Borneo - Kapit

One thing I really wanted to do while in Sarawak was experience the native culture. Although we got to see an amazingly realistic version of it at the Cultural Village, I also knew that it was possible to spend a night with an Iban family in their longhouse. They have many tours which you can take from Kuching, but I was told that over the years they have become extremely commericalized. In order to see an untouched longhouse, you have to travel into the bush. So we decided to take a longboat trip up the Rajang to the small town of Kapit, where there was supposed to be a local man who acts as a tour guide to a traditional longhouse.

The longboat trip ended up taking a little longer than we expected... about 5 hours longer to be more precise.

After finding a room for the night, we headed downstairs for a couple of wobbley-pops. It wasn't long before my harem attracted the attention of some of the local men. This resulted in free beer for the night... that's my girls!!! It wasn't until later the next day that we heard that these guys were a touch on the sketchy side - oh well, the beer was good. ;)

While we were knocking back our drinks, a random Christmas parade started up.

These people were all members of a local church and were marching through the streets singing Christmas carols. It was very cool.

Di, Vanessa and Santa Claus.

Here, Di and Vanessa are playing the Malaysian version of "Rock, Paper, Scissors". It's called "Rock, Water, Bird." Di won this round, since the rock crushes the bird. Lovely.

**A side note to our trip to Kapit: I have now eaten chicken testicles. Very chewy...