Some products in the Miri Wet Market...
Borneo Break: All's Well that Ends Well
Driving up a narrow and steep road up Bukit Telaga Minyak (Oil Well Hill) in Miri would reward one with not just a picturesque view of Miri but up that little hill, one would get to see the Grand Old Lady and visit the Miri Petroleum Science Museum. I suppose the Grand Old Lady refers to the first oil well drilled by Shell Company in 1910. Bukit Telaga Minyak used to be called Canada Hill as there was once a Canadian residing there. The Canadian recruited foreign and local workers to work in oil fields in the vicinity and it was here that Oil Well No. 1 was located. I didn't know whether to cry or laugh on my last day in Miri. I would probably cry when I received an SMS from AirAsia informing me that my flight to Kuala Lumpur was delayed since it would mean that I would miss my connecting flight to Penang. But then the extra time I had in Miri had Mau Wei driving Amber and me around town to the wet market and to Bukit Telaga Minyak where we could catch a glimpse of the local products and the Grand Old Lady herself. I laughed when AirAsia rescheduled my flight ticket to Penang to a more convenient time...Thanks AirAsia and thanks Mau Wei, for a memorable Borneo Break. And nice meeting you, Amber, Gendil, Miss Saw, Cing Cing and family...May our paths meet yet!
Some products in the Miri Wet Market...
Some products in the Miri Wet Market...
