Started off the day with some Dim Sum at Foo Phing which everybody loved, t'was pretty cheap too--RM8.50 per person. We hit the road to Jambatan Tamparuli, the famous hanging bridge which someone enjoyed swaying so vigorously as we made our way across.
It was nice to check out the local tamu, bought some nice kuih and some of them got their hands on some cheap bags and wallets. The hawkers were extremely friendly.
The hot sun made it perfect timing for coconut pudding!!! I loved it and I already predicted that my friend would love it just as much. Just heavenly. Although, it was here that our relationship with mosquitos officially began. I don't know what it is but I also discovered that mosquitos in Sabah seemed to have built this strong resistance because I was so sure I saw one flying right across mid-spray of mosquito repellent. The horror of resistant mosquitos was not something I liked thinking about.
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| Tiara and Ivy in their best mosquito-swatting poses |
Next stop, we found the Monsopiad Cultural Village in time and were given a tour of the whole area from local wine-making, stilt-walking, blow darting, starting fire out of bamboo to some history on the warrior, Monsopiad. I decided to try the local wine (Li Hing, Talak and Sikat) so I could at least explain to people asking what it tasted like. Honestly, my first thoughts were that Li Hing tasted like 100 Plus, Talak like water and Sikat was a bitter version of it. True enough, we found out that Talak and Sikat were actually diluted in water because the real thing had 45% alcohol in it (gulp). And Li Hing only had 5% alcohol, yet it tasted pretty strong. Gee, wonder what that says about alcohol.
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| Tiara: The only reason why I'm still standing is coz you're holding me. |
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| Sago worm (butod) = squishy worm with very strong muscles. Cute guys. |
When you think about it, I think we were pretty lucky because it only started raining at our last stop of the tour--couldn't have been any more perfect timing as we took shelter in the souvenir shop. The cultural performance had the Sumazau Dance, Sazau Dance, Angklang and Magunatip Dance. It made me really happy when almost all my friends went up to try the dance out when the dancers invited us, even those who were rather shy or those you wouldn't think would've said yes. I think sometimes when you bring people out of their familiar settings, it pushes them to try and do things that they wouldn't normally do. It was nice, really. (:
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| At least it looked like I knew what I was doing. |
We also met a group of aunties from Penang who were very enthusiastic during the dance performances and it was such a coincidence (if you want to call it that) for us to meet them again in Sutera Harbour Resort! It was crazy that of all the four hotels that Sutera Harbour had, they chose the same one we did and of all the locations overlooking the sea, they were at the same one we were at--I just love how God and his magic interweaves all these things together.
We took a trip to Tanjung Aru Beach again in hopes of catching the sunset but the clouds didn't seem to want to budge. But we made the most of it nonetheless coz that's what we do.
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| Oh, Callie :) |
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| Couldn't help but play some music. |
Decided to bring them to this Burger Bakar place near my house which I never tried before but thanks to Bev and Amber, I knew where it was. Some hearty food is all it takes.
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| Spotted one feebly twinkling star in the night sky. Perfect way to end the night. |
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