Miri Travel Blogs

Sarawak: I saw the documentary bout Mulu cave on TV, wondering how it was like comparing Peninsular Malaysia. Do they still hunt for human head? Even we as Malaysian, do have restriction entering Borneo during 80s'. Passport needed to enter the state. Pretty happy with the results that the tribes able to accept or welcome tourists and share their lives n cultures. At last we get to enjoy the beautiful flora n fauna of Sarawak.

This is an itinerary of our trip around the world and does not include any journal entries.

DAY 1 We had a very early rise in order to catch a bus Miri, when we got to the station they told us there was a bus behind me leaving at 6.45am I looked around at all the clocks and asked them why it was leaving 30 minutes late as the time was 7.15am.They just laughed. I never thought id be happy…

Malaysia feel so much like a second home to me, having spent about 5 months here traveling all over the country, I could see myself here for an extended time sometime in the near future.

Miri is fairly non descript, once the spot of the first oil well in Borneo it now looks like a small version of the typical Malaysian city: Chinese shops and restaurants, some Indian food places, Proton and Perodua cars, Chinese temples, scarfed muslima's, fish markets etc. Basically it's a stopove…

Seeing as we still couldn't walk properly, our second morning in KK was spent taking it easy. Then we jumped on a plane and ended up in Miri for a bit reminiscing. Miri was the girls' first home town, and Debbie also spent 3 years there studying at uni. There's not alot of love lost …

13/07/09   Richard and Raul couldn’t stay in Miri unfortunately as they had flights to catch and other places to see a bit faster than I wanted to go, so we had to part ways.  They had been good company for a few days, so we shook hands and wished each other well.  I went…

Spent one night on the way to Brunei.Started the evening with few drinks with the girl from the hostel.Met a group of people from Malaysia, sailing couple from Canada and England. They all were riding motorbikes.Lots of beers

March 2007

This morning we finished packing and went for our last breakfast in Mulu. I was sad to leave Mulu, it had been a wonderful experience staying in the rainforest, I was going to miss those jungle noises! Our plane to Miri was at 8:30am, a trip that took all of 15 minutes on the Prop plane. We l…

This city reminds me more of Singapore than it does of Kuala Lumpur. The streets are lined with trees and flowers. The city center is clean. And it is a good base for inland travels or to the neighboring parks and caves, like Niah or Mulu. I never made it to either of them the 2 or 3 times I've bee…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Julia (Russia) After waking at 7.30, i eventually arrived into Miri from Brunei at 15.30 and timed it perfectly to meet up with Julia at the long distance bus station, after she had flown in from Kota Kinabalu. It was great to see he…

From Saigon we flew to KL transitting smoothly to Miri for an overnight before our flight to Bario.  We stayed in a small inn  where my brother Benny was staying on a business trip.  

2009 with Ina

We got up early and headed to the bus station, about a ten minute walk from the hotel. We got on a bus to Seria, which took about 2 hours. Once at Seria, we got another bus to Kuala Belait and from here we bought a ticket to the border town and on to Miri in Sarawak. We got the first bus to the riv…