Location : Dusun Suruh Tembawang, Desa Suruh Tembawang, Kecamatan Entikong, Kabupaten Sanggau, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

After learning that one of the many ‘sub’ Sungkung villages wasn’t far off I decided to organise a side trip to Sungkung Pool via Suruh Tembawang about 30min upstream with about 150 households.  We had to wait for the morning church service to end before Mac, Hosen and 3 other to come along.

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Our passengers

The half hour boat ride was a lot more interesting and exciting than the previous day’s with beautiful huge rocks and especially the choppy waters along certain stretches where the rapids were.  Some anxious moments.  Somehow the current was a lot stronger today.

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Giant rock in the middle of the river
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Hanging bamboo bridge across a tributary river
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Bathing
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Left : School
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Boat full of durians to be transported downstream to Entikong

When we arrived at Suruh Tembawang our boatman, who runs a store trading in commodities, insisted we pay him a Christmas visit.  He led us to the back of his store and invited us to the laid out Christmas snacks and drinks.  Nyarok, Kalimantan Barat, Kampung Sadir, Padawan, Borneo Highland, Culture, Traditional, Bidayuh, Gawai, Land Dayak, ritual, kuching, native, malaysia, indonesia, sarawak, Suruh Engkadok, sungkung pool, suruh tembawang, village, sekayam riverSensing it was going to rain anytime soon he quickly introduced us to his daughter Juliana who was to organise the 4 ‘ojek’ drivers for the four of us Mac, Hosen, & both of us to Sungkung Pool, pronounced ‘pol’. More stories & pics soon.

Suruh Tembawang

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Cocoa beans dried in the sun

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Pretty girl just about to finish making a new rattan ‘tambok’
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Piglets walking freely in the village
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Photo in front of the boatman’s house

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