Heck, the fact that I even missed updating my journal the whole 6 days I was in Miri doing nothing was a defination of Black Hole. (Somehow ending up staying longer without knowing why – the black hole – sucking you up and compelling you to stay)
Miri has a charm I could not explain, just the right time right place right chill type of vibe to go around for the tired long term traveller is what I would call it. My favaruite passtime was watching the sunset in Miri.
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| Sunset at Coco Cabana - Miri |
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| Sunset at Coco Cabana - Miri |
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| Sunset at Coco Cabana - Miri |
A few things to do in Miri was the historic Grand Old Lady Well No.1 Up on a hill with a view point of the coast of Miri town. The other was drinking. I found quite a few niche watering hole in Miri and in a way it makes sense with the proximity to Brunei where drinking is no fun.
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| The Grand Lady Well No.1 - Miri |
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| Miri City |
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| Watering Holes in Miri - Alice in Borneoland |
I did manage to make a daytrip to Tusan Beach to see the natural formation of a cliff that looks like a horse drinking water from the sea. It was reported to be collapsed in 2020 so I was fortunate to see it at all.
Tusan Beach is also famous to see the Blue Luminesanse plankton which gives off the natural Blue Tears Phenomenon ... although ... there is some luck required to actually see it dependent on time, clouds, microorganism etc ... I did not stay to try and see it as the roads were not lighted at night for a motorbike ride.
Tusan Beach is also famous to see the Blue Luminesanse plankton which gives off the natural Blue Tears Phenomenon ... although ... there is some luck required to actually see it dependent on time, clouds, microorganism etc ... I did not stay to try and see it as the roads were not lighted at night for a motorbike ride.
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| Iconic Horse Drinking Water at Tusan Beach - Collapse in 2020 |
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| Tusan Beach Monument - Guess they have to change it now |
A large part of Miri was also spend debating with Audrey as she was also sucked into the black hole of Miri, we talked alot about a lot of thing, philosophically mostly. Audrey expected me to understand her view point of why the people think the orang utan needs saving, that the palm oil is a bad industry and that the laws in Brunei where gays are to be a death sentance is inhumane.
I used many ways to explained but basicly told her that in this part of the world, in their eyes, the westerners are the crazy one, thinking that gay is normal, that forest are being chop for palm oil is pure nonsense. Forest is being chopped for timber, and then after for plantation which so happen to be palm oil. Why single out palm oil? Enviromental ? Bah. I dont belived it to be that simple.
The western forget that they have already destroyed their own natural ecology and fully cultivate their land. What the people here in Asia now is doing the same thing to strive to get out of poverty but while we harvest the land for the spoils, we have desinagted forest reserved for the habitat.
I always find that the ideology of the young western people are so fragile, easily influence by the media, the sad stories and in this generation, the peer pressure to be a good enviromental friendly human. Sure we may be destroying rainforest for palm oil, but frankly I truly belived that the ones destroying the world are those trying to impose what they think is right onto other peoples minds.
How do you know you are wrong if you belive that you are right !
The dificulty of changing a point of view is like asking someone to change his religon ....
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| Miri Mascot The Sea Horse at Coco Cabana Beach - Miri |
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| Miri Old Town. |
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