Hedley's Trip
They set off early morning from Bandar, the capital of Brunei and
drove to the border with Sarawak. They arrived at sunset. They crossed two large rivers by
a large ferry, stopped in Miri for lunch and then continued to Niah, a small river
township. Then they hired a small boat and sailed upriver to a
government rest house, where they stayed the night. They ate dinner with
the small group of scientists who lived in the rest house and shared the cold
drinks they had brought with them in a cool box. It was a remote
spot, in middle of the jungle. They slept in bunk beds with no airconditioning.
The next day morning, they went on a jungle path for half an hour until
they reached the Niah caves. Along the caves, which were very high,
they saw men who climbed up tall bamboo poles. They were wearing light hats because it was so dark. At the top of the poles, they took off birds’ nests from the roof of the caves. The nests were collected by their mates on the cave floor. These nests were
later sold and made into bird’s nest soup, a Chinese delicacy; they eat everything even human meat.
Finally, they said goodbye to their new friends in the rest
house and departed on the long drive home. It was quite an adventure.
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