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Monday, January 28, 2008
A long debate with myself on whether I should post on Miri or Niah first but yeah finally decided on Niah since it was earlier.
T'was quite random as well, was having dinner on Tuesday night when Mariah called me up and asked me if I would like to go Niah Caves. After arrangements were made to accommodate my driving lesson (in which I'll be having a pre-test 2moro), we agreed on a time. Badriah joined our venture as well.
Took the coastal road to the caves which made the trip really short. 1.5 hours and we were there. Not to mention that we keep wondering if we were lost as we couldn't find the signboard to direct us to Niah Caves. Sarah jokingly said that we could end up visiting Miri if we couldn't find Niah. =P
IMO Niah is quite interesting. Not as gr8 as Jenolan Caves in Sydney but hey, you're paying RM 5 per entry as opposed to A$50 per entry. Well first we reached the park's HQ where yeah the fee goes. Btw my trip there was free as Mariah paid for everything =) Thanks!
The HQ
Then we crossed a river to the cave area. Lol, and that was when I found out that the reason for the dirty looking rivers wasn't like mud or anything but apparently because of tree roots. And no, I don't know what the reason is.
The non-muddy muddy-looking river
And after that, another 1 hour hike to reach the caves, first of all called the Great Cave. Yeah I've got pics of different caves but I've no idea which is which so I'll just post one up.
The Great Cave?
Then from there it's another like 1 hour walk to reach the Painting Cave. Now the Painting Cave supposedly contains ancient paintings etc, but when we reached there I just felt disappointment. Here's why...
The painting cave. Note the fence placed about 4 metres away from the wall, thus visitors can see very little of the already dismal paintings.
After the Painting Cave it was time to turn back and walk all the way to the river. Reached the river tired like hell as I had been walking for 5 hours. Then, we got lost on our way back, ended up on the old road instead of the coastal road and arrived back safely.
A stunning view from the caves. Sarawak's nature beauty is comparable to that of Australia's. Too bad I'm not one for nature =P
That's all folks, next up, Miri!
Tim
4:26 PM
Timothy Rafael Ting
18 years old
UNSW, Sydney
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