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.
As you walk around a bend in the trail on your way of of Deer Cave, you're presented with this profile of Abraham Lincoln.
The day after we watched the bats stream out of the Mulu caves my guide took me to Deer Cave. On the way we passed this dry riverbed. I was quite surprised
As the sun disappeared below the horizon we turned our eyes back to the hills, watching and waiting. And then we started to see the bats of Mulu take flight.
I took this photo from the banks of the Melinau River in the Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak, back in 1989.
These buildings are multi-family dwellings with a public space along one side and private divided spaces on the other. The raised floor protects against flooding when it rains and allows air to circulate keeping the structure cooler when it's not raining. Traditionally, the roof would have been made from leaves but that lost out to the technology of corrugated iron many years ago. I can't image how noisy it is in there during a storm!