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Clearwater and Wind Caves
On the road to the Dock
Our Tour Guide Mr. Ting pondering the natural literature at Orang Ulu (local tribes habitation).Orang Ulu ("remote people") is an ethnic designation politically coined to group together roughly 27 very small but ethnically diverse tribal groups in Sarawak, with a population ranging from less than 300 persons to over 25,000 persons.
The Government pays for cable TV services in this remote part of the world for the poor indigenous peoples in their longhouses to broaden their cultural horizons with American movies and TV shows. Hello Family Guy and Sex in the City?
New concrete longhouse (intergenerational homes) being built to replace twice burned down wooden ones.
VIDEO:- River run to Clearwater Caves Mulu
No. Eight was my seat as Mr. Ting did a head count prior to starting the motor. Being the dry season the river level was rather low and certainly not deep enough to warrant life preservers. LOL
Mr. Ting navagates the boat through the shoals with help from the passengers. As he put it, "A free foot massage."
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