Weather was fine. Cloudy and cool. We took slightly more than six hours to reach Miri after stopping for breakfast at the Hospital Bintulu's canteen. Thank God for our safe journey. Jacob was behaving himself and sat on the baby seat while munching titbits.
We spent the afternoon at my Grandma's place. I bathed Jacob before going off for sumptuous dinner in town. We reached Lutong by 10 pm. Wife and Darrien would be coming to Miri in a few days' more. She hadn't seen Jacob for a good 4 weeks.
As I retired for the night, my heart was full of anxiety on how bad the road to Marudi. Some said the road was tarred while others said the road was thinly tarred and not so safe to drive using saloon car. I searched through the Internet and the road seemed fine to drive on.
At 7.30am the next day, my father and I were driving towards Lambir. We stopped by the roadside to ask for direction from a kind Water Board staff. Signage was bad. There wasn't a proper signage showing the direction towards Marudi.
I was surprised that the road towards Marudi was actually good.
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| Tarred road towards Marudi |
I was blown away with the outside view.
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| Great potential for eco tourism |
After driving for a good 1.5 hours, we reached a ferry point. Interestingly, the ferry was actually being pulled across the river using chain.
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| The engine used to pull the chain |
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| Closed up look at the engine |
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| RM15-ride across the first river |
We drove on a road filled with tiny potholes. I was driving at the rate of 30km per hour. Soon, we reached another ferry point. A much wider river compared to the earlier one. We were charged another RM15 per car for the ferry ride.
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| Second ferry |
It would be a short ride to Marudi town after the second ferry ride.
We were still in one piece after a good two hours' ride. A good day to start my new life in Marudi.
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| Hello Hospital Marudi |
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