice but to tag along and I spent the entire week mainly sleeping, eating and catching up with HIMYM cause my freaking DiGi broadband doesn't work there sheesh I guess my body weight is back to square one now. It's awfully hard to cope with it so let's just be fat and happy.

The road to Mukah is still under construction and the 3 hours and a half ride was bad. Real bad, I tell you. Bumpy road that gives you butt sores! It is even worse than a rollercoaster ride :O

You can see longhouses, oil palms plantations and paddy fields along the way~ Before heading to Mukah, we made a detour to Balingian, a much much smaller town that only has a row of shoplots and a few houses. Old school to the max!

And on Christmas day itself, we went on a trip to Dalat for visiting! It was an hour drive from Mukah. Remember a short story on How Dalat got its name in our English literature during highschool? Yes, Dalat it is! Frankly speaking, it was my first time celebrating Christmas in such a place but still we are welcomed as guests and they served us scrumptious lunch and dinner! Awesome Too bad there's no picture of food cause I think it would be impolite to snap picture when everyone is eating :P And I'm sure they can't think of a reason of me snapping picture of food and they might think I'm from Mars, as if I've never seen food in my entire life! Oh well, moving on with some photos of the place (:

To the left to the left ♫♩♪

We're here at this yellow house! Oh and that's my mum in green :P

View from the balcony :D

Dark clouds start rolling in

& LOOK! They have their own BBQ pit at home, how cool iz that?!

View of the back of the house, so green-ish! Good for the eyes though LOL

To the jetty!

Vroooom, that's the speedboat yaw 8) Btw, that is the Oya river!

Too bad I didn't get to ride on one cause it was going to rain T___T & FYI, each family from every houses there owns at least one speedboat cause this is still one of their means of transportation. It will take 15 mins to reach Mukah by speedboat, way faster than using a car HAHA It can travel all the way to Sibu as well!

Sarawak Kek Lapis FTW!

That small looking shack is a toilet! Can you imagine yourself doing business inside? LOL

They made this jetty on their own :O

Bangau oh Bangau~ Don't tell me you don't know what's a bangau? *facepalm*

I srsly need a hair dye job -__-

& it was raining the whole day long after that ):

To be continued......I've lost my blogging mojo again, oh fudge.

xx

27 comments:

Jamie Wong said...

omg. big claps for you for able to spend a week in Mukah.

~Joeanney~ said...

wah!! never see kek lapis that colourful before eh..

Unknown said...

aww, i love the kek lapis!!

M-Knight said...

no turn to Matu??

• Stephanie C • said...

The kek lapis's so colourfuuuuul! XD

Your Humble Servant said...

Mukah, I wish it has more stuffs to do and more places to go... hmmm yea that Dalat hahaha

kuromeowiie said...

wish i can travel to these place toooo!><

crazywrazy said...

WOW! I can't wait to make a trip to the place you just visited! I hope jelly bean can bring me around too :P Faster bring your ass back to KL! hahahaha

Xue Ren said...

i love kek lapis! =)

Ken Wooi said...

road trips are fun.. but it depends on the place.. haha.. still, visiting different places are quite an eye-opener :)

Bernard Chung said...

Mukah? Ooooo...
kamek mau kek lapis Sarawak yea!!

Allison said...

the kuih lapis looks so colorful and yum. wna try la :)

Chuen said...

wow the kuih lapis is so colourful! nvr eaten it before. hahah! bring some back :P

isroxck said...

that kek lapis looks like sponge lol

JΞMS£Ćť said...

Haven't been to Miri before. :P

jfook said...

How Dalat Got its name. lol. I never been to Dalat, Mukah and also Balingian. Phail sarawakian I am. lol

Teh Tarik Drinker said...

awesome pics! and i almost bought a bunch of boxes of the kek lapis when i was in kuching!

Joanne Lai said...

yaya. i know the dalat story!!

CaDLyNN said...

hilda! nak kek lapis ye.. :)

Peeciella said...

Nicee! never been to Mukah. xD
-fail as a Sarawakian-

admin said...

wow the sarawak kek lapis is epic, with vibrant colours like that it looks like a soft toy

Jessy said...

A week there! Bravo!
So Did you do ur business in that small looking shack=p

Loo Yi Han said...

Sarawak kek lapis is so colourful! I thought it was a sponge to wash dishes or something HAHAHA!

Anne Lee said...

the kuih lapis looks more like a colourfull sponge.

Koh Kian Fai said...

oh yah can I have some Kek Lapis from you XD please~~~

Adrian said...

WAHHH!that KEK LAPIS is so different from KL one's! Looks more delicious :)

Unknown said...

lol..the kek lapis?can eat ah? so many colors....like toy...=S ahhah!!