Howard took me up the river on the barge from the club on Saturday morning. We only went for a couple of hours but it was great fun. Went much faster than we could with our boat in Voorschoten! There are 2 x 60 HP engines on the boat, but only one of them has got any real power - in fact it is new. So we turned the old one off and had great fun speeding along (on the plane, James!) with the new one.
This is the boat launch area - the boat is taken from the club on a trailor for us:
The first half of the trip is around the edge of the city, so there are kampungs along side the river. Lots of various styles of fishing boats:
Once out of the city it is mostly tree lined river with interesting vegetation and wild life to spot as you go.
And Howard thought that this was an interesting juxtaposition - the offshore lifeboat escape training centre which is representative of the oil industry heart of Miri with the Mosque representing the spiritual side of the city.
And finally, for fun, here is a video of us speeding along..
