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Soon Hong No. 7 sits at the jetty at Long Terawan as passengers board for the trip down river to Kuala Baram via Marudi. 1989.

Daily Photo – Soon Hong No. 7

Richard Davis February 22, 2013
Travel

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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Three riverboats sit at the jetty on the Batam Barang in Sarawak. Note the spare propellors lashed to the deck on each boat. 1989.

Daily Photo – Batam Barang Riverboats

Richard Davis January 25, 2013
Travel 3

Three riverboats sit at the jetty near the mouth of the Batam Barang in Sarawak. With the survey over and the equipment shipped out from Kuala Belait, I had some leave accrued and decided to travel a little in the region. At high school I’d joined the school caving (spelunking) group. Every month or so a couple of the teachers would take 10 – 14 of us kids after school to explore caves in the Mendips – about an hours […]

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