Our main purpose of going to Miri was actually to go Niah National Park. Thanks to Zhen Yu who took the effort to drive us all the way from Bintulu to Miri! not really that worth it compared to the national parks (and maybe cause I have seen orangutans before xd)īeach Republic in Miri. Semenggoh Wildlife Park where we saw around 6 orang utans.

we didn’t manage to see the famous sea stacks though to see that we would’ve had to take another trail that was 1.5 hours long/take a 35 ringgit boat to get there. There was a beach at the end of the trail Teluk Paku teluk literally means gulf so it wasn’t a clear full view of the sea but nice nevertheless. saw some of Sarawak’s famous proboscis monkeys but they were too high up in the trees it was hard to get a good shot of them. We chose the shortest trail that took us 1.5 hours to get there but it was only 0.8km! But it wasn’t an easy one given the steep and narrow trails and we were busy taking pictures all along the way. The wild pig grew fond of mine and Judy’s trousers so we left the park with a muddy kiss on our legs xd (p.s. This photo was taken during our boat cruise along Sarawak River. James Brooke rang a bell he had something to do with Sarawak but that’s all that I remember. I realised that bringing overseas friends to Malaysia gave me an opportunity to utilise stuff I learned about Malaysian history back in my schooling days. He helped us a lot in our application, provided a place to stay for us in Bintulu and also letting us follow his ward rounds in the medical ward in Bintulu Hospital. Our trip was coordinated by Dr Wong Jin Shyan, who was previously working in Sarawak General and currently in Bintulu Hospital (but is moving back to SGH this coming Sept). The pic below shows the map of Sarawak it’s the largest state in the country and is located in East Malaysia. We stopped by Miri over the weekend before we started our attachment in Bintulu Hospital. We spent 3 weeks in Kuching (the capital city of Sarawak) and 1 week in Bintulu. My HK friends were also interested to tour around the country. Charlene and I were mainly out to see the working environment back in Malaysia and also some diseases that we would not/rarely see in Hong Kong. But my electives to Sarawak is definitely worth reflecting upon and (hopefully) it will be useful to others out there planning to come to Southeast Asia for their electives!īasically 4 of us classmates went together Charlene from Sibu, Malaysia, while Florence and Judy from Hong Kong. I know if i don’t write this post in these few days, I will never ever get it done.

Class starts on Monday but I haven’t had the heart to decipher my new Surgery rotation timetable yet >< Why oh why. Heading back to Hong Kong this coming Sunday.

Sarawak general hospital elective