We spent a while travelling along the Rejang river, Borneo. It's huge - immensely wide where it meets the sea, and very long. It acts as a shipping superhighway into the interior.
We visited Mukkah, in the mangrove swamps near the coast - a very pleasant market town.
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| Mukkah |
Around here, people grow sago (and sago grubs) rather than rice.
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| Sago Factory |
Then we headed upriver to Sibu, a friendly city of christian chinese colonists.
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| Sibu |
And then went further upriver again to Kapit, where we mistakenly entered a raft race. 5 hours hard work, and we came last.
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| Raft Racing down the Rejang |
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