Sibu, Malaysia

... to miss it. The boat left at 8.30am from the docks and I made it with plenty of time to spare. Arrived in Sibu early afternoon and found a place to stay directly opposite the docks called the Riverview hotel. The location is handy as I need to catch ...

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Tulai estate is located about 50 km south Sibu - crossing Sg Rajang thru Lanang Bridge - towards Sarikei. Managed by Mr Dubline who was transferred from Melugu Estate on July 2006. Mr Dubline is an Ibanese but can speak English - quite difficult to ...

... restaurant around and recommended in Lonely Planet.  A meal for 3 pp. cost 60R.  Food was O.K. Nothing great. A visit to Sibu was mainly to get a boat to Kapit so that we could visit a longhouse. There is really not much to visit here beside the ...

After Kuching I took a flight to Sibu (1/2 hour vs. 5 on a boat but only $5 more).The plane was called a Fokker-50. Ha! So Sibu means "swan" kind of like Kuching means "cat," but Sibu is a rough bird. The town was full of riverboat types, if anyone ...