Trip to Bako National Park

The next day early morning we walked to the bus station. Had breakfast before boarding the bus.

I can't remember when was the last time i took a public bus and have forgotten how cheap is the bus fare..a 45 mins single journey cost  four of us just RM9 ;)

Since kena tunggu air pasang at about 12 pm, amik gambar kat jeti dulu. It's better to call first to find when they start operation. We waited about 2 hours here,

Finally...we are on our way..we've been told that the sea is rough..the boat (the small boat that can carry max 6 passengers) had to stop a few times when we reached a muddy area, but the moment we are out of those area....I was continuously praying for us to reach Bako safely.. I think this was our worst experience in a boat..I also lost my cap here...terbang ditiup angin.

 Alhamdulillah we reached there safely, the kids were racing to the 'office/registration' counter

all visitors have to register before they start trekking and 'sign out' after their trip  for safety reason

this is taken we we started trekking, on our way back we saw a snake crossing these bridge. Since DH and Irfan were in front, they are the ones who saw it first.. DH was shocked and Irfan started to cry..we waited till the snake was out of our way before making our move.

jungle trekking...much easier for the kids this time

 we took one of the easiest trail and 40 minutes ( 0.8km) later we saw this breathtaking view

 only 4 of us at this beach..

we didn't spent a long time here as the waves was strong for the kids

we did not see any proboscis monkey along the trail but our boatman was kind enough to bring us near the monkeys during the boat trip back. We reached the jetty and had our tea before boarding the same bus back to Kuching. 

holiday in kuching

Last weekend we went to Kuching. DH and I have been here several times but only once for a holiday and that was before Irfan was born. The rest of the visit were work related. This time we brought the whole family.

 After breakfast while waiting for the flight.

Alhamdulillah, selamat sampai Kuching. We took ataxi to our hotel, get our rooms and 15 minutes after that took a shuttle to Sarawak Cultural Village. We reached there at 1pm and had our lunch.

After lunch we went to the beach nearby. Dh was busy taking Irfan's photo

 the results..

 another one..

 A few minutes before 2pm opening, taking a short rest.

 we started with this....Irfan almost cried at the end of the bridge because some of it was quite unstable

First stop... rumah bidayuh..

 Passport stamping session...we gave them ours and ask them to be incharged with getting it stamp

 Masa naik tangga ni Irfan takut-takut sikit but still ok...

but cried masa turun probably because he doesn't know to maneuver his foot or probably gayat hehehe... This is what papa is for...

a welcome dance in Rumah Iban

 Rumah Penan

 Rumah Orang Ulu...top part...Irfan asked me to take photos and show it to him...he's not taking another of those stairs

Rumah Melayu...Irfan called this main ciku....hahaha...

 DH trying a hand in gasing

the cultural show...Orang Ulu dance

at the end of the show...everybody was invited to join the joget.. 

At night....choosing our dinner at Top Spot..prices varies, so survey all the gerai first

 ordered oyster egg...i didn't know what this is called initially, just told the server I wanted one of those big things..pointing to other people's plate.

lobster with cheese. We also ordered pucuk paku and ikan tiga rasa

after dinner we walk along the waterfront...batman club

the kids had gelato for dessert and DH had coffee for supper. Walk back to hotel and slept soundly...the next day we went to Bako.

Irfan's 7th birthday

Yesterday was Irfan's birthday and he requested 'kek biru', even the icing he wanted it to be blue in colour. Hmmm ok, kalau kaler-kaler ni, the best recipe to use that I've tried so far will be using rainbow cake recipe.

 So this is what i decided to bake the day before - a three layer blue cake, with a cream cheese frosting, also tinted in blue. I know he likes m&m s and i wanted to look for blue m&m s but I couldn't even get m&m s that time, so I settled for smarties.

Since it was a school day, we 'tiup lilin' after dinner. No fancy celebration this year, this weekend kita keluar makan and you get to choose your birthday present.

 singing happy birthday...

 Mama wish you the best Irfan...dunia & akhirat. I love you.