Belaga, Sarawak, Malaysia

hi from Sarawak !!

after quite a long trip from Brunei through the north of Sarawak (the second state in Borneo that is part of Malaysia) we got to the small town of Belaga. It's lost in the middle of Sarawak's jungle, and only accessible by 4wD, boat of small plane. There we got in contact with some local people who were going to take us to a 'Longhouse', a massive building build next to the riverbank, made of wood and that contains a lot of small houses with up to 100 families. They have their microcomunity and there is a chief for every long house. Anyway, we were told to go just there with two local guys that we met in a cafe, and the problem we encountered in the first one was that we were not very welcome. We entered one house people were not very nice to us (completely understandable if somebody comes to your house unexpectedly !!). The second longhouse that we visited was a bit better, but nothing excepcional either ... Like many things in life it's all due to miscommunication ... I am sure this is much different if you go with somebody who lives there !! Anyway, in the afternoon we stayed fishing and trekking in the jungle and it was much more fun !!
this morning we took a boat on our way down to Kutching. Today we are at Kapit, a small pretty village and off tomorrow to Sibu and then finally to Kutching. More from there !!

all great my end,

O.

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hola desde Sarawak !!

despues de un viaje bastante largo para la distancia que es, cruzamos Brunei y las ciudades de Miri y Bintulu para llegar a Belaga, una pequenya ciudad perdida en medio de la selva (con casi ningun turista y a la que solo se puede llegar con 4x4, barca o avioneta). La gente aqui no es tan amable como en Sabah, ni la naturaleza es tan espectacular, pero tambien hay cosas bonitas. Ayer visitamos una 'Longhouse', que es como una gran casa de madera superlarga, con muchas casas dentro donde vive gente en la selva de Sarawak. Puede llegar a albergar hasta 100 familias, y todas tienen como un jefe. Fuimos ayer a visitar dos, pero como siempre en la vida los problemas de comunicacion nos impedieron disfrutar al maximo porque no fuimos demasiado bien recibidos !! No nos echaron ni nada, pero creo que nadie les aviso de que veniamos y no les gusta recibir visitas inesperadas de genta blanca !! Bueno, le compre un collar a una senyora y luego nos fuimos a pescar y hacer trekking en la jungla, eso estuvo ya mucho mejor !!
Ahora estoy en Kapit, de camino a Kutching por el rio. Manyana prontito dos barcos mas llenos de gente local, primero a Sibu y luego a Kutching. Mas desde alli !!

estoy bien, viendo cosas superpeculiares !!!

O.