Yesterday we drove for 4-5 hours to Long san Longhouse, and took a boat to the Penan tribe. The tribe was bumpy and long. When we finally got out we went to the dock to take a longboat to the Penan tribe houses. We drove to Long san then we took a boat from there to the Penan. The boat trip was about 30 minutes long. At first I was okay with the ride until our driver, Phillip, announced there was crocs in the water. Then I was a little scared.
As we pulled up to the hill we saw 3 naked kids and the chief in his underwear standing on the hill. What a wonderful way to start our journey with the Penan.
We were getting out of the boat when we looked down and saw mud everywhere. We had to step in it to get up to the houses. It’s like what we use to do our faces with. A mud mask. It was really slippery but it was probably good for our skin.
Our room was basically hard wood floor covered with wallpaper. Except our bathroom was nice. You could see everyone playing, nice view of the river, rainforest trees around you, and to top it of nice mud floors and the cool breeze. Except for the fact it was outside in the open. We set up our skeeter nets and sleepers for the night. Boy did I want to get back to Telang Usan.
They showed us to their swimming holes which were really nice and cool. It was good to go out when it was humid. We ate dinner and lunch with the chief both days. We only stayed one night. Which I didn’t mind. We went back to Long san the next day and decided “why don’t we go home today?” So drove 5 hours back to Telang Usan. Where everyone was surprised to see us back so early.
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