Mega Hotel Miri

... affected me as I saw too much, especially with the mood I was in anyway. <br>When we arrived at the guesthouse we had to walk up the hill for 1mile..still with backpacks atow. I was hot, tired and emotional. Poor steve had to look after me! The guesthouse turned out to be way over budget but it was such a nice, calming place that we stayed away and the owner said that he would give us a lift to the airport for 40RM. A lot, but I wasn't in the mood for working ...

... distance bus terminal for a 7 hour bus ride to Miri. It's only 400 or so kms but the roads are terrible and the speed limit is around 80km for most of the way.<br><br>We got on the bus and started off. Pretty uneventful really. The first driver (up until Bintulu) was fairly timid with the overtaking and had a hard time keeping at a constant speed so we all felt a bit like we were in a washing machine or on a wonky conveyor belt. After Bintulu we got the ...

Before i went on this trip, Wee had searched of this National Park in Mulu. As i had plannned a eight days trip to Miri, i did not wish to spend all the days diving and would like to combine it with a land tour. <br><br>Wee found this National Park in Mulu, which was a 30-min flight. journey away from Miri. We decided to go to this National Park, just like when we went Sipadan diving and stayed in Tawau National Park. <br><br ...

... travel agent, Marianna, who sorted out a hastily booked trip to Mulu, via Miri and another 30 minute flight in a Fokker-Wolf, the following day!<br><br>A welcome supper and catch-up on news with Vanessa in her Shell Oil compound house - very nice accommodation in a great setting. Vanessa also took us to see Nicola, another teacher colleague from our Muscat days, who by coincidence now lived in the same town as Vanessa.<br>Beers, G n Ts, reminiscences ........

... Marriott seems all that expensive to me anymore. All I needed was an excuse to book a room at the Miri Marriott. I couldn't take the risk that my passport would get lost in the last mile and end up getting shipped back to the States because of an undeliverable address. So here I am. Gill felt a little strange getting a taxi from the sandfly infested Highlands Guest House and going to the Marriott. I knew we could have taken a bus for much less, but I just didn't feel like it. The ...

... amitié ? <br>La soirée a continué sur les mêmes danses traditionnelles, systématiquement sur la même musique qui passe en boucle pendant 1 heure et presque tout le monde a du danser (coup de pot, on n'a pas du repasser, certainement à cause de ma prestation optionnelle du matin). Puis ca a été de la musique plus moderne. Le 'tuac' coulait à flot... Ils ont du terminer à 4h30 du matin environ. <br>Lendemain ballade dans la jungle. Les 2 ...

... to go to Kutching tomorrow. My mate Jack I met in Singapore will arrive there later this week so I can visit some of the national parks there with him which will be great as it will be nice to have the company. Luckily I didn't have to eat on my own again last night as I went out to dinner with a guy from my hostel - can't remember his name but he does some kind of IT work for sky tv. Didn't sleep much as the room was stifling hot so I ...

... and cooked breakfast was put out for our choice at some long tables in open air. We were really pleased with the creative thoughts of the Resort in coming up with different ideas and menus to make its guests´ stay there more interesting as it could get quite monotonous, given the fact that there is nothing much happening outside the Resort. While we were blissfully enjoying our very juicy watermelon, our guide walked ...

... unpacking and a shower we headed off to the caves. We first have to cross the Sungai Niah River by long boat for a couple ringgits. The trail to the caves was a little over 4 km through the jungle. But this is a national park and the trail is either concrete or raised wooden walk ways. Unlike Uncle Tan's our feet never have to touch the mud of the jungle. This is the way to enjoy the jungle. We took our time (about 2 hours) and gawked at ...