HAV PAWS WILL TRAVELL (3rd Ed.): Towns of Sarawak

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

49th trip to Bintulu - 10 June'14 (57,400 km)


View of front gate and tall palm trees

At the jump seat

There will be more pictures of Inul in this post. Mama Daisy is not feeling well, so no need to show my self-portrait. Inul is the heroine today. She's an admirable adult now and getting used to traveling long distances. This trip we started late at around 10 am because there were lots of packaging to be done. Imagine the other day fospa stripped one whole mango tree of its fruits. All the fruits were packed in boxes to be brought to Bintulu, though some we have shared among close friends and relatives in Kuching too.

Inul gets excited to kick off the journey..

Sharing the alley

We did a few pit stops. First was Serian for breakfast and reading the morning papers. From Serian it was a direct route to Sarikei. We did not enter Sarikei town proper, but instead opted to stop by at Jakar - a little town just outside Sarikei. At Jakar fospa bought lots of the Kasai fruits. Here the price per kilo was so far the cheapest in Sarawak i.e. RM 6 per kilo.

Pit-stop at Jakar, a small town outside Sarikei

Hawking at Jakar

Kasai ( Pometia pinnata) fruits sold quite cheaply in Jakar if compared to other towns ..RM 6/kilo

Rest area at Sri Aman.... while fospa and fosma having lunch

Arrived at Laman Kambatik...in pitch darkness, 10.30 pm
10 June'14

From Jakar, we proceeded straight to Sibu. We stopped only for refueling at Sibu. After Sibu we stopped at Selangau for dinner. We arrived at about 10.30 pm. On this trip our record reaches its 57,400 km mark.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

45th trip to Bintulu - 26 August'13 (52,600 km)

Fospa resting his arm on Mama's back....fantastic therapy

It has been about two weeks that we spent the holidays in Kuching. Now that the Hari Raya celebrations are over, fospa decided that we should go back to Bintulu on Monday, 26th of August. On this 45th trip to Bintulu we had an additional passenger on board. Fospa and fosma agreed to give him a free ride to Bintulu. We started the journey around 9.30 am in fine weather.

Mama Daisy and Inul having a last look at the house..

Underneath the leaves cover is hidden our special passenger. The leaves were taken from the garden to be used as shield against the hot sun. The special passenger is a tomcat belonging to fospa's niece.

First pit stop was at Serian. At the Serian fish market there were many foreign tourists who took pictures and having fun time talking to the fish mongers about the different types of fishes for sale.

Sibu traffic junction..

Inul saw many buses and lorries stopping at Selangau. Selangau is the last pit stop before we drove straight to Bintulu. From Selangau it took us 1 hour 30 minutes to reach Bintulu.