Location : Desa Jawai Laut, Kecamatan Jawai Selatan, Kabupaten Sambas, Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia.

Boy, am I glad to live to tell the tale of our trip to Belacan Island. Our friend Emy had organized the night before with her neighbour who lived across the street for his tiny wooden boat that looked like it could fall apart anytime soon. It was running on like a 3 horsepower pump engine.

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Morning shower….with well water
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Our simple breakfast at a little food shop in Jawai before leaving for the island.

There were nine of us altogether. It was leaking and water was rushing in under our weight. The 45min ride to the island seemed like 3 hours. I had to pray hard for us to arrive and to return to the mainland alive. It was the most stressful moment of the entire trip.

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Walking to the waiting boat
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Nine passengers including the boat owner and his assistants

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Belacan Island

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A PVC pipe raft? Awesome innovation

Unbeknown to me, Emy’s main intention to visit Pulau Belacan was to harvest one of her favourite food, the blue mussel or ‘beliung’ in the local Malay language. No surprise as she had been away from her village for too long working in different parts of Sarawak.

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Catch of the day

Soon as she arrived at the island she knew exactly what to do and how to catch these blue mussels in the murky water at chest height. She swept the mud under the water with her naked feet to feel where these sea creatures were lodged in the mud and sand. Each time she felt one under her feet, she would lower her outstretched arms to retrieve them. At the end of the catch she had quite a bagful and was happy to call it a day.

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Looking for mussel
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Going for clams.

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Found this red coral attached to a piece of rock. A souvenir from Pulau Belacan. TQ
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Home sweet home… thank God
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Parking the boat away from the tide

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Walking back home

Soon as she arrived home she proceeded to the kitchen to boil the beliung. They were quite meaty given the size.

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Cooked mussels

As for us, soon as we hit the beach we decided to scale Serayi hill. However, we failed to reach the summit as it was getting too dark.

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As the sun began to set… Bukit Seraii suddenly became a lovers’ paradise

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Sunset at Jawai

Next…..Bye bye Jawai, hello Selakau.

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