a three men trip to bau

on 28 august 2010, ustad lan, am and i were in kuching..

spending our bachelor time together huhu

woke up at 4 a.m. catch our sahur meal at mcd padungan

and then back to hotel and took a nap..

then at around 10 went around town for a mission..

kuching was packed with vehicles

as this is the first weekend after payday..

everyone was wandering around as if they got so many things to buy

and as if tomorrow is 1st of syawal

we reached waterfront after battling in jamm

bought some books and clothes at fabriko for buttercup

then battling in jamm once again..

but lost the battle and decided to go to sarikin

sarikin is about 20km from bau..

and bau is about 1hour+ drive from kuching

sarikin is actually a village in the mlysia-indon border

ustad lan compared it to rntau pnjang in klantan

and i see it more like wang klian in perlis

yeah, above is sarikin...

this place offers varieties of crafts products, telekong, herbs

curtains, islamic crafts, kopiahs, sarongs and jersey..

but dont dont dont buy jersey from here.. thai's are better

shall i compare thai's jersey to al-ikhsan's? haa kain sama..

these products + bapak2 ibu2 penjual are indons

keywords : bisa, gampang, gratis

and after 2km of shopping spree..

we decided to go to bau town

this is bau.. once a gold mining town..

the streets of bau,

the rows of shophouses,

the ill maintained recreational areas

smell more or less like keroh in hulu perak

small, peace and harmony

this is the dewan suarah of bau..

the round shaped part resembles bidayuhs' bachelors house

this symbolizes bau as another predominant bidayuhs' area

apart from lundu and serian

these statues depict the gold mining community in bau

once a major economic force in bau

but know, there is a reduction in the commodity

and bau now is paying the price for its glorious days

and CM who visited bau a few days earlier

said that the government will turn bau into a tourism town

masjid darul iman near kg melayu in bau

unique in pattern and design

small but conducive

and holds one of the cleanest ablution + toilet

areas in sarawak.. for real.. kudos to the khariah

back to our journey..

we then moved to bt kawah and had our sungkei

at MJC's bombay masala

praba came along and had some chitchat wit us..

then, we head back to kuching to.. satok

yeah, datang berami-rami

nang rami lah sia..

packed with youngsters and elders..

and satok is merrier than usual..

many raya based items are here to spend cash on

kopiah songkok, bj mlayu, bj kbaya,

kain tudung, kek lapis, kueh raya,

butang baju, paul smith celup, levi's celup,

nike celup, ralph lauren celup..

banyk la..

fuhh what a day..

and the next day.. back to betong

and the next week.. back to penang ;p