My World Tuesday-A Day Trip to Annah Rais Village.

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Annah Rais belong to the Bidayuh tribe with over 80 families living in the long house.My research is that it had a written history of 175 years and unwritten of 500 years with 8 generation of Bidayuh who lived here.

Annah Rais Village is not far from the Sarawak/Kalimatan Indonesia border as I can see our Malaysian Immigration & Custom office is located there.

A Bidayuh maiden will serve  you a welcome drink  with  their local rice wine "TUAK".

Enter the Village & the long house.

 

Traditionally,the long house is one unit where many families occupy their own space in the divided only by manimal bamboo partition

 

The Head House.............

 

The Skull.........

Just don't miss the HEAD HOUSE...this is must visit house if you are at Annah Rais Longhouse .Perhaps 100 or more years ago head hunting was a common practice.They say the more head you collected meaning you are the most powerful person.

The villagers use traditional sugar cane crush to make sugar cane juice.

Annah Rais Village Hot Spring........

After the long house tour I went to the hot spring which is another 5 minutes drive from the village and followed by 3 to minutes walking through the jungle.

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Welcome to Matang Family Park-Kuching.

Matang Family Park: A popular recreation and picnic spot situated at the foothills of Mount Serapi about 25 km from Kuching.There are picnin areas ,a children's playground,jungle tracks and crystal clear mountain stream which is ideal for swimming.Enterance fee Rm 3.00.There is no bus service from Kuching.Local mini-buses aka Van sewa depart from the alleyway next to the Saujana car park.

Viewing tower.

Matang Family Park is the best secluded gateway.It present itself as place of substitue instead in oder to relax,to keep in peace and to keep away the bustling activties.

Matang Family Park an area cover of 64 acres of largely undistrubed natural forest.This is the place for people to look for park to rest and enjoy the natural environment,beautiful and exotic scenery,fresh and healthy surrounding.

There are ready BQ pits and cooking place for those who want a change for their day lunch at home or in town.They can cook food and BBQ fish wilst relaxing in the jungle quietness or wading pool or enjoying the beautifu natural surrounding.

Matang Family Park provided venue for jungle trekking,camping and others forms of jungle physical exercises.

Enjoy the beautifl natural surrounding.

Opp!!!!!!The Pelir Kambing tree.

The vines and creepers overhanging from the trees form a dramatic silhouted against the green foilage of the jungle.

Matang Family Park situated at the foothills of the gradual valley of gunung serapi,with lustrous clar water of singai cina cutting across it and with the abudance of untouched natural fauna and flora decorating the landscape.