Trip to interior Sarawak ...

Dalam sibuk2 aku dok cari files aku tadi (see previous posting) aku terjumpa gambar nie ...gambar2 masa aku buat my data collection kat kawasan Baram two years ago (sept 2007 i think!)..hehehe ...it was fun! tapi mula2 mmg apprehensive lah sebab (1) i have never been there, (2) aku tau kawasan tu takde hotel, (3) in order to go to some of the targeted settlement kena naik bot ...aku kan trauma benda2 bot nie (4) tak tau camne org punya reception terhadap kami .....but, it all went well...byk lah pengalaman baru yang aku dapat ...to see how the people are very friendly and accepting ...
 

This one is a photo masa dah abis buat data collection - it was our last day kat Loagan Bu'nut National Park (yang menjadi port kami while we were there) and since kerja semua dah siap, my boss cadang we went for a boat ride tengok2 area and tengok2 sunset ...very nice, until the guide told us that kawasan tu byk buaya ..and that ramai researcher mai situ utk tengok buaya ...hahaha pucat lesi muka aku masa tu, tapi yang lain aku tengok cam ok ajer ....

but watching the sun set dalam perahu, dibuai ombak sket2 ...was a very nice experience indeed ...kalau kat Kuching mana le aku ada masa utk watch sunset ..selalu kuar opis pun dah gelap!

This photo plak was taken on our very first day - going to the first settlement in our list ..nie lah the most common mode of transportation kat situ ok ...aku masih senyum coz baru je bertolak from jeti, belum lagi masuk ke sungai yang luas! It was Sungai Baram actually ...yang kat belakang tu lah boss aku ....

and this one show is the road conditions over there - courtesy of Sammy Vellu - diorang just pakai jalan balak ajer i.e. jalan2 tanah yang dibuat oleh company pembalakan utk kegunaan diorang ...but yang lain yang menggunakan nyer is at their own risk ....biler ujan ajer, licin nak mampus ...we had one incidents yang mana the 4WD yang kami pkai tergelincir masa naik bukit, coz ari ujan and tayar takde grip ..a very scary experience! then the following day plak, stuck kat lumpur ...nasib baik our driver cum guide was very skilled ...dia ex-pemandu lorry utk company balak ...kata lorry dia pernah terbalik beberapa kali ...hehehe ...not a very comforing thing to hear masa keta terhoyang hayang dalam lumpur ok! BTW our driver, Gordon, is the one yang pakai baju putih kat gambar bawah nie ...