The Road Trip ( Drive - Eat - Talk )

Embarked on a crazy 3days 2nights trip from SIBU - BINTULU - MIRI then back again,i must say it was fun,we all had our own reasons for this sudden very impulsive trip,but it's something we needed out of our daily routine,boring lives literally leave everything and run.It's amazing how much one can do in 48hours.

Hmm to start the roads were ridiculuosly bad,if anyone has travelled they would know,your just waiting for the huge pothole,or the idiot driver that drives like an ***hole.

Seriously there is so much land,if they could build bakun the least they could do was just make it a double lane.Oh and please take this sound advice and try not to travel at night unless of course u'r seriously thinking of no better way to end ur life then a road kill.The highlights of the trip are the same as every road trip people embark on.

Discovered bintulu a little,was the first time visiting although we've all bypassed it on our way,nothing much to shout about,but at least it has a sea view unlike sibu






Started off with yummy dim sum,of course cant beat the one's from west,but what to do beggars shall not be choosers



Headed on to miri, along the way stopped by Similajau National Park,nice place but it appears very poorly maintained,probably come back to explore another time.







As i hope what happens on all road trips (or maybe just ours) we were so sure the fuel would last till we reached miri,then again we are doctors and not mathematicians,so after the stretch of vast oil palm,meter started blinking.Oh oh now we think of saving the environment,off air-con & radio(start singing),wind down windows,thank god niah town wasnt so far,stopped at the Gua Niah National Park,more like a stop and see,drive again:)



Yay Miri - Civilization,haha at least for us = Bigger malls than sibu + Starbucks that the 3 of us will not forget + Ermm crazy dancing girls(poor john's scared for life) + Glorious indian food.Let the pics do the talking







Sadly before we knew it,time to say bye-bye miri....hopefully it's a start to more road trips to explore sarawak - this remarkable land,in the midst of working here:)

Whirlwind september ....

To summarize it was more work,and a whole lot of crazy travelling.Along the way i'm always learning new things and revamping my life.

They say when you travel not only do you rest but your constantly learning and experiencing new things.Went to jogjakarta,i have to say south east asia is such a beautiful place,no wonder the westerners love coming here,culture's diverse,people are generally caring and generous.

In each trip i always find a lesson in life,in this trip i learnt 2



Firstly(conversation between tour guide and us at the volcano)

Tour guide - "OK guys go ahead first i'm going to shoot the rabbit"

Hence the individual response from each member of the family

Me - "Cool but how come i dont see any rabbit"

Sister(Who is currently doing journalism,international relations-very involved in human rights,indigenous people)

"Wow he's actually going to shoot the rabbit for the family dinner",then she goes on telling me about how people still have to hunt for food,bla,bla,bla

Mummy - "He has a gun ah"

My dad after listening to all our response,bursts out laughing,of course we thought he was being very insensitive,but he says

"Wht he actually was trying to say was he wants to go pee"

*Faint*....haha so embaressing

Talk about generation gap,but mum didnt know either:P

Lucky thing the tour guide didnt actually hear us




2nd lesson in life

We were shopping in some shop when we heard very strong winds outside,you could actually hear the zinc roof's moving around.
i thought it was quite normal,i mean it's quite a common occurance here,but there you could see all of them so terrified,there was a moment of shear panic outside the shop,people running,everyone looking up at the sky.

Thinking back later the reason they're so worried is because it's so prone for natural disasters the last earth quake was in 2006 the volcano is constantly erupting,so obviously they're shit scared.

We take things for granted,even the place we stay in,sigh,life is just too short,we really shouldn't waste it with petty things or worrying about what may happen....