Monday, October 8, 2007

Sarawak'06(Part 4: Day 2)

The next morning, we had a chance to visit the fish pond and tour around the long house.
At the fish pond, the locals breed their own fish for food.
Here is our “datuk” fishing for our lunch.


See fresh fish for lunch~!

Apart from having their fish fresh from the pond, they also have other livestock’s as well.
Pigs.
And chickens (here’s a really big one).
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Other than that, they also plant peppers, fruits, paddy and rubbers.
Here’s Minwei holding his breath while lifting a sack of 60KG pepper (very heavy). At the price of RM8 per kilogram, just imagine how much one can earn if he has 10 sacks of these.
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You see, the live of these people are simple, they want meat, and they keep some animals or go hunting. They want crop, spices or vegetables, they plant some. They want durian, they can just wait for any to drop from the forest. So simple yet self-sufficient. Now, who needs money if you already have everything you need around you?
Here’s our last lunch at Semawak.
Remember the fishes we got from the pond just now?Nicely barbequed, yummy~!
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And so after lunch, we move on the next longhouse village – SAPAH!


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