Daily Photo – Selamat Datang

Daily Photo – Selamat Datang
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The shack on the landing is a fuel depot for the longboats of the community. What I still fund curious is that 'Slow Down' is written in English. I only ever saw locals driving boats on the rivers. Maybe they determined 'Melambatkan' wouldn't fit in large enough letters to be visible until it was too late. Or maybe they determined it was only English reading explorers that were speeding on the rivers.

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Daily Photo – Soon Hong No. 7

Daily Photo – Soon Hong No. 7
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Just like those bigger riverboats, the Soon Hong No. 7 carried a spare drive shaft and propeller. I still don't know how they would have gone about changing that mid-river.

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