WHSC World Challenge

Hi all- Megan blogging again

Since the last blog we’ve flown to Miri for the day. Miri is about half the size of Kuching, and doesn’t smell bad at all. We’re staying at another backpackers hostel, but this one is the best yet. We have 24hour internet, free breakfast, good facilities, and best of all WE HAVE HOT SHOWERS. I was convinced that the people of Borneo didn’t shower in hot water, and was pleasantly surprised to be proved wrong. 

Tommorow we’re flying out to Bario for our project phase at Bario Primary School. We’re completing a walkway, it’s a big project and will be finished by another World Challenge team. After that we will be going on our four day jungle trek. And for that, we needed provisions. We spent a few hours at a supermarket here in Miri, shopping for groceries etc. We’ll be living on a diet of such things as: two minute noodles, porridge, crackers, biscuits, milo, coffee, and perhaps a wild boar, which I am quite sure I will not be eating.

For dinner, half of us went out to Ming cafe, and the other half ate at the restaurant below our rooms, (we’re on the third floor). Ming cafe was really good, I ate lemon chicken with rice. Most people had Indian food. We ate with our in-country agent Sampson. He was very entertaining, and informed everyon of what was expected of us in Bario. You won’t believe this- we have to perform a christian song infront of seven hundred people. We’re all quite nervous about that, and aren’t quite sure what to sing. Any suggestions are welcome, although I’m not sure if we’ll have internet access for a while.

 Miri seems like a beautiful city, and we look forward to returning here to the hostel. Miri, like Kuching seems to be a city of cats- they’re everywhere. We have several cats running around in the hostel but they’re very clean. There’s even a litter of kittens- they’re so tiny! Not everyone was as impressed as me though.

Ok, so we’ll blog whenever we can, hopefully someone different. Although don’t be alarmed if you don’t hear any thing for about two weeks, we’re not sure where internet will be available.

Everyone is well, and excited about tommorow. Talk to you all soon.

November 27th, 2008 | Category: 2008 - Borneo | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL