Assalamualaikum and Alhamdulillah still breathing.
I have a lot of stories wanna share, but now busy with a lot of things. Now I'm in 3rd year busy doing my final project.
Last Oct, our Ecotourism subject went on the fieldtrip for 3 days 2 nights at Rh Manggat, Menyang Taih located near Aiman Batang Ai Longhouse Resort. The whole journey takes almost 3 hours. We went there by bus, a half-hour by boat.
The significance bout this field trip is The Gaharu Planting Program collaboration of the Forest Department of Sarawak, World Wildlife Fund, Nature Based Ecotourism students of Unimas, and villagers of Rh Manggat. Alhamdulillah we successfully planted about 700 gaharu trees in 3 hours.
This experience was very valuable because this was my first time staying at a longhouse.
Mingle with villagers, and learn about their culture, traditional foods, and many.
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Better cover your bag! HAHAHAHAH miss this moment!
I am also getting a lot of splash water coz I sit in front
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Need to ride a boat. Yahooo! First time riding a narrow boat.
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Arrived but we still needed to walk less than 10 minutes before reaching Rh Manggat.
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Too many slopes and the pedestrians sometimes slippery
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Love this culture very much.
Where ladies will cook, while men will serve the guests.
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Variety of traditional foods.
Their rice is originally planted by villagers of Rh Manggat.
Their rice is a little bit different from the rice that you buy from the supermarket.
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| Leisure time with beloved friends and villagers. |
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My happy time of course!
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Day 2- Mission planted Gaharu tree as much as we can!
Ride a boat bout 5 minutes to reach the area planting.
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| The scenery |
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Before start planting 700 gaharu trees
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| Syakir very enthusiastic person |
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| Tied all the trees with a ribbon |
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Yes, we did it! 700 gaharu trees in 3 hours.
Well done guys!
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Regain back energy with barbecue
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| View at night |
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Need to plan to come here again in the future to see our Gaharu whether it grows well or not.
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| Those newlyweds can come here for a fresh honeymoon. |
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| The ecotourism team hope all of us get A's in the final |
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They are very adorable.
Respect with them how they struggle to go to school.
In early age, they need to stay at the boarding school. Only come home during weekends or holidays.
While me at this age, stay in front of the TV watching a lot of cartoons.
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This toilet is called international coz men and ladies share the toilet and shower.
BTW the water is really cold in the morning because it comes from the mountain
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Inside of longhouse. Each door represents one family.
But all of them are related to each other.
Men sleep in the living hall, while ladies will sleep inside hehehehh.
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| One of the products is Gaharu tea |
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| Sad to go back to Unimas |
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With my mom. I helped her to sell a few 'tikar mengkuang' before going back.
Love!
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I can't imagine how they transport all the furniture to their longhouse.
A lot of things I gained from here, I can't describe by words.
We should be grateful for how we live right now.
Play hard, Study hard, Pray hard
InsyaaAllah you can achieve something in your life.
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"The most important thing from the planting is the objective of forest conservation. Through the deal between villagers and Forest Department, other parts of the forest will not be disturbed to preserve the wildlife in that area especially Oran utan and their subsistence cost will be supported through the project. Thus, this project can protect and restore the biodiversity of the species. Furthermore, these projects can provide a wide range of source economic and social benefits to humankind and to the country. These include contributions to the overall economy for example through employment, processing, and trade of forest products and energy and investments in the forest sector include the hosting and protection of sites" - From our ecotourism reflection report