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Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Sarikei Pineapple.

SARIKEI PINEAPPLE

Sarikei is known as "fruits basket of Sarawak"and one of the main supplier for vegetables and fruits for Central Region. One of the famous fruits is Sarikei Pineapple. It is for this reason Pineapple Festival was held annually in Sarikei town 
THE AUTO SHOW
The auto show at the Nyelong Esplanade displayed cars and motorbikes that had won prizes in many auto shows with their modifications like hifi and paint job. The motorbikes even brought along their own mascots like SpongeBob and Monster Inc's monster.

 
 SARIKEI PINEAPPLE (PASAR MALAM)

With so much fun and consumer spending to stimulate the economy, it makes you wonder why Sarikei does not have a big night market (pasar malam)

Kaul Festival

 

MUKAH
 MUKAH is one of the eleven administrative divisions in Sarawak, east Malaysia, on the island of Borne.Mukah too contains four administrative districts: Mukah, Dalat, Mato and Daro. The total population is 110,543.[3] The population is culturally mixed, with mostly Melanau, Malay, Iban, and Chinese predominating.
 THE BEST IN MUKAH

Kaul Festival (Pesta Kaul in Malay) held annually at Kala Dana Beach (Pantai Kala Dana in Malay) at Mukah. In 2012, approximately 70,000 visitors attended the festival.[5] A park called Kala Dana Recreation Park or Site of Kaul Festival (Tapak Pesta Kaul) was built there and had recently been renovated and is now more modern. It also has an observation tower. This festival attracts many visitors from Sarawak-wide and sometimes even foreign tourists. The chief minister also attends this festival each year. For 2013, the festival will be held on 24–28 April.[6]

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Mulu national park

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Gunung Mulu National Park
Gunung Mulu National Park near Miri, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that encompasses caves and karst formations in a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The park is famous for its caves and the expeditions that have been mounted to explore them and their surrounding rainforest, most notably the Royal Geographical Society Expedition of 1977–1978, which saw over 100 scientists in the field for 15 months.The national park is named after Mount Mulu, the second highest mountain in Sarawak.

D'Cave homestay

D'Cave Homestay

 

 

 

 

 

 

D'Cave Homestay, halfway between airport and Park HQ. Offers lunch/dinner. There is no menu, just request what you like to eat and how you like it done. Remember that ingredients availability is limited. Price around RM 12 for rice, meat and vegetable. Bring a torchlight if going there at night. Homemade rice wine, tuak available at times.

 

Mulu caves 

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Gunung Mulu National Park, lie the most spectacular caves on earth. Over millennia the flow of water draining from the slopes of G.Mulu towards the sea has cut deep gorges through the Park’s limestone mountains and, within the rock itself, a complex network of vast caves has been formed.