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It has been described as Asia's Best Kept Secret. Now the secret is out. Sarawak is the place for history, mystery, romance and exotic adventures. The land of the fabled White Rajahs, the hornbill and the orang utan, Sarawak is the largest State in Malaysia and by far the most.

Miri is more than just a booming oil and timber town; it is the gateway to the northeast region, rapidly becoming Sarawak's most popular tourist area. The town is also gaining a reputation for swinging nightlife as it caters to oil workers and weekend visitors from neighboring Brunei.

The town's rapid growth has meant the opening of several modern shopping malls, but near the old harbors there are handicraft shops. Exotic jungle produce can be found at the native market opposite the main bus station. The town's most famous landmark is the grand Old Lady on top of Canada Hill, the first well to strike oil in 191 0. These days production is offshore and some of the platforms can be seen from Canada Hill.

LAMBIR HILLS, BUKIT PANTU VIEW POINT

This medium length walk will take you through some magnificent mixed dipterocarp forest composed of massive trees, up to a rugged sandstone escarpment. From Bukit Pantu on a clear day, there are good views to the south-east and this a great point for viewing the multi-layered canopy of the dipterocarp forest below. Making a detour to the Pantu Waterfall is a good way to cool off and relax after a hot walk. The Inoue trail provides a more direct route back to the park HQ.

MULU CAVE

Mulu National Park is one of Sarawak's greatest attraction, Mulu's major claim to fame it its spectacular limestone caves. Mulu National Park is also a paradise for naturalists and adventurers who love jungle tracking and mountain climbing. The Clearwater Cave in the Gunung Mulu National Park has the distinction of being the longest cave system in Asia and the tenth longest in the world. The Clearwater River flows through this cave system and is one of the biggest known underground rivers in the world.

NIAH CAVE

Niah National Park located approximately 109km from Miri. Niah National Park has been at the center of a major archeological find with a human skull said to be 40,000 years old. The caves also have paintings from the Iron Age and also home to millions of bats. These bats deposit tones of guano daily, which is collected and is a source of income for the locals. More valuable than guano, is birds' nest, which is highly prized delicacy.

MIRI CITY FAN PARK

The Miri City Fan park has several themed parks and this chinese garden is one of them. It has a lot of water and shrubbery native to China.

ISLAMIC GARDEN, MIRI CITY FAN

The main feature of this garden is this mosque dome structure.The stained glass panel has an interesting display of lights at the right angle.

MUSICAL FOUNTAIN, MIRI CITY FAN

This is the Musical Fountain at the back of the Garden. This foutain will only be operates during the weekend night or when there is a special event.

PUSTAKA MIRI

Pustaka Miri, which is an IT library of sorts, This digital library has its imposing architectural design. It also known as the Miri Resource Center.This digital library was builded next to the Miri City Fan Park.

MIRI PARK

Miri Park a new recreation park after Miri City Fan Park, in order to go there, it takes about 10 minutes from Miri Airport. Its a good place for recreation especially the family with thier children, most of them will visit there during evening time.

With its wealth of ethnic groups Sarawak has a wealth of festivals, from local versions of those celebrated internationally to a few homegrown ones unique to the State.

A feature common to all is "open house" where friends, relatives and even strangers drop into homes from the Governor's residence to the most humble kampung house and are welcomed with food and drink.

Hari Raya
Islam is Malaysia's State religion and Hari Raya, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan is the most important Muslim festival. For two days Muslims dress in their best, attend prayers at the mosque, give alms to the poor and visit and entertain at open house.

Food and presents play a big part in Hari Raya celebrations. Visitors are offered curries and a variety of delicious cakes.

Because the date of Hari Raya is determined by the lunar calendar, the Millennium year will see it celebrated twice, once in January and again in late December.

Chinese New Year
Chinese all over the world celebrate the lunar New Year in late January or early February (depending on the lunar calendar). Sarawak is no exception with Hokkien, Teochiew, Foochow, Hakka or Kek all marking the most important date in the Chinese calendar.

Food plays a big part in the celebration from the family dinners that mark the opening of the festival to the delicacies and cakes served to visitors at open house.

Visiting children (and young unmarried people) are given Ang Pow, lucky red packets containing money.

Red is everywhere, as the color is deemed auspicious. Everywhere too is Lion and Dragon Dances, with troupes from the local temple performing acrobatic feats to the sound of drums and cymbals to drive away evil spirits.

Starting at the new moon the festival goes on for 15 days to the full moon. The final day, chap go mei, is often called Chinese Valentine's Day for on this day unmarried girls go to the temple to pray for a good husband.

Christmas
The majority of Sarawak's people are Christians and Christmas is celebrated throughout the State. Unlike the West the festival has not become commercialized and there is no frenzied shopping. Rather it is a religious festival with the emphasis on church and carol services. In many centers there are interdenominational services, some of them held in the open air. Christmas was celerated by part of the Chinese and some of the non-muslim people.

Welcome to Miri....!! Miri's Seahorses welcome visitors to Miri at all entry points. About 10 minutes from Miri Airport, we can see a signbord with two seahorses at each site that welcome all the visitors to Miri. This is the entry point of entering Miri town area.

LONG JETTY

A photogroaph of the old Miri long jetty, now long gone. One of the the first structures to be laid down at the start of Resort City construction. Many a misty morning was spent taking in the spray from gushing waves at the end of the jetty ... quiet, tranquil, fallen.

GRAND OLD LADY

This is the first oil well in Malaysia and it's located on Miri Canada Hill. The 1st oil well in Malaysia is depicted here in all of its glory.