Penan girl in Kuba'an playing the Sape |
Garish, Airport Manager, Bario |
Penan children in SRK Bario a boarding school. |
Girls of (Ipenama) Bario |
Penghulu of Bario Asal |
Ulung Palang, Bario |
Penans carrying sawn timber to be sold in Bario. Note that a woman is also carrying one. We can't lift it up. |
Bario Pa' Tik |
Sulap or Penan hut. We spend a night here. |
Bario Pa' Tik |
Mother and child somewhere in Kuba'an. Note the bamboo instrument that she is playing. |
A pretty Penan girl. They have fair skin. |
A Penan girl playing the Sape. We were lucky to come across this temporary settlement. |
A family album for mother and daughter. |
A intro chat as we were invited to put up the night here. |
Getting to know our host. |
Some other members of the group. |
Leo Hon trying to figure out where to sleep. Last light is 6.30 in Sarawak. |
I saw this same picture in a Penan book. Surprise! |
This abandoned hut is Kuba'an I think. Infront is the Sg Kuba'an. Patik is 2 hrs away. |
Headwaters of Sg Kuba'an. |
A breakfast meeting. |
A clearer view of a Penan Sulap |
They whole family. |
Clear track all the way to Kubaan. |
This is Bario Asal, as seen in Tom Harrison "World Within" |
Damar gum tree. |
Passing a overhang rock face |
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WLF |
Kuba'an |
Makes a comfortable place to camp. |
Rest stop |
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Kelabit |
View of the Control Tower in 1987. |
We spend a night in Garish place. His wife cooked a wildboar dish with blk sauce. Hummy |
The village road passes below the Control Tower. In 1987 everybody walks. In 2005 on our 2nd visit, everybody rides a honda cup. |
Twin Otter on the grass strip. |
2 flts a week. |
During flt arrival, it is a special occasion. |
This is the MAS ticketing office. |
Kelabits get news during flt days as the is no TV in 1987. |
This is the market place where you can buy deer and wildboar meat fresh. No freezer in Bario yet. |
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The only way is to walk. |
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