Pekan Bekenu, Miri

A week before the recent Raya Haji, we were looking for ideas for more interesting places and small town to discover within driving distance on a day trip around Miri on Sunday. We packed all the kids stuff within 30mins on deciding to go out, drove around aimlessly around the city to look for an impromptu idea, but ended up in Merdeka Mall! Duh, of all places..

Pekan Bekenu's Landmark, the Palm Fruit

So the next Saturday prior to Raya Haji, after the leason I learnt from the previous week, I started asking my Mirian colleagues to recommend a good place to drive to 'just to check out some fresh local fish or vegetables'. Our tea lady recommend Pekan Bekenu as it is not very far and I should checked out their Pasar Tamu.

We went to Pekan Bekenu on Raya Haji (15 October 2013), which is about 45mins drive from Miri city via the Bintulu-Miri coastal road. When we reached there, I was dissappointed to find out that the Bekenu Wet Market was closed. Of course, the fishermen were Malays, silly me, sure they need the holiday.

Anyway I did not go back empty handed as there were still some vegetable and dry condiment seller at the Pasar Tamu next to the wet market. I bought daun sabong, green chilies to make this dish and also bamboo shoot to be stir-fried. All will be featured in my Sarawak Ethnic Cuisine blog.

We hung around abt 2-3 hours more in the pekan and had our lunch at a nearby seafood shop. Nothing much to see, but interesting nevertheless. Hopefully next time if I were to come here, I can get to visit the Wet Market.

Lambir National Park, Miri

Our trip to Lambir National Park, Miri was on 1 September, 2013.

We passed by this national park few times before when we went to see my sister in Bintulu. This time, since we have a short holiday due to National Day, we thought why not bring the kids to experience the jungle themselves.

Marion getting all ready for a trekking

Entrance to the trail.

 There are 5 waterfalls in this National Park, but we choose the nearest and easiest as we are with kids, which is Latak Waterfall.

Trekking

 The only way to bring a baby for a trekking is to babywear them. Baby stroller is pretty useless here lol!!

 I chose to hip-carry using ring sling instead of piggy back as I would not be able to see if any insects were to bite her if I do. Poor my baby!

Suspended bridge

Love the lush jungle. Easy trail for family trekkers like us

Latak Waterfall.

This waterfall is not that majestic and nobody can swim near the waterfall base as it is close to public for safety reason. Someday when we are stronger and more ready, will try to explore other waterfall locations.

Marion playing with the sands.

Marion loves playing with the (muddy) sands and got to get wet on the stream under her daddy's watchful eyes. Overall we really enjoyed the trail and Marion got excited by the sounds made by the creatures in the jungle, something that she does not get to experience often. We may even choose to come back and stay here for a night just to get away from the city.

More information on Lambir National Park : http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np-lambir.html

Update from Miri

Very long time I have not blog about anything. There are so much thing going on in my life at this moment. Before I move to Miri, I imagined that life would be less stressful, I will go through a more laidback lifestyle and even have more time to travel to places. Half true. Miri itself is a pretty laidback town, but my life in fact was not getting any of it. My new works is much more hectic than when I was in KL. I am working 5 and half days a week-every week and working late is very common. I miss my Saturday as the half days are just like any other weekdays, the only difference is I can dress down, and I can get to see my girls while the sun is still up. I truly looking forward to any public holiday eventhough its just one day cos I can get to hug, kiss and be around them. Family time become more and more precious.

Oh well, here I am. I am not complaining (well, a bit).. but it's still lovely to be on my home ground. Miri is not a big town, you can finish a whole tour in within a day. Of course, the good thing is its so convenient to go anywhere, and Miri offer almost everything that KL can offer although in smaller scale. I exaggerated a bit there, but I can have every thing that I need here, and make do with whatever that we can get.

Update about my expanding family; the daddy is 'blending' well and hard at work, busier than ever. Marion who is about to turn 3 yo next month has reached so many milestones-if only I can slow her down a bit... At almost 3, she can expressed herself quite well with such a huge vocabulary and amazing understanding of linguistic, she can read quite a number of words and numbers up to 30, she can count, sing, and most recently, write (A&B) and able to take her own potty and do her own poo-poo pee pee business without any reminder or assistance.She can become so cute and adorable, and a little monster at the turn of a switch. As for the 11month old little sister Marilyn, she has brought as much joy to us as how her big sister was to us. Bright smile, sparkly big eyes and not much fuss and so easy to look after. Although her development rate may not be as fast as Marion was, I am not as 'kan-cheong' as before because I just want her to follow her own pace.

I hope that I can update on places we went and will discover while we are still here. There are lots of places we went that we loved very much and would love to share with everyone.

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